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The University of Miami (Miami) is a private research university located in Coral Gables, Florida. Established in 1925, Miami today enrolls 9,855 undergraduate students and 5,259 graduate students, and employs 2,505 faculty members.
Campus Life
Of the 14 political campus groups, 11 are liberal and three are conservative.
The liberal groups are Amnesty International; Earth Alert; Eco Forum; Emerging Green Builders; Greenpeace; Multicultural Student Affairs; Students for Equality; Students Toward a New Democracy; Sustainable U; UM Young Democrats; and VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood.
The conservative groups are the College Republicans, Respect Life, and Students for a Free Cuba.
Faculty
The faculty at the University of Miami have donated overwhelmingly to Democratic candidates. In the 2008 presidential election, 86% of contributing faculty and staff donated to Democratic candidates according to campaign finance data from the Huffington Post.
The university president, Donna Shalala, was the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Clinton administration.
