State University System

The State University System will conduct a review of all Florida public university syllabi for anything that might be considered antisemitic or anti-Israel.

A federal judge refused to take action against Florida in a lawsuit challenging an order to deactivate pro-Palestinian student groups at state universities.

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.

The legal challenge focuses on a part of the law that sets prohibitions on instruction of certain topics, like racism and gender studies, at state colleges and universities.

Presidents and trustee chairs of all 12 state universities endorsed the idea, and the system’s Board of Governors is set to discuss it.

The number of first-time-in-college students who graduated from the same institution where they started has gradually increased over the past five years, according to a presentation given to the university system’s 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.

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.

As state leaders launched surveys Monday to measure “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on college and university campuses, Florida’s largest faculty union urged students and school employees to ignore the questionnaires.