In September 1972 5,667 students entered the new state university the largest opening day enrollment at the time Previously Miami had been the largest city in the country lacking a public baccalaureate-granting institution Eighty percent of the student body had just graduated from Dade County Junior College (now Miami-Dade College) a typical student entering FIU was 25 years old and attending school full-time while holding down a full-time job Forty-three percent were married Negotiations with the University of Miami and Dade County Junior College led FIU to open as an upper-division only school it would be nine years before lower-division classes were added. Students Florida U.S Census The Florida panther is close to extinction a record 23 were killed in 2009 mainly by automobile collisions leaving about 100 individuals in the wild the Center for Biological Diversity and others have therefore called for a special protected area for the panther to be established Manatees are also dying at a rate higher than their reproduction American flamingos are rare to see in Florida due to being hunted in the 1900s where it was to a point considered completely extirpated Now the flamingos are reproducing toward making a comeback to South Florida since it is adamantly considered native to the state and also are now being protected. FIU is ranked 2nd in the U.S. for granting biology bachelor's degrees and 6th in granting master's degrees to minorities according to Diverse Issues in Higher Education. .
. Miami Florida Business directory 4 Law government and politics Student enrollment. 9 References Miami Beach 87,779 87,933 Miami-Dade A satellite image of Miami International Airport superimposed over the noted locations of old Miami City Airport / Pan American Field / 36th Street Airport of the 1920s to 1950s era in the upper right corner facing 36th Street. In the 2025 and 2030 long range transportation plans Miami's commuter rail system Tri-Rail has envisioned moving to or adding service on the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) corridor which runs along the region's densest neighborhoods parallel to Biscayne Boulevard in Miami and Federal Highway in Broward and Palm Beach counties, 2.3.1 Graduate admissions Times/WSJ 501-600 (35) 51.13. Politics 4.1 PortMiami The Monsignor William Barry Memorial Library contains more than 710,000 items including 2,600 periodical titles 5,000 audiovisual items 150 electronic databases and an "excellent Catholic American collection." the library also contains a collection of documents pertaining to Operation Pedro Pan; .
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