Does higher education governance need a clean up? The answer is a big yes. But the real problem with higher education governance is not micromanagement—as the Texas Legislature would have had you believe in...
Gov. Rick Scott’s renewed interest in the State University System should be both exciting and terrifying for the University of Florida. His interest first manifested itself through a clumsy swipe at anthropology majors and...
College students and their parents know all too well the punishing financial terms higher education can inflict. The price of a college education has increased 700 percent since 1981. Students are taking out many...
Host Preston Scott interviewed American Council of Trustees and Alumni Vice President of Policy, Michael Poliakoff, about ACTA’s new state report card, “Florida Rising: An Assessment of Public Universities in the Sunshine State.” Listen...
The University of Central Florida can be proud of the news, in this week’s Sentinel, that it was one of 13 U.S. institutions to earn top marks for two of its teacher-education programs. But...
A conservative Florida think tank commends Florida’s university system for offering an affordable and quality higher education for students during a deep economic downturn and state budget cuts. But it also criticizes the system...
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