Gov. Charlie Crist backed off on his long-held desire to keep college tuition lower for Florida families today by endorsing a plan allowing the state's 11 public universities to raise costs by up to 15 percent each year. ...more

November 20, 2008

A lot was at stake last spring: The leader of Florida's public universities warned top lawmakers that his schools were weakened by budget cuts and that a planned move by the Legislature to overhaul his system of higher education would erode its credibility. ...more

September 28, 2008

The leader of Florida's public university system announced Monday that he is stepping down, saying the time is right for new leadership and for him to return to the college campus he has long missed. ...more

September 23, 2008

A governor who has been reluctant to raise tuition for Florida's college and university students has, at his side, an adviser who warns that the state's universities are "severely underfunded." ...more

January 4, 2008

Now is the time to recognize the critical contributions private nonprofit and for-profit, regionally accredited colleges and universities have made over the years, and more importantly, their great potential in being part of the solution to the financial woes currently beleaguering Florida's higher education system. ...more

December 6, 2007