June 29, 2007

With a New Leader, Florida A&M Hopes to Put Old Problems Behind It

By KARIN FISCHER

When James H. Ammons arrives next month as president of Florida A&M University, his alma mater, he will confront what even the historically black university's supporters concede is an embarrassing mess. In the latest bad news, its accreditor, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, announced last week that it had put the university on six months' probation, citing financial and managerial problems.

A recent review of the public institution's 2006 budget by the state's

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