FSU Drop In State University Performance Rankings

How the HELL is Thrasher 'happy' about FSU's 8th place rank?  This is a HUGE issue and FSU's president and it's BOT (if you judge by their lack of response in the last meeting) has no reaction.

FSU is just run by clueless people.



FSU Drop In State University Performance Rankings

"The state university system governing board is out with its new rankings and its good news for Florida State—and not so good news for Florida A&M.

The state’s new performance funding system gives universities extra funding if they improve on a set number of state, university and board approved metrics, and this year, most schools saw their performance rise. But some did better than others. This year its Florida A&M that’s at the bottom of the rankings—the university was docked for lower-than-expected wages for grads, a slight dip in graduation rate, and an increase in costs for a degree. Despite that, the university earned enough points to keep its funding intact.
FSU made few gains in the key areas of cost, academic progress of students, number of science and tech graduates and faculty awards—but it still earned enough points to get additional funding. How much it will get is not yet known. The Board of Governors is asking lawmakers for $200 million in performance funds to dole out to universities."



FAMU to miss out on new performance funds


"The Florida Board of Governors implemented the system last year as an incentive for the 11 universities for meeting basic benchmarks and showing improvement."


"The program received $200 million in 2014-15. This year, the BOG has requested $300 million in performance funding. Gov. Rick Scott's budget proposes $400 million for performance funding."


"FSU's score improved three points, but it dropped from fifth to eighth, just enough to be included for new performance funding. Last year, FSU received $31.7 million in performance funding, $16.4 million of which came from the new funds.
The exact amount FSU will receive wasn't released. That number will be determined by the Legislature this session. Both House Speaker Steve Crisafulli, R-Merritt Island, and Senate President Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, support performance funding.
The program judges on 10 metrics, from the percentage of Pell Grants awarded to the cost of an undergraduate degree to six-year graduation rates. The University of Florida topped the list in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Both FAMU and FSU improved the most in the percentage of bachelor's degree graduates with full-time employment in Florida or who are continuing their education. FSU saw a six percent increase and FAMU saw a four percent improvement."

"President John Thrasher said he's happy with his university's ranking but says there's still work to do, specifically in STEM degrees."


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