A record 23 private college and university presidents received more than $1 million in total compensation in fiscal 2008, according to an analysis of the most recently available data published Monday by the Chronicle of Higher Education. A record one in four in the study of 419 colleges' mandatory IRS filings made at least $500,000. ...more

November 3, 2009

Veterans eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill can attend Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at little or no cost under a program scheduled to begin in the 2009-10 academic year, school officials said. ...more

July 14, 2009

The board of the Hillsborough County teachers union has unanimously picked its new leader now that its long-serving executive director is retiring. Nicholas Whitman, who has led unions throughout the Midwest and Northeast, will take over the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association in August. ...more

June 22, 2009

Academy of the Holy Names hosted its annual Student Art Fest on April 23. ...more

May 6, 2009

The NCAA Committee on Infractions' decision to make FSU vacate its records for the fall of 2006, spring of 2007 and fall of 2007 dominated a Q&A with Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Commission Dennis Thomas, the acting committee chair for the FSU case. ...more

March 6, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Just two weeks before they leave for winter break, teachers and other school employees in Pasco County still don't have a contract for the 2008-09 academic year. ...more

December 5, 2008

Don't create a school calendar for 2009-10 just yet. ...more

November 19, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - In an effort to more swiftly conclude stalled contract negotiations, United School Employees of Pasco wants the school board to bring in a mediator. ...more

November 5, 2008

In an effort to more swiftly conclude stalled contract negotiations, United School Employees of Pasco wants the school board to consider bringing in a mediator. The union had already declared an impasse in the negotiations, setting in motion a process in which a special magistrate would hold a hearing. Lynne Webb, though, told the school board Tuesday that mediation might be a better route to go because it would be less costly than the impasse process and the differences between the school district and the union could be concluded more quickly. ...more

November 4, 2008

Perhaps teaching is in the genes for Beth Byrd, a kindergarten teacher in her second year at Oakstead Elementary School. ...more

August 19, 2008