When the state university system's Board of Governors meets next week in Tallahassee, it will consider whether to lift the enrollment caps that have sent rejection rates soaring at its 11 schools. ...more

November 11, 2008

Richard Nugent handily won a third term as the county's sheriff Tuesday, beating a write-in political rookie and a Democratic contender. ...more

November 5, 2008

Art exhibits, auctions, food, entertainment, a veterans' presentation and fun activities for children and adults are on tap Saturday at Samuel W. Cooper Park to benefit restoration of a rooming house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ...more

November 5, 2008

A university president temporarily will lead the state university system as a newly formed committee finds a permanent replacement for Chancellor Mark Rosenberg, who is planning a return to Florida International University in Miami. ...more

October 27, 2008

A noted economics group, partnering with education advocates based at the University of South Florida, says that by investing $1 billion more in higher education, Florida lawmakers will see a 220 percent return on investment. The report from the Washington Economics Group states the money could result in 24,272 permanent jobs for Florida residents and yield $862 million in income. ...more

October 22, 2008

The state's Board of Governors has formed a search team to find the next leader of Florida's public university system. Its work will begin later this month, though board Chairwoman Sheila McDevitt has given them no deadline to find a replacement for Chancellor Mark Rosenberg. Rosenberg plans to leave his job in February and join the faculty of Florida International University in Miami. ...more

October 15, 2008

Florida's state universities have fallen on hard times. ...more

October 12, 2008

If there was any doubt that Florida's universities are in trouble, Dean Colson, Gov. Charlie Crists's adviser on higher education, erased it in these remarks to the Florida Board of Governors and university trustees in August: ...more

October 12, 2008

A lot was at stake last spring: The leader of Florida's public universities warned top lawmakers that his schools were weakened by budget cuts and that a planned move by the Legislature to overhaul his system of higher education would erode its credibility. ...more

September 28, 2008

The leader of Florida's public university system on Thursday called for a continued freeze on the size of freshman classes, warning that continued economic woes would only erode educational quality otherwise. ...more

September 26, 2008