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Industry News: Education
Higher Education, Autism Research 

Quick to laugh, Peggy Pericak-Vance, 58, chuckles about her '140-hour' workweek while doing a phone interview on her 'semi-day off' and cooking dinner. [read more]


A Fight Over College Names 

Since 2001, 10 of Florida’s community colleges have changed their names after the state gave them the right to offer four-year degrees.  [read more]


UCF's Incubator Attracting More Attention 

With seven offices and 30 graduates, its greatest contribution, says the program’s executive director, Tom O’Neal, is the 1,600 jobs its client companies have created — and a
'business ecosystem' in place to continue creating more. [read more]


FAMU Law Gains Credibility 

LeRoy Pernell's overhaul of the once-troubled law school leads to full accreditation.  [read more]


Video: The Making of Orlando's Medical City 

Watch a video -- produced by WFTV and presented by UCFTV -- about Orlando's budding Medical City.  [read more]


United for Success in Florida 

Education, workforce and economic development agencies combine forces in Florida to grow a ready supply of talent.  [read more]


World's Largest Junior Financial Achievement Center Opens 

This month, buses will arrive in Coconut Creek at the world’s largest Junior Achievement “world” center to deposit the first of an estimated 50,000 students who will visit annually for an education in hands-on financial decision-making. [read more]


If Frank Lloyd Wright Built Your Dorm Room ... 

The new triangular staircase echos other features by Frank Lloyd Wright at Florida Southern College. [read more]


Learning Experiment 

A new east Orange County school has children with and without disabilities learning side by side — with the ultimate goal, its founders say, of becoming an international model for creating change in workplace attitudes. [read more]


First Woman Dean of UF Engineering School Promises Changes 

This summer, the University of Florida named Cammy Abernathy dean of the College of Engineering.  [read more]


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