{"id":7627,"date":"2012-05-17T10:08:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=7627"},"modified":"2012-06-10T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2012-06-10T18:47:14","slug":"does-florida-have-room-for-another-higher-education-task-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/05\/17\/does-florida-have-room-for-another-higher-education-task-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Florida Have Room For Another Higher Education Task Force?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7629\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 299px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/05\/17\/does-florida-have-room-for-another-higher-education-task-force\/bog-meeting-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7629\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7629\" title=\"BOG meeting\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/05\/BOG-meeting1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"186\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">flbog.edu<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Governors meets with university presidents.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s true. Florida is getting another education task force, or in this case, a commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission on Florida Higher Education Access and Degree Attainment is born. It\u2019s a product of the university system\u2019s Board of Governors (BOG) and not to be confused with other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/education\/college\/new-florida-higher-ed-task-force-to-push-baccalaureate-degrees\/1230537\">current or soon to be created task forces<\/a>. In all fairness, this commission has been in the works for a long time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The notice comes two weeks after Gov. Rick Scott announced the creation of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/2012\/05\/04\/2783123\/gov-rick-scott-creates-task-force.html\">Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform<\/a>. But the panel formed by the BOG isn\u2019t a response to the governor. BOG spokeswoman Kelly Layman said this new commission has been two years in the making.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flbog.edu\/pressroom\/_doc\/colson_brogan_FC100_may_17_2012.pdf\">Board Chairman Dean Colson sent a letter<\/a> about the commission to university leaders Wednesday. \u201cThe Board of Governors has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flbog.edu\/pressroom\/_doc\/2011-11-28_Strategic_Plan_2012-2025_FINAL.PDF\">worked hard to develop its new 2025 Strategic Plan<\/a>, has completely rewritten its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flbog.edu\/resources\/publications\/accountability.php\">Annual Accountability Report<\/a>, and has created the Work Plan template for our universities to use when making annual presentations to our Board,\u201d wrote Colson. \u201cWe have recently created a task force to address the funding challenges for new facilities and will soon launch a second task force to explore the possibility of an online university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colson added that the BOG was invited to make appointments to <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/05\/07\/gov-scott-creates-task-force-to-reform-state-university-system\/\">the governor\u2019s Blue Ribbon Task Force<\/a>. He wrote, \u201cWith the emergence of other task forces, some may question whether we need another group studying higher education. I am of the opinion that now is the time to focus on the crucial issue of capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What exactly will this new commission do? Members will consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The state\u2019s projected population growth.<\/li>\n<li>Employers\u2019 needs for workers with advanced levels of knowledge and skills.<\/li>\n<li>Citizens\u2019 demands for higher education.<\/li>\n<li>Existing post-secondary capacity issues.<\/li>\n<li>Any regional or state-wide factors that could maximize, leverage, partner, or re-engineer existing resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The commission will be chaired by former BOG Chairwoman Ava Parker. Members include current BOG Chairman Dean Colson, State Board of Education Chairwoman Kathleen Shanahan, Rep. Bill Proctor of St. Augustine, BOG member Thomas G. Kuntz,\u00a0 Higher Education Coordinating Council Co-Chair Marshall M. Criser, and Florida Council of 100 President Susan Pareigis. The BOG student and faculty representatives will serve as advisors.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flbog.edu\/\">Board of Governors<\/a> will hold its annual meeting in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s true. Florida is getting another education task force, or in this case, a commission. The Commission on Florida Higher Education Access and Degree Attainment is born. It\u2019s a product of the university system\u2019s Board of Governors (BOG) and not to be confused with other current or soon to be created task forces. In all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[1089,402,486],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7638,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7627\/revisions\/7638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}