The state's university oversight board today ordered its schools to begin cutting enrollment as a budget deficit threatens the quality of higher education in Florida. ...more

January 24, 2008

New figures on university endowments confirm it's not just the "haves" and "have nots" in academe these days. Beyond the great majority of colleges, there's a growing group of the newly rich schools, and - at the top of the heap - a tiny cadre of ultra-wealthy institutions. ...more

January 24, 2008

The budget pain afflicting Florida's public universities is just starting. ...more

January 22, 2008

For 29 years, the state of Florida has provided tuition grants for Florida residents attending a private Florida college or university full time. ...more

January 19, 2008

The University of South Florida plans to cut more than $52 million from its budget during the next two years, a grim prospect that likely will force layoffs and could further reduce the number of students accepted. ...more

January 18, 2008

With Florida's economy slowing, legislators will focus heavily on economic development efforts at this year's legislative session, especially ways to beef up Florida's high-tech industries, Florida business and legislative leaders said Wednesday. ...more

January 9, 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

Despite a hiring freeze and other cost-savings measures in place at the state's 11 public universities, President Bernie Machen has received an extension and a healthy pay boost from the University of Florida trustees. ...more

December 22, 2007

Florida State University leaders reviewed the computer records of as many as 900 students enrolled in the same online music history course in which some student-athletes are suspected of cheating, the university's provost said Wednesday. ...more

December 20, 2007

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