▁improve ▁fac ulty ▁mor ale ▁and ▁upgrade ▁the ▁fac ulty ; ▁effect ▁sound er ▁fis cal ▁policies ; ▁increase ▁student ▁en roll ment ▁at ▁all ▁levels ▁with ▁quality ▁students ; ▁expand , ▁upgrade , ▁and ▁divers ify ▁academic ▁programs ; ▁and ▁increase ▁extr am ural ▁fund ing ▁from ▁both ▁the ▁public ▁and ▁private ▁se ctors . ▁ ▁For ▁nearly ▁four ▁years ▁he ▁taught ▁effectively ▁at ▁his ▁al ma ▁mater ▁and ▁became ▁totally ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁academic , ▁political ▁and ▁social ▁life ▁of ▁the ▁University . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 5 - 6 6 ▁Hum ph ries ▁was ▁also ▁an ▁active ▁and ▁influ ential ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁F AM U ▁Chapter ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Association ▁of ▁University ▁Prof ess ors ▁( AA UP ). ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁F AM U ▁was ▁literally ▁fighting ▁for ▁its ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁separate ▁and ▁autonom ous ▁university . ▁Each ▁legisl ative ▁session ▁would ▁bring ▁serious ▁efforts ▁by ▁legisl ators ▁to ▁merge ▁F AM U ▁and ▁F SU , ▁pres umably ▁as ▁a ▁cost - cut ting ▁measure . ▁Then ▁State ▁Senator ▁Bob ▁Graham ▁of ▁Miami ▁and ▁other ▁urban ▁sen ators ▁from ▁the ▁central ▁and ▁southern ▁sections ▁of ▁Florida ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁strong est ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁mer ger . ▁When ▁a ▁report ▁from ▁the ▁Southern ▁Regional ▁Edu c ational ▁Board ▁( S RE B ) ▁was ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁by ▁Dr . ▁Lion el ▁New some , ▁a ▁former ▁professor ▁at ▁Southern ▁University