April 20, 2024
Education
More Florida University Building Projects, Renderings
The State University System will spend nearly a billion dollars in the next three years on construction. Get details and see project renderings here.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Campus Crusade
Florida's cramped universities need $3.4 billion for construction projects to meet student demands by 2012.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Who's Building
The State University System will spend nearly a billion dollars in the next three years on everything from waterworks to roadwork. Dorms, garages, students unions and stadiums are extra. Here are some projects.
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Published on 6/1/2007
A Boost for Schools
Florida's Great Northwest has given $1 million in grants to schools.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Growing Tech
FAU has expanded its technology business incubator by 3,000 square feet, enough for six new high-tech and internet firms that will pay rent on a monthly basis.
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Published on 6/1/2007
Making the Grade
The best and brightest among Florida's undergraduates range from inventors to medical researchers to artists.
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Published on 5/1/2007
UWF's Innovative Home
The University of West Florida will begin building a demonstration home showcasing energy-saving technology and hurricane-mitigation techniques.
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Published on 5/1/2007
Trendsetters - May 2007
Arthur Keiser, Keiser University; Roger Casey, Rollins College; Emmons sisters, University of Miami
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Published on 5/1/2007
Starting Young
Students in Miami-Dade public schools are getting an early education in the economics of selling a product or service and putting together a business plan.
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Published on 3/1/2007
Golden Gaetz
Don Gaetz is something of a legend even before he takes charge of the Senate PreK-12 Education Committee or casts his first vote as a state senator.
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Published on 2/1/2007
High-Water Mark
USF's Peter Betzer has used both academic and political acumen to build a powerhouse marine program -- and has capped his tenure with a big high-tech partnership with a Silicon Valley firm.
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Published on 2/1/2007
UNF's $170-Million Plan
With enrollment growing by 500 to 1,000 students every year, the 16,000-student University of North Florida is embarking on a $170-million expansion.
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Published on 2/1/2007
Charters' Place
Over the past eight years, groups across Florida have been starting charter schools at an average rate of about 40 a year. There are now about 370 charter schools in the state.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Classroom Aid
University of Miami lecturer Andrew Green is interested in how technology can make learning more interesting and effective. But he's been skeptical of how podcasting fits into the classroom.
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Published on 12/1/2006
Addressing a Need
Florida International University's School of Nursing is now a free-standing college
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Published on 12/1/2006
Transitioning to Teaching
Florida Atlantic University's College of Education will receive $1.9 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Transition to Teaching program.
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Published on 11/1/2006
Price of Honesty
The federal government denied financial aid to 9,180 Florida college students from 1998 to August 2005 because they admitted having been convicted of either selling or possessing drugs.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Loan of Contention
Students from Florida schools usually have among the highest rates in the country of defaulting on their federal student loans.
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Published on 10/1/2006
Southeast: Sure and Steady Growth
Rural incentives and big-city resources are right for business.
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Published on 9/1/2006
North Central: All Systems Are Go for Growth
Transportation connections and skilled workers offer economic clout.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Central/Space Coast: All Systems Are Go for Growth
Businesses thrive on solid roots in aviation and tourism.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Tampa Bay: Reaching New Heights
High-impact industries drive growth to new heights.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Splendor In The Class
Jeanette Johnson and her faculty at the new Lorenzo Walker Technical High School in Naples are thinking way beyond FCATs.
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Published on 9/1/2006
The Admissions Squeeze
Students are finding it harder to get into the state's schools - and a crisis looms as the competition intensifies over the next five years.
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Published on 9/1/2006
Salaries
Principals in Broward County elementary, middle and high schools are the highest paid in the state:<
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Published on 9/1/2006
