April 20, 2024
Higher Education
Downtown U: USF a key player driving redevelopment in Tampa
University of South Florida President Judy Genshaft has aggressively capitalized on the school's economic heft, turning USF into an economic development engine in Tampa Bay.
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Published on 5/27/2015
Downtown U: UCF as a deal maker
Under John Hitt, the University of Central Florida has aggressively capitalized on the school's economic heft, turning UCF into an economic development engine in Orlando and Central Florida.
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Published on 5/27/2015
Meet Eckerd College President Donald Eastman
Donald Eastman has put his St. Petersburg school back on solid financial footing while emphasizing liberal arts and traditional classroom instruction.
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Published on 5/28/2014
The $10K bachelor's degree
As the price of tuition and fees for a four-year degree at a state university climbs above $24,000, there's no denying the curb appeal of the $10,000 bachelor's degree.
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Published on 5/28/2014
UF takes a crack at cracking the top 10
The Legislature gave the University of Florida $15 million last year to try to push the state's flagship onto the U.S. News list of the top 10 public universities.
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Published on 5/28/2014
UF's online university has become a 'cash cow'
Florida public universities have become national leaders in online education. What's driving the trend?
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Published on 5/28/2014
It's prime time for Florida's newest public university: Florida Polytechnic
Florida Polytechnic University welcomes its first class in August, just two years after its creation.
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Published on 5/28/2014
Chart: For-Profit Colleges & Universities in Florida
Ranked by enrollment. Enrollment does not include online students. List includes only schools with more than 2,100 students.
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Published on 6/12/2013
Chart: Florida's Private, Non-Profit Colleges and Universities
Ranked by enrollment. Only schools offering bachelor's degrees and with an enrollment of more than 500 students are listed.
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Published on 6/12/2013
Overreach at the University of Miami?
UM had to restructure its huge investment in health care and life sciences but makes no apologies for its ambitions.
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Published on 6/11/2013
Compensation at the top of Florida's universities
State university presidents' five-year contracts typically include health and life insurance, state employee retirement plan contributions, travel expenses for spouses outside university service areas and a paid sabbatical if they resign from the presidency and remain at the school.
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Published on 6/11/2013
Higher Education in Florida: Are Florida's universities overadministered?
The picture that emerges from a look at the staffing practices of Florida universities in the past five years is complex.
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Published on 6/10/2013
Partnership Friction: Private and community colleges offer four-year degrees
In 2001, St. Petersburg Junior College, as the public community college in Pinellas County was then known, won permission to move beyond its traditional two-year degree offerings and confer four-year degrees.
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Published on 6/10/2013
Behind Education Costs: Buttress — or Bloat?
Two economists argue that universities adjust costs based on how much they raise, rather than broad economic forces. Schools say they have become more efficient.
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Published on 6/10/2013
