Local governments and state universities in Michigan cannot offer health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. ...more

May 8, 2008

They laughed - a lot - but cried plenty as well as they passed more than 270 new laws affecting everything from your property taxes to license plates for your car. ...more

May 4, 2008

Now that the state's universities have decided to cut enrollment to offset a whopping budget shortfall, community colleges will have to figure out how to absorb even more students while cutting millions of dollars. ...more

February 26, 2008

An education foundation with newly formed ties to Florida has donated $2 million to bankroll the education of qualified minority and low-income students at the University of South Florida. ...more

February 13, 2008

Things may look bleak for Florida's public university system, where schools are slashing budgets and laying off workers because of a tight state budget. ...more

February 12, 2008

AVON PARK — Kelli Collier drove one and a half hours to have her teeth polished Wednesday morning, but it was no ordinary trip to the dentist office. Collier, of Port Charlotte, is a student in South Florida Community College's dental hygiene program, and, like most of her peers, she travels across the state for the program. Becky Sroda, director of dental education at SFCC, said she has received calls from interested students in Ukraine and Taiwan, but very few students are from Highlands County. ...more

January 28, 2008

SEBRING — When the Florida Association of Community Colleges lobbies in Tallahassee, it has the support of South Florida Community College faculty. SFCC has the second highest percentage of membership in the state in FACC, a group that lobbies for community college legislation in Tallahassee. About 93 percent of SFCC's full-time employees are members of the professional organization that represents the state's 28 community colleges and has more than 8,000 members statewide. Adam Martin, who served as president of SFCC's FACC during 2007, said the local chapter has challenged itself to add seven more members in 2008 and bring its total membership to 200. If the chapter adds 30 members, it will boost the membership to 100 percent. "The college supports FACC, which, in turn, supports the college," Martin said. SFCC President Norm Stephens said the college has historically had a strong membership in that organization. ...more

January 6, 2008

As college dorm life goes, this place is posh: deluxe kitchen, washer and dryer, inclusive cable access and high-speed Internet. ...more

January 4, 2008

By JESSICA BLAIR
The Suncoast News ...more

December 12, 2007

As William Barnes and others chatted one day on the campus of Pasco-Hernando Community College, a man approached with a proposition that proved life altering for Barnes. ...more

December 9, 2007