August 3, 2009. In a letter to UFF-FAU President James Tracy the BOG says it will put the matter of FAU's abrupt layoffs of tenured faculty in the College of Engineering before someone who is intimately involved with the boondoggle: incoming BOG Chancellor Frank T. Brogan.

June 9, 2009. FAU makes national news!

July 29, 2009. Student Government Association President Brian Peterson and board member Ida Cook cast the only dissenting votes. In a speech to her fellow board members, Cook fought tears and said she was not satisfied with how the board handled the situation. “Any college office [or] administration that promotes people and gives exorbitant pay raises at the same time that we are cutting very valuable programs to Central Florida should be taken to the barn,” Cook said.

July 27, 2009. Professors at Cal State Long Beach point to top-heavy administration, Dubious accounting methods obscure spending on management; Does this sound familiar?

July 24, 2009. Coming soon: The R-E-S-P-E-C-T Button.

July 22, 2009. Chief academic officer says he does not seek FAU presidential post

July 22, 2009. Move over Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, Einstein Bros., Pepsico, Bank Atlantic, Whole Foods, Barnes and Noble, Quiznos... FAU BOT approves scheme for profiting from student residence hall fees in stealth privatization move, ""It is critical that students continue to see the face of residence hall life as the university" says FAU General Counsel David Kian.

July 20, 2009. Is UCF using the same "creative accounting" playbook as FAU? Letter highlights how UCF administrators, with many millions in university coffers, still insist on laying off faculty, Admin refuses to have forthright discussion.

July 17, 2009. "We have the making of a national scandal," Thomas Auxter, United Faculty of Florida president, said of the layoffs. "When a university breaks tenure, it is a threat to the integrity of the institution."

July 14, 2009. In an email message Florida Education Association President Andy Ford wants to know where $162,179,566 in stimulus money is, Vows continued lobbying for education