Today the Florida Board of Governors will consider a proposal to involve itself in the annual evaluations of university presidents. ...more

November 20, 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

The Rattler Nation has reason to be proud. Florida A&M University survived one of its greatest challenges last week when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools lifted the probation imposed for serious accounting and management shortcomings. Last Thursday's announcement that SACS was satisfied with FAMUs reforms came as a result of hard work. This great institution had to confront its weaknesses and find ways to overcome them. ...more

June 30, 2008

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist should veto the $50 million appropriation state lawmakers set aside for an energy consortium at the University of Florida. The funding violates the rules of academic integrity and is a prime example of why it would be disastrous to give the Legislature unchecked power over the university system. ...more

June 2, 2008

From the start, it didn't make sense to make the Johnnie B. Byrd Sr. Alzheimer's Institute - built on the campus of the University of South Florida - an independent center. ...more

February 7, 2008

Florida has a reputation for providing higher education on the cheap. ...more

February 3, 2008

Florida A&M University President James Ammons may be new on campus, but he appears to be quickly embracing the same old cronyism that has so damaged this university in recent years. ...more

January 28, 2008

Florida universities are considering layoffs, tightening admissions and raising tuition because of the state's budget crisis. Meanwhile, state leaders are giddy about their $118 million incentive package that lured an outpost lab from the Oregon Health & Science University to Port St. Lucie. ...more

January 27, 2008

State Sen. Al Lawson is often seen as the Legislature's chief advocate and protector of Florida A&M University, but his push to disband a task force overseeing FAMU's reforms is unwise. ...more

December 7, 2007

Florida Board of Governors Chairwoman Carolyn Roberts is such a disarming presence that one might imagine she swayed Gov. Charlie Crist's opposition to university tuition increases with little more than one of her warm, reassuring pats on the hand and a few soothing words in her lilting Southern drawl. ...more

October 21, 2007