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Gabi Alecksinko, a senior Intercultural Communications major at FAU, posted an eviction notice on a student's door at the Indian River Tower dormitory of the Boca Raton campus March 30.
A Jewish community group wants some answers from Florida Atlantic University leadership after a Palestinian student group posted mock eviction notices on dorm doors last month.
The Anti-Defamation League said the notices were “intimidating” and “hostile” to supporters of Israel, according to the Sun-Sentinel.
The FAU chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine put eviction notices on about 200 dorm room doors. The notices said residents had three days to pack up their things a leave — and were meant to draw attention to home demolitions in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Graduation day at Northwest Florida State College.
So you’ve got a list of colleges offering scholarships, grants and all kinds of other perks and you’re trying to figure out the best deal?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has set up a new website to help college-bound students and their parents estimate just how much that degree will cost — and how much debt will remain when classes are finished.
The site also gives you an estimate how long it will take to pay off that debt based on the average starting salary for U.S. college graduates ($617 per month for 10 years!).
The average student attending the University of Florida, for instance, could expect a roughly $10,500 bill for tuition, room and board, books and supplies and other expenses after grants and scholarships are applied to a total cost of $19,257.
The University of Miami has the highest professor pay in the state, according to Chronicle of Higher Education data.
The University of Miami has the highest-paid professors among Florida’s universities and colleges, according to data complied by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Hurricane instructors are paid an average of $140,800 for the 2011-2012 school year.
More interesting is the number two school on the list: The University of South Florida Polytechnic. Professors at the Lakeland school earn $124,400 on average, or $17,200 more than the average professor at the flagship Tampa campus.
University of South Florida at St. Petersburg professors also earn more than their colleagues at the Tampa campus.
Nova Southeastern University, the University of Florida and the University of Central Florida round out the top five average salaries.
U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, is a co-sponsor of a bill increasing oversight of GI Bill funds.
For-profit colleges and universities are swarming military veterans seeking more education after serving in Afghanistan, Iraq or some other location, NPR reports.
Te reason is simple: Veterans have access to college money though the GI Bill.
Many of the vets wind up on phone and email lists by seeking information through website which seem like they are connected to the GI Bill program:
Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is working on a new version of the DREAM Act.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is quietly working on a new version of the DREAM Act to allow young undocumented immigrants a chance to stay in the U.S. legally while seeking citizenship, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
The bill is a political tightrope for Rubio — widely regarded as a potential vice presidential pick because of Florida’s crucial role in deciding the electoral college.
Rubio told the Tampa Bay Times his version would require those eligible to wait in line, but stay in the country legally while doing so. Critics say the proposal falls short of what’s needed:
Editor’s note: This post was written by WLRN reporter Tasnim Shamma.
Over 40 college students from around the state gathered near the Bethune-Cookman University campus in Daytona Beach Friday afternoon. They’re walking 41 miles to Sanford to call for justice for Trayvon Martin. The march is meant to mimic the historic 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
The campaign began at Daisy Stocking Park and will conclude on April 9 at Sanford City Hall. During the march, students will be stopping every two hours and receiving training. Continue Reading →
We’ve talked about bullying several times this week. As the movie “Bully” opens in theatres, students in South Florida are sharing their own painful experiences.
We also heard about the suicide of a teenager who classmates say was a victim of bullying and harassment at school. The New Jersey teen was a family friend of Port Richey Rep. John Legg. Legg was so moved by the tragedy he wrote a letter to Florida Education Commissioner Gerard Robinson encouraging aggressive action against such behavior. “No child should feel this threatened anywhere,” he wrote.
Readers were particularly interested in John O’Connor’s story about whether bullying is really an epidemic. Continue Reading →
Florida high schools are graded in part by the number of college-level classes they offer high school students. Those classes require college textbooks, which are more expensive than high school textbooks, and the state doesn’t always give high schools enough money to cover the difference.
Rachel Wheeler, 12, of Lighthouse Point, has raised funds for 27 homes and a 10-classroom school in Leogane, Haiti. Here Rachel gets to know one of the kindergarteners over a meal during the inauguration of the new school. The community's old school was destroyed in the January 2010 earthquake.
Editor’s note: This post was written by WLRN reporter Tasnim Shamma.
In her third visit to Haiti within a year, 12-year-old Rachel Wheeler from Broward County visited Rachel’s School to cut the ribbon on a school she helped build.
The previous elementary school, Ecole Reap de Morel, in the coastal village of Kay Piti in Leogane, Haiti, was damaged in the country’s January 12, 2010 earthquake. It was held up by metal and wood with bed sheets to separate classrooms. Today, the school is made of concrete blocks and a zinc roof. It has ten classrooms that can hold up to 350 students.
Before Florida students take the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test this month, the Florida Department of Education wants them to take a pledge. The pledge says they agree not to cheat, and they should understand that doing so will invalidate their test results. Students are not required to sign the pledge.
While there doesn’t appear to be an abundance of cheating in the state, FDOE decided to jump on the bandwagon with other states that have crafted such a pledge.The adults aren’t being asked to take the pledge.
The pressure is high for teachers and administrators. FCAT scores play heavily into the merit pay system that’s being crafted for them.
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