Florida

Michigan lets community colleges issue four-year degrees, amid controversy

Submitted by Paul Fain on January 22, 2013 - 3:00am

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Michigan is the latest state to allow community colleges to issue bachelor's degrees. But despite controversy and turf wars, actual practice remains limited, for now.

Proposed policy at Florida Gulf Coast raises question of what a university is entitled to track about faculty members

Submitted by Colleen Flaherty on December 11, 2012 - 3:00am

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New Hiring Models

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Proposed policy at Florida Gulf Coast U. raises question of what a university is entitled to track about every professor.

Texas, Florida, and Wisconsin governors see large overlap in higher education platforms

Submitted by Kevin Kiley on November 30, 2012 - 3:00am

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Overlap in agendas for governors of Wisconsin, Florida, and Texas hints at a new Republican approach to higher education.

Is Romney Right about Full Sail University?

Submitted by Paul Fain on January 24, 2012 - 3:00am

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The 2012 Election

The Presidential Race

The Republican Candidates

For-Profit Higher Ed

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Mitt Romney singled out the university while praising for-profits as cost-effective. Full Sail graduates 78 percent of its students, but is it really the better value Romney suggested?

Florida A&M death illuminates prevalence of non-Greek hazing

Submitted by Allie Grasgreen on December 23, 2011 - 3:00am

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Students and Violence

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Most people know hazing happens outside fraternities and sororities. But a tragedy at Florida A&M makes it harder to ignore.

Student debt and for-profit issues largely absent in Tampa

Submitted by Paul Fain on August 30, 2012 - 3:00am

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The Presidential Race

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Higher education got plenty of notice in the GOP's presidential platform. Not so much at the convention, either from Republicans, students or protesters.