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State University System
Entrepreneurs to host events at FAU, FIU
Sun-Sentinel
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization of South Florida announced new agreements with Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University to host speakers, seminars and other events, and to mentor students toward entrepreneurship. ”This region is a hotbed of young entrepreneurial talent and we’re excited to team up with numerous colleges and universities to mentor and advance these rising stars,” said Isaias Sudit, chairman of EO’s Education Outreach Committee, and CEO of GridGlo, and Delray Beach-based technology company. For more information on EO, visit www.eonetwork.org.
WUCF moves to Channel 24
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Central Florida’s Public Broadcasting Service television station, WUCF-TV, has moved to Channel 24 now that the University of Central Florida’s purchase of the broadcast license for that channel has been approved by federal authorities. University trustees agreed in June to purchase the broadcast license of WMFE, the area’s former PBS station, for $3.3 million.
Compromise to keep some Alligator racks on campus
Gainesville Sun
The Independent Florida Alligator’s lawsuit against the University of Florida is close to being dropped, thanks to a compromise that leaves some of the student newspaper’s distinctive orange racks on campus…
UF plans to renovate Newell Hall with newfound money
Gainesville Sun
University of Florida students likely will be getting a library without books in one of the oldest buildings on campus. UF plans to convert Newell Hall into a study center with electronic access to research materials but no books…
Special Section: Coverage & Reax to Gov. Scott’s $10,000 degree challenge
State Colleges Answer Governor’s $10K Degree Challenge
ActionNewsJax.com
Gainesville’s Santa Fe College agreed to offer a Public Safety Management degree for $10000.
Gov. Rick Scott’s challenge: Offer a $10000 bachelor’s degree
Bizjournals.com
Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued a challenge Nov. 26 to the Florida College System: Provide a bachelor’s degree for $10,000,the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Florida hopes to offer a $10000 bachelor’s degree
Bradenton Herald
Florida Gov. Rick Scott kicked off the Cyber Monday shopping day by firmly planting a “Sale” sign on some of the state’s community colleges. Scott’s proposal: offering discounted bachelor’s degree programs, priced at $10,000 or less for in-state residents. The governor’s $10,000 degree push is for now voluntary, but seven of Florida’s 28 community colleges have pledged to take part, including Broward College.
Daytona State takes Scott challenge on $10000 bachelor’s degrees
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Daytona State will take up a challenge from Gov. Rick Scott to provide bachelors degrees at a reduced cost…
Rick Scott issues ‘$10000 Degree Challenge’ to state colleges; Dems call it ‘Walmart of Education’
Florida Times-Union (blog)
Gov. Rick Scott today announced a push to get state colleges to create $10,000 degrees geared toward high-demand industries. “Working with the Florida Legislature, this ‘$10,000 Degree Challenge’ will help us continue to improve the value of our higher education system for Florida families,” said Scott during an event at St. Petersburg College.
SF accepts challenge for low-cost degree
Gainesville Sun
Santa Fe College has accepted a challenge from Gov. Rick Scott to create a four-year degree program that would cost students $10,000. SF has proposed to create a bachelor degree in public safety management that would launch next fall, pending approval …
Gov. Rick Scott issues $10000 degree challenge to colleges
MiamiHerald.com
As expected, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged the state’s 28 colleges to create bachelor’s degree programs that cost students no more than $10,000. The Florida Department of Education, which oversees the colleges, quickly put out a press release with many statements of support.
Edison State officials seek ways to trim costs after Gov. Scott’s …
Naples Daily News
Edison State College will continue to look for ways to trim tuition costs in response to Gov. Rick Scott’s challenge for state colleges to create bachelor’s degree programs that costs no more than $10,000. Meeting the governor’s challenge, issued Monday to Florida’s 28 state colleges, would mean cutting about $3,400 from Edison’s four-year rates. Tuition at the Southwest Florida school sits at $13,406 for the 2012-13 year — the same as the previous year…
Gov. Rick Scott: Community colleges should offer $10000 bachelor’s …
Orlando Sentinel
Shortly after the governor’s announcement, Polk State College President Eileen Holden said her school already is setting the standard for access and …
Florida colleges face challenge from governor to put 10k price on bachelor’s degrees
Palm Beach Post
Gov. Rick Scott, who has blistered lawmakers and university presidents over the rising cost of higher education in Florida, challenged state college leaders Monday to create bachelor’s degree programs costing no more than $10,000. Such degrees at Florida state colleges — formerly known as community colleges — currently average $13,264, officials said. The Florida governor’s approach mirrors a $10,000 degree program started in Texas under Gov. Rick Perry, a Scott fishing buddy and frequent rival in the economic development arena.
Scott issues $10,000 challenge to state colleges
Palm Beach Post – Post on Politics
Gov. Rick Scott, who has been trying to rein-in the cost of higher education in Florida, fired off a challenge Monday to state college leaders — urging they create bachelor’s degree programs costing no more than $10,000. Such degrees at Florida state colleges — formerly known as community colleges — currently average $13,264, said Randy Hanna, chancellor of the Florida College System.
Governor challenges state colleges to create degree program for $10000
Pensacola News Journal
With the goal of addressing the problem of rising college costs and student debt, Gov. Rick Scott today issued a challenge to Florida’s state colleges to create bachelor’s degree programs that cost no more than $10,000.
Rick Scott: Four-Year Florida College Degree for Under $10000
Sunshine State News
Gov. Rick Scott is challenging administrators in the Florida College System to come up with degree programs that cost $10,000 or less. “We’ve got to figure out a way we can keep the cost of education as low as possible,” said Scott said while appearing on WCOA 1370 AM in Pensacola on Monday morning.
Business Leaders Back Rick Scott’s $10000 College Challenge
Sunshine State News (blog)
Some of Florida’s most influential business lobbying groups are firmly in support of Gov. Rick Scott’s proposal to lower the cost of higher education in the Florida College System. Rick Scott’s proposal to lower the cost of higher education in the Florida College System. Scott on Monday challenged administrators in the system to bring the cost of a four-year degree under $10,000.
Seven Colleges Take Up Rick Scott’s $10000 Degree Challenge
Sunshine State News
Seven of the 28 schools in the Florida College System have accepted the governor’s challenge of creating four-year degree programs that cost under $10,000. Valencia College, Santa Fe College, College of Central Florida, Daytona State College, Seminole State College of Florida and Broward College joined St. Petersburg College which earlier on Monday agreed to take on the task, according to a release from the governor’s office.
Gov. Rick Scott issues $10000 degree challenge to colleges
Tampabay.com (blog)
As expected, Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged the state’s 28 colleges to create bachelor’s degree programs that cost students no more than $10,000. The Florida Department of Education, which oversees the colleges, quickly put out a press release with many statements of support…
Gov. Scott challenges universities: Offer degrees for $10000
Tbo.com
Gov. Rick Scott has challenged state colleges to provide bachelor’s degree programs that don’t cost more than $10,000, and although the proposal drew both praise and scorn, the head of the first school to take the bait thinks he can make it work. Scott announced the plan to address rising college costs and student debt today at St. Petersburg College, where its president, Bill Law, said he would target the school’s Technology Management and Development program for the first $10,000 degree.
Polk State: Degrees Already Affordable
The Ledger
Polk State College President Eileen Holden said Monday that Gov. Rick Scott’s “challenge” to offer a $10,000 program for a four-year degree is more like a cake walk for her school. Scott’s challenge was addressed to state colleges, not universities. PSC, however, isn’t one of the schools that accepted it. That’s because PSC is already highly affordable, Holden said.
Scott wants low-cost degrees at state colleges
The News Herald
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged Florida’s community and state colleges to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000, which also would continue their move into an area that was once the sole domain of the state’s public universities.
Gov. Scott poses $10000 question
The News-Press
Gov. Rick Scott is challenging Florida’s community and state colleges to develop baccalaureate degrees that charge students no more than $10,000 in tuition, and get them a job in four years.
Scott wants Florida colleges to develop bargain four-year degrees …
The Republic
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged Florida’s community and state colleges to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000, which also would continue their move into an area that was once the sole domain of the state’s public universities.
Gov. Scott Challenges Colleges To Come Up With $10K Degrees
WBFS
Governor Rick Scott has thrown down a proverbial gauntlet to all state colleges – come up with bachelor degree programs which don’t cost more than $10,000. Making stops at the Clearwater campus of St. Petersburg College and appearing on a Tampa news show, Scott said his goal is to address rising education costs and student debt.
Governor Rick Scott pushes $10000 college degree, draws fire from …
WPTV
Hours after Governor Rick Scott challenged 28 state colleges to develop a $10,000 bachelor’s degree program to make college more affordable for families, state Democrats said the move would make the colleges the “Walmart of education.” Scott, who is running for re-election in 2014, announced the challenge on the campus of St. Petersburg College — the pilot for the program.
Scott challenges colleges to offer $10000 degrees
WUFT
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday challenged Florida’s community and state colleges to develop four-year degrees that would cost no more than $10,000. The mean level of tuition and fees at a community or state college was $3,328 during the 2011-12 academic year, according the Department of Education’s 2012 annual report for the Florida College System. A four-year degree would cost about $13,300. In comparison, tuition and fees for a four-year degree from a Florida university averages about $25,000.
State College System
DSC wish list up for board OK
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Students walking across campus Monday pass by the Theater Center at Daytona State College. The college’s board meets Thursday and is expected to vote on the college’s wish list for the Legislature.
Gulf Coast State College to Offer New Bachelors Degree
wmbb
…Now, Gulf Coast State College will offer Thomas and other students that opportunity with the introduction of a new four-year degree. ”But, not just another bachelors degree program,” said President of Gulf Coast Dr. Jim Kerley. ”It’s a workforce bachelors degree program that will help individuals to really go out and get jobs or really enhance what they are doing.” The new work force degree will specialize in organizational management…
Students, benefactors of Burke Scholars program recognized
Crestview News Bulletin
The recent Northwest Florida State College annual Burke Scholars recognition ceremony brought together 2012-13 Kelly and Denny Burke Family Scholarship and Patricia Burke Ackal Nursing Scholarship recipients with their benefactors. At just more than $1 million in value, the Burke family endowment is the second largest scholarship endowment in the college’s history. The endowment’s earnings provided 23 scholarship awards at $1,000 each for the 2012-13 academic year. The Burke family started the first scholarship fund in 1993 with an initial gift of $60,000…
Transit plan promotes ways to reach remote areas
News Chief
On April 24, Polk State College started subsidizing free public transportation for its 20,000 students, faculty and staff. Southeastern University and Everest University in Lakeland have done it, Phillips said.
Independent Colleges and Universities
Flagler singers performing Wednesday
St. Augustine Record
The Flagler Singers will be performing in the Rotunda of Ponce Hall at Flagler College at 6 p.m. Wednesday. This 25-voice group of Flagler Students, directed by Kerry Fradley, will perform a variety of musical numbers ranging from classical pieces
For-Profit and Career Colleges
Full Sail adds three new online degree programs
Bizjournals.com
Full Sail University is launching three new online degree programs: a 12-month public relations master of arts, a 12-month innovation and entrepreneurship master of science, and a 28-month media communications bachelor of science.
Yip Yap: Noted and Quoted FLHE Voices from Around the State
Our Opinion: ‘Giving Tuesday’ can make a difference locally
Tallahassee Democrat
Or there was the effort by members of Tallahassee Community College’s Tallahassee Fire Academy, who developed a community service project in addition to training classes. More than $2,000 was raised through fundraisers, part of it going to the American Red Cross and to the North Florida Burn Camp/Camp Amigo.
Maxwell: Consider mature voices on future of Florida A&M’s band
The Republic
Like thousands of other African-Americans of my generation who attended Florida’s public schools, I never missed an opportunity to see the Marching 100, Florida A&M University‘s famous band. — And like many of my contemporaries, I regret the band’s fall from grace in the wake of last year’s hazing death of drum major Robert Champion. The band is under indefinite suspension until FAMU‘s interim president, Larry Robinson, decides when it will be reactivated…
‘MythBusters’ Explosive Detonated In FIT Dorm
Brevard Times
On Sunday, November 25 at 12:22 a.m., Melbourne Police responded to a report of a student at the Florida Institute of Technology who caused a disturbance with security and detonated a destructive device on campus. Police say that the ensuing investigation revealed that Christian Barnes Duke, age 19, possessed a destructive device that he made from common household chemicals and items.
Will next generation of Hispanic voters follow their parents?
Orlando Sentinel
Never before have Hispanics voted so overwhelmingly Democratic as they did for Obama, said Luis Martínez-Fernández, professor of history at the University of Central Florida. “Hispanics have come together in a way they have never come together..
Researcher Says State Charter School Study Was ‘Poorly Done’ And ‘Biased’
StateImpact Florida
A University of Central Florida business professor and the Florida Department of Education have been swapping research the past week in a debate about whether charter schools perform better than district schools. UCF professor Stanley Smith opened the debate with his analysis of student achievement at traditional and charter schools. His general assessment is that traditional schools outperform charters when controlling for income levels and the percentage of minority students. The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) has its own research that shows very different results. Generally, charter schools perform better than their traditional counterparts, according to the agency’s analysis.
Personal incomes increase in Southwest Florida, data show
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
“We are several years into the economic recovery, so all the boats are starting to be lifted — a little bit,” said Sean Snaith, a University of Central Florida economist who regularly updates his “Florida and Metro Forecast.”
Will Florida Pythons Slither To Rest Of The US?
North Country Public Radio
Nov 26, 2012 (All Things Considered) — Researchers from the University of Florida, National Geographic and other groups say Burmese pythons may not be as likely to spread across the Southeast U.S. as previous researchers have warned…But Elliott Jacobson, a professor emeritus of zoological medicine at the University of Florida, says a new study questions how far beyond South Florida pythons could spread. ”These maps give a very false sense of distribution,” Jacobson says.
Nonprofits’ forum to broaden Jacksonville youths’ world view
Florida Times-Union (blog)
Three Jacksonville-based nonprofits that build global friendships will hold a free forum Sunday to showcase their opportunities for young people. GlobalJax, Jacksonville Chapter of CISV and the First Coast Returned Peace Corps Volunteers will host the event from 4 to 6 p.m. at Building 50, Room 1406 at the University of North Florida, according to a news release. ”Jacksonville residents will increasingly work and live in a more interconnected and globalized world. Programs like those offered by CISV, GlobalJax and the Peace Corps provide Jacksonville’s young people with skills to succeed in the new international economy,” Andrea Hartley, Executive Director of GlobalJax, said in the release…
Author discusses Cuba’s future with World Affairs Council
Jacksonville Daily Record
The first in 2013 is scheduled Jan. 8, featuring Alice Rivlin about “The Future of Health Care Spending.” Rivlin is a former vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board and is a visiting professor at the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute. The council operates on a fiscal year. Three luncheons are planned through March. The council also sponsors Global Issues Evenings at the University of North Florida Herbert University Center. Rivlin is scheduled to talk about “The Current Outlook for the Economy” at 7 p.m. Jan. 8 at UNF.
Will the GOP Push Grover off the Cliff?
New Yorker (blog)
During this year’s Republican Convention, I hopped a cab from Tampa to St. Petersburg, where my old acquaintance Grover Norquist, the Republican anti-tax activist, was giving a speech at the University of South Florida…
South Korea to sever ‘honorary consul’ for Tampa socialite Jill Kelley
Tampabay.com
In September, [Jill] Kelley contacted the University of South Florida, offering to help set up a “medical, pharmaceutical or research exchange” between its medical school and South Korea. USF officials said nothing came of it.
Baldwin Genealogical Society will host Dean DeBolt
Press-Register – al.com (blog)
FOLEY, Alabama — Foley Public Library and the Baldwin County Genealogical Society. will host Dean DeBolt at 10 a.m. Dec. 8 at the library. DeBolt is an archivist at the University of West Florida and he will speak on “Christmas and it’s Traditions.” “Christmas and it’s Traditions.”
Releases and Web Stories
High Honor For President Of FAU’s Research Park
BocaNewsNow.com
Andrew Duffell, president and CEO of the Research Park at Florida Atlantic University was recently invited by the U.S. Department of State to lecture at Paraguayan universities. He was awarded a prestigious U.S. Speaker Grant to speak on “Science and Technology Parks” by the Bureau of International Information Programs and the U.S. Embassy’s Public Affairs Section. Visiting the cities of Asunción, Villarrica, Ciudad del Este and Encarnación he addressed two of the developing nation’s leading universities.
WUFT-TV, WUFT-FM launch online fundraising auction
University of Florida
University of Florida’s public broadcasting stations WUFT-TV/FM will launch an online auction “WUFT Support & Save” at www.wuft.org beginning Thursday…
Annual holiday concert at Phillips features Handel’s ‘Hallelujah Chorus’
University of Florida
Familiar holiday music will fill the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts’ auditorium for “Sounds of the Season,” showcasing the University of Florida College of Fine Arts at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Museum offers UF employees free admission, gift shop discount Dec. 1
University of Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida faculty and staff are invited to enjoy free admission and gift shop and plant sale discounts at the Florida Museum of Natural History from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sampling Other Countries
University of South Florida
They sampled exotic foods, learned bits of new languages and searched family origins. Those were just some of the activities featured during the recent International Festival at the University of South Florida, an event earlier this month attended by hundreds of students that kicked off with a parade of flags at the MLK plaza. The annual festival, in its third year, is hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs, USF World, Center for Student Involvement, and USF Student Government. It gives students an opportunity to learn about study abroad programs at USF and talk to people from those countries…
USF Professor Receives Awards
University of South Florida
From USF News. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Nov. 26, 2012) – University of South Florida College of Marine Science Professor Pamela Hallock-Muller is known for both her teaching and her research, and this month has two new honors recognizing her efforts. Hallock-Muller has been awarded the Sloan Faculty Mentor Award and been elected as a 2012 Fellow of the Paleontological Society, an international body which promotes the science of paleontology.
