Schools to Share Engineering School
February 19th, 2015 by Mike VasilindaFSU/FAMU Engineering School
The University system Board of Governors today approved an agreement between FAMU and Florida State to keep a joint engineering school intact but make significant changes in the governance of the school. FSU tried to take control of the school last year. Under the new agreement, a new 12 member council will guide the school and funding from lawmakers will go directly to the school instead of both universities. FSU President John Thrasher says students will win.
“We need to speaking as one voice. Its important for our engineering students, and thats the key to all of this. Its about them, its not about Florida A and M or Florida State University. Its about the quality we get and the opportunity we give these students.”
Ironically, it was John Thrasher, then a state Senator, who sought to split the school last year. An independent report estimated a split could cost upwards of a half billion dollars.
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