When Naming Rights Go Awry

Stadium Won't Be Named for Private Prison Company. (The New York Times, 4/2/2013)

Excerpt:   Florida Atlantic University announced late Monday that the GEO Group Foundation, the charitable arm of the private prison corporation, planned to withdraw its $6 million gift for what was to be called GEO Group Stadium, citing discomfort at being drawn into a debate about civil rights and privatization.

Credit:  Project America

Explore FAU: Points of Pride. With 49 percent of its student body classified as minority or international students, Florida Atlantic University ranks as the most racially, ethnically and culturally diverse institution in Florida’s State University System.

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• 18% Hispanic
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