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Friday, August 8, 2008

Chancellor: Allocate $65.4 million to help stop "brain drain" of Florida university faculty, Treasure Coast Palm

By Scott Travis
August 5, 2008

Florida's budget-strapped universities may deteriorate in quality as other states siphon off the most talented faculty, a top education official says.

Mark Rosenberg, chancellor of the State University System, is recommending that the Legislature allocate $65.4 million to help stop "brain drain." This would mean a 4-percent raise for all faculty if spread evenly across the board. The Board of Governors, the policy making board for public universities, will discuss the proposal at meetings Wednesday and Thursday.

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