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 […]
University of Florida senior Andrew Hecht understands the bind in which university president Bernie Machen finds himself. The legislature has cut funding for higher education for several years — and another $36.5 million for the next school year. The money schools depend on to renovate and expand campus facilities is drying up. And Machen is […]
A bill that would allow Florida-born U.S. citizens to pay in-state college tuition fees regardless of the immigration status of their parents, died yesterday in the Florida Senate committee on Higher Education. Sen. Steve Oelrich, a Gainesville Republican who chairs the committee, interrupted a 20-year-old Miami Dade College student, Carla Montes, during her emotional testimony. Montes […]
Our continuing charter school series, higher education salaries and a lawsuit over college tuition drove the comments this week. Disallusionedinmiami agreed that school boards should get tough on new charter school applications. Do not stop charter schools, but question and ask for the highest degree of accountability. Some charter schools are only there is make […]
Seven Florida colleges placed in the top 100 “Best Buys,” according to a Forbes list released this week, led by the University of Florida at 11, Florida State University at 13, New College of Florida at 16 and the University of North Florida at 19. Those rankings could change, as the South Florida Sun-Sentinel notes, […]
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