The board overseeing Florida's 11 public universities approved an agreement Thursday designed to protect the financial stability of the schools as well as the state's prepaid tuition program in the face of significant tuition increases expected in the next few years. ...more

February 27, 2009

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

University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft has the unenviable job of cutting $35.6 million from the university's budget in what's described as the worst fiscal crisis to hit higher education in a generation. ...more

May 23, 2008

The University of South Florida is a big school with big-league ambitions, so it's not surprising that when its leaders sat down to build a strategic plan for the next five years, they crystallized a stretch goal: qualifying for membership in the American Association of Universities, an elite club of the 62 best public and private universities. ...more

September 9, 2007