FAU Board Expected to Close Port St. Lucie Campus
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FAU Board Expected to Close Port St. Lucie Campus
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Online courses and people working while going to school is the shift of now and the future. Closing the Fort Lauderdale campus is a mistake because of the location for working students and its visibility in downtown Broward. We need Broward to think of itself as a FAU county.
Its a really bad idea and I hope it was one of truly last resort.
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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With the reputation of the Architecture program, that campus had purpose. Same thing with SeaTech.
But the fewer students you have, the more likely you are to get the axe. That's especially a shame because Davie has a ton of students and, like I mentioned, is a waste of our time. They can't close Jupiter either because they might lose their valued connection to Max Planck and Scripps, despite the fact that the Honors students are unhappy because they're missing out on the traditional trappings you get on the Boca campus (Honors should be moved to Boca)
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fauprowler said
I guess I need to jump in here to set some records straight:- As we currently only have 13,000 Full-time students attending we'd receive $13 million in state funding
- State universities are only compensated state dollars for each FULL-TIME student attending
- For analysis sake, let's say we make $1 million per 1,000 students enrolled full-time.
- We have about 29,000 students currently enrolled in some form of classes, which means that for the other 16,000 students we do not receive ANY state funding at all (an additional $16 million we would have earned from the state for full-time students). Yet, FAU still needs to have 55% more classrooms with professors paid, electricity, water and maintenance costs – ALL with ZERO state funding.
Far too often, many students believe "but I pay butt-loads in tuition"!!
Sadly, even though tuition has raised at FAU, Florida Universities are consistently ranked in the Top 5 states for cheapest tuition rates (in-state)!
Also, whether you "used financial aid" or never received a scholarship in your life… you benefit from private donors to foot the total bill at the university so if FAU ever calls you asking for a donation - just know that it's the ONLY way that ANY public or private University can function!
KEY FACT: State dollars + Your fully paid tuition ONLY pay for about 85% of the real cost of your classes at FAU! The other 15% is paid by alumni donors, business donors and Planned Giving (wills, etc.)
So, in reality EVERYONE receives private funding (a form of scholarship) if you take a class!
Full-time students simply help the University actually recoup the extra ~40% or so that the state pays whereas that money is not given to help compensate the University for the 16,000 students who are not currently full-time status.
Well said!!!
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Wise Owl
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Point is no one likes cuts, but we are at a point where some things need to be in order to remain in the black.
FAU - We got Bowls!
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11 worst public university grad rates - college degrees - MSN Money
Just 56% of college students complete a four-year degree within six years, according to a 2011 Harvard Graduate School of Education study.
Teambeer is the most knowledgeable FAU sports fan I know, way smarter than me.
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Seemed like an eternity at times!
;D
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Anyway, brought me closer to the school. That's for d@mn sure.
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Owl2Doc said
.. but I did manage to finish with three degrees so I guess it was maybe sort of worth it.
:o :o :o
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