Editing University of Miami (section)

====Donna Shalala (2000 until 2015)====
{{Further|Donna Shalala}}
{{See also|2011 University of Miami athletics scandal|The North-South Center|University of Miami Justice for Janitors campaign}}
In November 2000, Foote was succeeded by [[Donna Shalala]], former [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] from 1988 to 1993 and [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services]] from 1993 to 2001, who was appointed the University of Miami's fifth president.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/19/us/shalala-is-to-lead-university-of-miami.html?scp=12&sq=%22University%20of%20Miami%22&st=cse|title=Shalala Is to Lead University of Miami|date=November 19, 2000|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523224845/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/19/us/shalala-is-to-lead-university-of-miami.html?scp=12&sq=%22University%20of%20Miami%22&st=cse|archive-date=May 23, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Under Shalala, the University of Miami built new libraries, dormitories, symphony rehearsal halls, and classroom buildings. The university's academic quality continued improving, a trend that began in earnest under Foote.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-03-na-miami3-story.html|title='Suntan U' Tries to Shed Cushy Image – Los Angeles Times|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 8, 2009|date=January 3, 2003|first=John-Thor|last=Dahlburg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018160009/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jan/03/nation/na-miami3|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

Roughly a year into Shalala's presidency, on November 5, 2001, an 18-year-old University of Miami fraternity pledge drowned while attempting to swim across [[Lake Osceola (Coral Gables)|Lake Osceola]], the campus lake, while intoxicated. Police reports later cited the student's dangerously high [[blood alcohol content]] in conjunction with dropping water temperatures and exhaustion as primary factors in his death, and two fraternity members who accompanied him were criminally charged with "negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of duty to aid and/or rescue."<ref name="hazing">{{citation|title=Florida's Law on Hazing: The Chad Meredith Act|url=https://hazing.fsu.edu/general-information/florida-law-on-hazing|website=Florida State University|publisher=The Miami Hurricane|access-date=December 5, 2017|archive-date=April 10, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410051044/https://hazing.fsu.edu/general-information/florida-law-on-hazing|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fraternallaw.com/newsletter2/a-pledge-drowns-12-6-million-dollar-verdict |title="A pledge drowns: $12.6 million verdict", Fraternal Law, March 2004 |access-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601160756/https://fraternallaw.com/newsletter2/a-pledge-drowns-12-6-million-dollar-verdict |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2002,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www6.miami.edu/campaign/newsupdate/news_campaign_release.html |title=University of Miami Campaign Overview – Research |publisher=University of Miami |access-date=October 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306040509/http://www6.miami.edu/campaign/newsupdate/news_campaign_release.html |archive-date=March 6, 2010}}</ref> the University of Miami launched a new and even more ambitious multi-year fundraising campaign that ultimately raised $1.37 billion,<ref name="prog"/> the most ever raised by any university or college in Florida history as of 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=UM fundraising drive brings in $1.4&nbsp;billion|date=February 9, 2008|first=Oscar|last=Corral|work=Miami Herald|page=A1}}</ref> From these proceeds, over half, $854 million, was allocated to construct and improve the [[Miller School of Medicine|University of Miami's Leonard M. School of Medicine]] medical campus.<ref name="prog">{{cite web |url=http://www6.miami.edu/campaign/newsupdate/By_campus.htm |title=University of Miami Campaign Overview – Progress |publisher=University of Miami |access-date=October 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706180119/http://www6.miami.edu/campaign/newsupdate/By_campus.htm |archive-date=July 6, 2008}}</ref> In November 2007, the University of Miami acquired Cedars Medical Center in Miami's [[Health District (Miami)|Health District]], renaming it University of Miami Hospital and giving the Miller School of Medicine its first dedicated in-house teaching hospital rather than having to rely on academic affiliations with area hospitals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www6.miami.edu/ummedicine-magazine/spring2008/specialsection/specialsection4.html|date=Spring 2008|title=Prized Hospital Joins UM Tradition of Excellence|work=Medicine, the alumni magazine|access-date=October 9, 2009|publisher=University of Miami|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329033547/http://www6.miami.edu/ummedicine-magazine/spring2008/specialsection/specialsection4.html|archive-date=March 29, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2003, Shalala controversially chose to close the University of Miami's [[The North-South Center|North-South Center]], a university research organization dedicated to the study of contemporary issues in [[Latin America]] and the [[Caribbean]]. The North-South Center was established by the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] in 1984. It had secured a partnership with the [[Rand Corporation]] and was, as the [[Associated Press]] reported in 2003, "a respected public policy think tank specializing in Latin American and Caribbean issues including trade and economic policy, migration, security, public corruption, and the environment."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20031225/academics-fired-at-u-of-miami-think-tank| title = Academics fired at U. of Miami think tank| author = The Associated Press| date = April 10, 2003| accessdate = February 16, 2018| publisher = Sarasota Herald Tribune| archive-date = February 17, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180217023959/http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20031225/academics-fired-at-u-of-miami-think-tank| url-status = live}}</ref>

On September 30, 2004, the University of Miami hosted one of three nationally televised [[2004 United States presidential debates|U.S. presidential debates]] between presidential candidates [[George W. Bush]] and [[John Kerry]] during the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]]. The debate, moderated by [[Jim Lehrer]] of ''[[PBS NewsHour]]'', was held on the University of Miami campus inside the [[Watsco Center]]. It drew 62.5 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611180215/http://www.debates.org/pages/his_2004.html|url=http://www.debates.org/pages/his_2004.html|title=CPD: 2004 Debates |access-date=October 6, 2009|publisher=Commission on Presidential Debates|archive-date=June 11, 2008}}</ref>

In February 2006, University of Miami custodial workers, who were contracted to the university through a [[Boston]]-based company, alleged unfair labor practices, substandard pay, lack of health benefits, and workplace safety concerns. They [[University of Miami Justice for Janitors campaign|launched a strike]] that drew support from several University of Miami students, who began a hunger strike and on-campus vigil in support of it. The strike settled May 1, 2006 when a card count [[trade union|union]] vote was permitted and led to establishment of the first collective bargaining unit in the university's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-umunionjun16,0,6394115.story?coll=sfla-news-miami|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619225716/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-umunionjun16%2C0%2C6394115.story?coll=sfla-news-miami|archive-date=June 19, 2006|work=Sun Sentinel Miami News|title=UM janitors vote to unionize|date=June 16, 2006|first=Maya|last=Bell|access-date=February 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060517002057/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14433014.htm |url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14433014.htm|work=Miami Herald|date=April 26, 2006|first=Ana |last=Menèndez|title=At UM Tent City Among The Trees, Hope Resounds|page=B1|archive-date=May 17, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/14438159.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522201847/http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/14438159.htm|archive-date=May 22, 2006|work= Miami Herald|title=The Janitor's Fight|page=30A|date=April 27, 2006}}</ref> The university raised wages for its custodial workers from $6.40 to $8.35 per hour and provided health insurance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/us/02labor.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=%22University%20of%20Miami%22&st=cse|title=Walkout Ends at University of Miami as Janitors' Pact Is Reached|first=Steven|last=Greenhouse|date=May 2, 2006|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=February 5, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209004923/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/us/02labor.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=%22University%20of%20Miami%22&st=cse|archive-date=December 9, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008 and 2009, partly stemming from the [[Great Recession]], the university endowment experienced a loss of 26.8% of its capital and additional associated losses from diminished endowment income. The university responded by tightening expenditures.<ref name="impact">{{cite web|url=http://www6.miami.edu/alumni/eblasts/specialmessage03052009a.htm|title=Letter to Alumni|access-date=October 26, 2009|date=March 5, 2009|first=Donna|last=Shalala|publisher=University of Miami|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091031044426/http://www6.miami.edu/alumni/eblasts/specialmessage03052009a.htm|archive-date=October 31, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nacubo">{{cite web|url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf|page=3|publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers|title=NACUBO Endowment Study|access-date=September 9, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214124106/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2009_NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values.pdf|archive-date=December 14, 2017}}</ref> Damage from the endowment's negative performance was limited, however, because the university receives over 98 percent of its operating budget from non-endowment sources.<ref name="impact"/> In 2011, the university was ranked the nation's most fiscally responsible nonprofit organization in a [[Charity Navigator]] report published in collaboration with ''[[Worth (magazine)|Worth]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3404:the-10-most-fiscally-responsible-nonprofit-organizations&catid=3:grow|title=''Worth'' {{!}} ''Worth''|access-date=February 14, 2011|work=Worth|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113195047/http://www.worth.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3404:the-10-most-fiscally-responsible-nonprofit-organizations&catid=3:grow|archive-date=November 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>