Florida Board of Governors

State officials are questioning if the donation is legit.

The board overseeing the state's public universities is requesting a legal opinion from Attorney General Ashley Moody on whether Florida Atlantic University's presidential search process was aligned with state law.

Tuesday’s meeting exposed a rift over how some trustees responded to the controversial suspension of FAU's presidential search process at the behest of state leaders.

Florida A&M is receiving a bump in performance-based funding from the Board of Governors.

State Sen. Ray Rodrigues will take the helm of Florida’s state university system, as the Board of Governors on Wednesday unanimously approved the Estero Republican as the successor to outgoing Chancellor Marshall Criser.

Results are in from the state's first survey of viewpoint diversity on public university campuses but there's little that may be gleaned from it.

Marshall Criser has served as chancellor of Florida’s university system since 2014. He plans to leave the post at the end of the year.

The state university system’s Board of Governors is eyeing a decline last year in undergraduate enrollment. Florida universities saw a 1 percent decrease, down nearly 2,900 students.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has tapped former state education commissioner Richard Corcoran to serve on the state university system’s Board of Governors. The board oversees Florida’s state universities and is tasked with such responsibilities as adopting regulations designed to carry out state laws related to higher education.

Florida State University’s new president has been confirmed. Richard McCullough, former vice provost of research at Harvard, will take over for outgoing President John Thrasher starting August 16. McCullough says what attracted him most to FSU was the culture.