SPECIAL SECTION: Hispanic Graduation Rates in Florida
New College Board Report: Latino College Completion Rate at Only …
PR Newswire
These are just some of the findings from a new report released today by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center at an event at Miami Dade College (MDC), …
Educators outline plan to improve Hispanic graduation rate
MiamiHerald.com
A who’s-who list of educators and politicians convened at Miami Dade College on Friday to focus on ways to boost the number of Hispanics who successfully earn a college degree.
Hispanics need more help getting to college graduation, education leaders say
Orlando Sentinel
“Educational outcomes clearly define … income for the next generation,” Bush said at the press conference at Miami-Dade College, which has one of the highest minority graduation rates in the country. In recent years, educators across the state and …
Jeb Bush: Latino Education “Absolutely Critical”
NBC Miami
Bush spent the morning at Miami Dade College for a panel discusson centered on a recent report on the educational progress and challenges faced by Latino students. The report recommended expanding early childhood education efforts, …
Hispanics trail in earning U.S. college degrees
Fox News
“It’s a very worrying situation, very serious, but it can be fixed” because the reason for it all is the lack of information among Hispanic families, Dr. Eduardo J. Padron, president of Miami-Dade College where the report was presented, told Efe.
New College Board Report: Latino College Completion Rate at Only 19.2%, National at 41.1%
Sacramento Bee
These are just some of the findings from a new report released today by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center at an event at Miami Dade College (MDC), the institution of higher education awarding more degrees to minorities than any other in the U.S. College Board President and former West Virginia Gov. Gaston Caperton, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and MDC President Dr. Eduardo J. Padron were on-hand to discuss this critical issue. The College Completion Agenda Progress Report 2011: Latino Edition and The College Completion Agenda Progress Report 2011: State Policy Guide – developed in collaboration with the National Council of La Raza and Excelencia in Education – are especially relevant given the need for these students to obtain postsecondary degrees if our nation is to thrive socially and economically.
State University System
Report: Fla. Board of Governors on Graduation, Retention Rates
WCTV
The report and data analysis that collected information nationally also demonstrates how the Florida Board of Governors both captures and tracks a much …
Ex-state Rep. Corr named to Fla. university panel
WWSB ABC 7
Christopher Corr is joining the Florida Board of Governors. Gov. Rick Scott named Corr, a Jacksonville business executive, on Friday to the panel that …
FAMU to modify dental school proposal
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
The University of Central Florida also presented a plan for a new dental school, while UF sought funds to upgrade and expand its 40-year-old dental program. The BOG committee deferred action until its November meeting, but several BOG members …
FAMU sees near all-time high number of students
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
The key: an energized focus on transfer students from the state college system, particularly from Tallahassee Community College. Thanks to a 7 percent increase in transfer students — plus a 5 percent increase in graduate students — FAMU has been able …
FAMU distributes 500 game tickets to TCC students
Tallahassee Democrat (blog)
FAMU has taken another step to improve attendance for home games, reaching out to Tallahassee Community College. Starting with Saturday’s game, FAMU sent a batch of 500 tickets through Department of Campus Life to make available …
Tickets for LeBron lockout game at FIU on sale Monday
Sun-Sentinel
Florida International University on Friday released details for the NBA lockout all-star exhibition scheduled at the campus’ 5000-seat US Century Bank Arena for 7 pm Oct. 8, with ticket sales to begin Monday.
UCF freshman Ann Hefferin died of sepsis syndrome, report says
Orlando Sentinel
University of Central Florida freshman Ann Hefferin, whose roommates found her unresponsive after a fraternity party last month, died of a condition called sepsis syndrome, the Orange-Osceola medical examiner’s office …
University of Central Florida student died from bacterial infection
MyFoxOrlando.com
A University of Central Florida freshman who was found dead in her on-campus apartment died from a rare bacterial infection, an autopsy has reveals. The death of Ann Marie Hefferin, an 18 year old college freshman from Maitland, …
UCF researcher lands diabetes grant to help find Type 1 cure
Orlando Sentinel
To help fund his research for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes, University of Central Florida professor Dr. Henry Daniell received a $500000 grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the university announced. The award of the three-year …
UCF hospitality students celebrate World Tourism Day
Orlando Sentinel
Less than 50 years after Walt Disney began eyeing land southwest of the sleepy Southern town of Orlando, more than 70 University of Central Florida hospitality students spent the day celebrating the industry that forever changed the region. …
UF wants to charge market-rate tuition for 5 online programs
Gainesville Sun
The first offering of the online option would be at the proposed market rate. Last week, UF submitted proposals to the Florida Board of Governors to charge …
Vereen joins USF theater project
Tbo.com
Tony Award-winning actor, singer and dancer Ben Vereen has been named co-artistic director of the Tampa-based Broadway Theater Project education program at the University of South Florida. He said the 21-year-old intensive theater workshop for teens …
USF Polytechnic not ready for independence, trustee says
Tampabay.com
Next month, the Florida Board of Governors is scheduled to consider a bid from USF Polytechnic to sever its ties to the main campus. …
Architect Santiago Calatrava plans a profound campus at USF-Polytechnic
Tampabay.com
The dream is laid out in a YouTube video with glossy, computer-generated special effects. There are shiny, futuristic buildings with swirling retractable roofs. A glittering lake flanked by low-lying dorms. At the entrance to it all, a tall spire that casts shadows like a sundial. This is world renowned architect Santiago Calatrava’s ambitious and imaginative design for USF Polytechnic‘s new campus off Interstate 4, a site that until recently has been home to bulls, muck and mosquitoes.
5 Florida universities rank in top 500 world colleges
Naples Daily News
The University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida each ranked in the 201 to 300 category. The schools were ranked on four criteria: quality of education, quality of faculty, research output, per capita performance.
Erin Kourkounis: UWF gets grant for female faculty, and pennies collected for pets
Pensacola News Journal
The University of West Florida gets a grant to support women faculty, pennies support pets, and Ukrainian leaders visit Pensacola. 1 A group of faculty researchers at UWF has been granted nearly $600000 from the National Science Foundation. …
State College System
BCC lab teaches children, parents alike
Florida Today
Brevard Community College offers parents of children age six weeks through preschool a program called Lab School in which parents learn along with their …
Official wants Regent control shifted
Tbo.com
Murman said she favors shifting management of The Regent to Hillsborough Community College. The Brandon Community Advantage Center transferred ownership of …
IRSC update: Study Abroad program announces 2012 destinations
TCPalm
Gain a broader understanding of the world while earning college credits through the Indian River State College Study Abroad program. …
Moving SFCC to four-year college will be great for Highlands
Tbo.com
We hope the importance of the opportunity for South Florida Community College to change to a four-year college is not lost on anyone. It’s not a done deal, …
From SFCC to SFSC
Tbo.com
And the winner is… South Florida State College. The South Florida Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved a new name for the community college at Wednesday’s board of trustees meeting at the Hardee Campus.
Club 25 gives scholarships to TCC students
Tallahassee.com
Four Tallahassee Community College students have each been awarded a $500 scholarship made possible through donations from Club 25 to the TCC Foundation’s Educate a Woman program. TCC said the four recipients are women who graduated from …
Independent College and University System
Ave Maria to install new leader
Wink News
Members of the AMU board of directors; Chancellor and AMU founder Thomas S. Monaghan will be in attendance, as well as representatives from Southwest Florida universities, include Florida Gulf Coast University and ; …
Wildcats’ game against Miami to net Bethune-Cookman $400000
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Thompson said B-CU‘s initial three-year package of guarantee games, including Miami this year and next and the University of Central Florida in 2013, will be worth $1.2 million for the school. “Any time we can generate revenue, the whole university …
Day Of Action And Unity Calls For End Of Violence In Black Community
First Coast News
A Day of Action and Unity event near Edward Waters College on Saturday featured a march to the scene of recent shooting deaths, …
Jacksonville University School of Nursing Announces New Online RN …
DigitalJournal.com
The new nursing courses, with updates being made to the School of Nursing philosophy and … The University of Vermont, Florida Institute of Technology, …
University of Miami law professor arrested after allegedly soliciting oral sex
MiamiHerald.com
A well-known University of Miami law professor has been arrested after he allegedly solicited an undercover police officer for oral sex. According to the Sept. 26 arrest report, Donald M. Jones engaged in a brief conversation with an …
University of Miami School of Law Professer Hit With Prostitution Charge — Again
NBC Miami
A prominent University of Miami School of Law professor who specializes in criminal procedure has been charged with soliciting a prostitute — again. The details of this week’s arrest were not immediately available, but UM officials …
UM law prof had 2007 solicitation charge, later dropped
Orlando Sentinel
When Miami police busted University of Miami law professor Donald Marvin Jones on a charge of soliciting street sex from an undercover cop on Sept. 26, it wasn’t the first time. Jones, 59, was arrested on Aug. …
For-Profit Institutions
College software retailer profiting as unemployed return to school
Palm Beach Post
Campus Management started with a focus on such for-profit schools as Kaplan University and Keiser University, but it has expanded its client base to …
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Editorial: College Boards Don’t Reflect Community
Tampabay.com
Such white, male-dominated boards were the standard decades ago — long before HCC was on the cusp of becoming a minority-majority institution and before women made up most of Tampa Bay’s state college students. There were well-qualified women and minorities who would have welcomed an opportunity to help guide a local college. The governor should cast a wider net.
Saving on solar
MiamiHerald.com
Tony Abbate, a Fort Lauderdale architect and associate professor at Florida Atlantic University, recently added a photovoltaic system to his townhouse in Fort Lauderdale. The $42000 project should be paid for in part by a rebate he snagged from the …
Nursing homes brace for cuts
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Joseph Ouslander, a geriatrician and professor at Florida Atlantic University who advises the federal government on health care quality, said an added stress on nursing homes is the move to keep them from sending their sickest patients back to the …
Brain gyms work out mind and body
Sun-Sentinel
Anna Lisa Curtis, a research coordinator at Florida Atlantic University’s College of Medicine in Boca Raton, anticipates there will be more brain gyms and cognitive training programs in the near future. “The population that is aging now is …
Collier, Lee restaurants buck economic decline with increased 2011 sales – POLL
Naples Daily News
“Seeing positive sales there is a good sign,” said Gary Jackson, an economics professor at Florida Gulf Coast University in Estero, noting that increased spending is needed for a recovery to continue. “The spending of consumers is very important,” …
Detailed study of Pitts Spring shows colorful past
The News Herald
“This is an area of settlement and resettlement and resettlement,” Florida State University history professor Andrew Frank said. The Northwest Florida Water Management District recently completed a historical and archaeological investigation of the …
Student a Champion of The American Dream
The Ledger
Mayra Hidalgo, a Polk State College student, has made a name for herself as a go-to person for immigration activism in Polk County. …
Airport gears up for $52M worth of nip/tucks
Orlando Business Journal
“Runway improvements and infrastructure upgrades at the airport make the travel experience better,” said Stuart Michelson, Stetson University’s business school dean. “In addition, this helps the local business community as it keeps workers busy and …
Uninsured situation worsens in South Florida
MiamiHerald.com
Those grim numbers reflect South Florida’s recent economic struggles that have driven up employment and forced many small employers to drop insurance coverage, said Steven Ullmann, a health policy expert at the University of Miami. …
Candidates waiting for redistricting decisions
St. Augustine Record
“If you don’t know who your voters are, it is difficult to raise money and get supporters excited about your campaign,” said Matt Corrigan, head of the University of North Florida’s political science department. Corrigan said one of the biggest issues …
Go with the Flow
Tampabay.com
“It’s intense,” said Dr. Frank Muller-Karger, a professor of Oceanography at the University of South Florida. “There is a lot of water moving through a very small space. I’m sure it was a natural barrier to those early inhabitants of Florida. …
House Is Gone but Debt Lives On
Wall Street Journal
Lehigh Acres was carved out of scrub land and cattle farms in the 1950s by a Chicago businessman, Lee Ratner, who had made a fortune on d-CON rat poison, says Gary Mormino, a history professor at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg. …
Gulf Power symposium full of top speakers
Pensacola News Journal
Rick Harper, executive director of University of West Florida’s Office of Economic Development & Engagement, will give an overview of the Northwest Florida economy and discuss its potential for growth. Don Kirkman, president of Florida’s Great …
