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Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
This saddens me a great deal. Never went to an HBCU but this is still sad. ClassyLady, don't you go to FAMU? How are you doing down there?
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Yup yup.
What was written in the article is really not "breaking news," most people here have known about the financial issues for quite some time. The state did cut off funding for the school about two or three weeks ago. That got all of the administrators hustling and they got those documents turned in soon after. The state plans to have all schools in the state university system handling their own funds within the next year or two. The problem is that the state is not confident that FAMU will be able to step up to the challenge.
The comment made about the late financial aid check is nothing new. Our financial aid office is notoriously understaffed and overworked. I am on scholarship and my scholarship money just cam through this week and this is the last week of the semester. And, the employee theft is also and old issue, unfortunately. Some of the problems have become so common here that no one really pays them that much attention.
Finally, the only thing that really makes me mad is that the state was not sanctioning the school when they should have been. I understand that no one wants to be accused of racism but something has got to give. It's better to risk the criticism than to let a school continue to operate inefficiently. Just because we are a black school does not mean that we need someone to hold our hands.
ETA: FAMU's law school is already open and operating. I know several students who go there and are enjoying (as much as a first year law student can) their time there.