Florida Agricultural And Mechanical University Case Study

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University(FAMU) is listed as one of the top Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCU) in the nation. For years, FAMU has held a great reputation and foundation for all HBCU’s. Recently, FAMU has just moved up from the number ten spot to the number seven spot in National Rankings. I know all of this sounds good, but do people really know what is going on inside the campus or should I say inside the students’ minds? There have been multiple cases over the past years, where students complain about their voices not being heard. This may sound like a typical student body issue, but it is not because every decision the school makes affects the students the most. Students should be able to voice their …show more content…
The board of trustees consists of thirteen members. Six of the trustees are appointed by the Governor and five of the trustees are appointed by the Board of Governors. Also, the Presidents of the Faculty Senate and Student Government Association are elected by their bodies and serve a one-year term. Analyzing this, they say they listen to the student body, but how can our voices be heard if we are only represented by one person on the board? When the voting process happened for President Magnum, everybody on the board of trustees voted against her, except for the student body president. Technically speaking, the student body vote was not best represented. The whole purpose of the student body president on the board of trustees is so the students have a say in things as well because the board of trustees are not students, they do not go through this campus every day, so our opinions on things may be different from …show more content…
Schools in the past have lost their credentials because of multiple presidents and financial failure. As FAMU students, we should not have to go through that, we should be able to graduate in four to five years with successful degrees. It is understandable that students do not know everything to make a big decision but it would be nice to just hear what we have to say because as a student our experiences are completely different that that of an adult.The students may have thought and said something that the board has never considered. It is worth the try, it will not break us or make us because the board has the final say regardless. Just to know that our voices are being heard means a lot to the students. Let us be a better school and come up with better solutions to this problem. Students should be able to voice their concerns and be listened to effectively and