Tag: Florida A&M

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Florida’s public universities graduated 57 percent of low-income students receiving federal Pell Grants in six years, but that trailed the graduation rate of non-Pell students, a new study shows. The analysis by Third Way, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank, used newly reported federal data to track a 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time Pell students […]

Bob SparksApril 25, 2016
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Senate President-elect Joe Negron was back in school this week. Not as a student, but as a legislative leader looking for on-the-ground information designed to help craft the 2017-18 education budget. Negron will push for $1 billion in extra spending for colleges and universities. While students are traditionally fond of road trips, Negron and four […]

Bob SparksApril 24, 2016

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Senate President-elect Joe Negron was back in school this week. Not as a student, but as a legislative leader looking for on-the-ground information designed to help craft the 2017-18 education budget. Negron will push for $1 billion in extra spending for colleges and universities. While students are traditionally fond of road trips, Negron and four […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 17, 2015
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The winner of the four-way Democratic primary to replace term-limited Rep. Alan Williams in House District 8 will now have a Republican to face. Florida A&M alumnus Marquise McMiller filed for the seat Monday, and he already has his work cut out for him. District 8 is one of the strongest Democratic districts in the […]


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