Florida's public university students would benefit overall if they were required to have health insurance, but that would raise the cost of going to school for students who now lack coverage by 5 to 7 percent, legislative analysts said in a report Friday. ...more

December 12, 2009

Florida State University trustees voted recently to continue requiring health insurance of their students, even though the university's president wanted to suspend the policy as the economy worsens. ...more

March 3, 2009

Florida State University trustees voted recently to keep requiring health insurance of their students, even though the university's president wanted to suspend the policy as the economy worsens. ...more

March 2, 2009

The Academy at the Farm is accepting applications for new students for the 2009-10 school year. ...more

February 25, 2009

The University of South Florida will seek approval Thursday from the state Board of Governors to develop a pharmacy degree program. Given the state's financial woes - USF has already had to cut its budget by about 15 percent in the last year - this may seem a bad time for the university to be adding programs. ...more

January 28, 2009

One form of martial arts Stephen Weed teaches his students is a Japanese style called okazaki ju-jitsu. ...more

January 24, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - School principals accustomed to seeing droves of new students show up at their doorsteps experienced something different this academic year. ...more

January 9, 2009

Public school and community college leaders implored members of the state Board of Education on Tuesday to support their classrooms as Florida's economy sours. ...more

October 22, 2008

We have created our critically ill national economy. ...more

October 4, 2008

Highlands County fourth-grades got 72 new students on the first day of school after three-fourths of third-graders who scored low on the reading FCAT last year were promoted after a successful summer camp. ...more

August 26, 2008