Members of Florida's university oversight board on Wednesday approved a code of conduct for its public universities to follow when dealing with student lenders. ...more

December 6, 2007

Florida's lawmakers are once again scrambling to shore up the state budget in the face of a slumping economy. It's human nature to deal with the here and now. But what's needed - and desperately so - is a plan for the long haul, not just the next election cycle. ...more

November 20, 2007

Ralph Wilcox, the University of South Florida vice provost who for years has been the bridge between USF and the state's higher education establishment, was named the university's provost Wednesday. ...more

November 8, 2007

University of South Florida freshmen who live outside the Tampa Bay area would have to live in a campus residence hall under a plan that got preliminary approval from USF trustees Tuesday. ...more

November 7, 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 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

As University of South Florida officials work toward their goal of national prominence, they will have to do so without their sought-after second-in-command. ...more

October 16, 2007

There are 25,341 parking spaces at Arizona State University, but don't count on getting one for an 11 a.m. class, as Daniel Heard, a senior, learned the hard way. ...more

October 6, 2007

A plan that would tie the cost of attending college to the rate of inflation heads to the full House for a vote today, adding a new wrinkle to the debate over raising tuition. ...more

October 5, 2007

The state's university oversight board voted Thursday to defy Florida lawmakers and raise tuition by 5 percent this spring. ...more

September 28, 2007