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Florida State University President Thrasher gave possibly his last State of the University address before the Faculty Senate Wednesday. Thrasher announced in September he would be stepping down once the school names a new President. Thrasher’s Wednesday address focused on how the pandemic has changed higher education.
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Florida State University will hold a virtual commencement ceremony this December. The decision comes after the State University System issued a directive telling schools to develop alternative commencement plans due to COVID-19.
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Florida’s public colleges and universities could lose about $164 million under budget cut proposals rolled out Monday in the House. Earlier in the month a…
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A Senate education panel has temporarily postponed a school testing overhaul bill—putting one of the two major testing proposals in jeopardy. Earlier this…
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Three charter school companies expressed interest. Two fit the criteria. Only one submitted an application. This week the Jefferson County School District…
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The Florida Department of Education says it’s investigating whether some school districts are inflating their graduation rates. Leon and Gadsden County…
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The Florida House is promising big cut to higher education funding. And it also has another idea for changes that should be made to the system. The…
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The price tag for Florida’s class size amendment is now at $34 billion. The state has spent that much since the measure was put into the Florida…
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For the past several years, Florida’s public colleges and universities have sought to shield high-level position searches from the state’s sunshine law.…
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The Florida Senate has approved wide-ranging changes to the state’s higher education system. It’s a top priority of Senate President Joe Negron. But that…
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Tallahassee Democrat Bill Montford is out with a plan to revamp the state’s testing system. A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the Senate and House…
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There’s renewed interest in requiring public school districts to share a portion of their locally generated school maintenance funds with charter schools.…