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Owl2Doc said

Short-lived :/

Per the Sun Sentinel… New report out. UF now #1 and we've slipped all the way to 7th. Graduation rates didn't increase much. Rich get richer and we'll be docked some money.

Hopefully we'll get back on the horse in the next one.

Posted On: Jun 23rd 2017, 1:21 PM #369252


Docked would suggest we are losing funding, in actuality we are just getting a smaller bonus.  Bonus' are discretionary.
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7th, ouch.

But ya KNOW that FAU finishing 1st last year LIT SOME SERIOUS FIRES ELSEWHERE!
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FAU falling in the rankings was bound to happen. The ONE good thing about this metric system is that it gives the lower tier schools a chance to rise in rankings due to improvements. That's how FAU got to be 1st. UF's graduation rate last year was over 40 points higher than ours yet we were still ahead of them. That's because we got more points for "Improvement" than they did for "Excellence." Now they flexed their muscle and finally got first. The "improvement" feature is also the reason why UWF is now in 3rd and we're down to 7th. We made a BIG jump last year and it's difficult to maintain that level of improvement every year.

The most important thing is that we're still getting $18 mil because of budget increases this year for all SUS's and they didn't withhold money from us like FGCU or FAMU.

Go Owls.  
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