Regarding, " USF Pays Lip Service To Awarding Four-Year Degrees In Four Years," (Our Opinion, Nov. 21): ...more

November 30, 2007

In your editorial on Nov. 21, you criticized the University of South Florida for focusing on a modern six-year graduation rate for students, rather than the four-year curriculum defined in a paradigm established long ago. The editorial was off the mark for several reasons. ...more

November 30, 2007

The debate this fall over how to bankroll Florida's public universities has dealt mostly with raising tuition and new fees. But universities also got a little-noticed new source of money meant to boost their abysmally low graduation rates. ...more

November 5, 2007

Florida's public high schools have some of the worst student retention rates in the country, with half qualifying as "Dropout Factories," four times the national average, according to a new analysis of U.S. Education Department data. ...more

November 2, 2007

Florida is joining 18 other public college systems nationwide in a plan aimed at graduating more low-income and minority students from its public universities. ...more

November 1, 2007

MIAMI - Florida's public high schools have some of the worst student retention rates in the country, with half qualifying as "Dropout Factories," four times the national average, according to a new analysis of U.S. Education Department data. Among the local schools on the list were Bloomingdale, Chamberlain, Plant City, Leto and East Bay. Dropout Rate Map: Is Your School On The List? ...more

October 31, 2007

David Beckham, sidelined since injuring his knee Aug. 29, returned to practice Wednesday with the Los Angeles Galaxy. ...more

October 4, 2007