April 18, 2024
Education
Class Acts
Among the cream of this year's graduating class are students who have succeeded both academically and outside the classroom.
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Published on 3/1/2006
Hitting the Books
Four years ago, Raymond James Financial partnered with Mount Vernon Elementary School in St. Petersburg as part of the statewide Partnership to Advance School Success (PASS) program.
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Published on 3/1/2006
UNF's New Nursing Program
The University of North Florida's School of Nursing is starting a nurse anesthetist program to be headed by nurse anesthesia educator John P. McDonough.
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Published on 2/1/2006
School Blues
The future of Florida's schools is playing out as much in the courtroom as in the classroom.
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Published on 2/1/2006
In the Game
As the inaugural class hits its second semester at the University of Central Florida's graduate school for video game developers, the city is carving out a "digital media village" to surround the downtown Orlando campus.
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Published on 1/1/2006
Elite Company
In settling allegations that it misused federal research dollars, Florida International University joins highly select company.
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Published on 12/1/2005
Success, At A Price
An engineering research center helped Florida International University build a national reputation. But the school is now paying millions to settle allegations that the center misused federal grant money.
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Published on 12/1/2005
Class Project
While central Florida can boast of having NASA and a host of high-tech companies in its back yard, the faculties at its local schools mirror those nationwide in having too few qualified math and science instructors.
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Published on 12/1/2005
Prime Time
Two years ago, Florida Atlantic University's upstart football team, in just its third season, set NCAA records as the youngest division I-AA team to defeat a division I opponent.
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Published on 12/1/2005
Critical Condition
Jean Wortock, the nursing dean at St. Petersburg College, is worried. With just weeks to go before classes begin, she's short about five instructors and is wondering whether she'll be able to fill the slots in time.
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Published on 8/1/2005
Paramount Duty
Vouchers, known as "opportunity scholarships," pay for students at "failing" public schools to attend private, even religious, schools.
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Published on 8/1/2005
Safety
Most who encounter evidence of sexual abuse either don't recognize it for what it is or don't know what to do.
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Published on 8/1/2005
The Evolving MBA
Worldwide, the number of applicants for MBA programs has flattened over the past several years, with one exception: The executive MBA, or EMBA, has remained strong.
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Published on 7/1/2005
A Lifelong Endeavor
At a time when policy-makers are embracing the need for more technical skills among the workforce, Lewis Duncan is something of a paradox -- a scientist advocating the need for a liberal arts education.
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Published on 6/1/2005
Classroom Struggle
A construction project to relieve school crowding is at a standstill - four years after talks first began.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Sudden Impact
Rapid growth has prompted a number of central Florida governments to impose huge jumps in fees levied against new homes to help pay for road improvements, schools and other infrastructure made necessary by the growth.
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Published on 5/1/2005
Degrees of Frustration
No one's happy in higher education these days. In the short term, the disquiet has to do with how power is distributed among the Legislature, governor, educational bureaucracy and administrators of the state's colleges and universities.
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Published on 4/1/2005
Aid For Everybody?
In 1979, the state's private, non-profit colleges persuaded the Florida Legislature to create a package of financial aid available to Florida residents who wanted to attend Florida-based private schools.
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Published on 3/1/2005
Cloud of Turmoil
In seven years as president of Edward Waters College, Jimmie Jenkins led the school from the brink of academic and financial bankruptcy to the threshold of respectability.
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Published on 3/1/2005
Alternatives
Pinellas joins Orange and Bay counties in hiring a private company to deal with disruptive students.
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Published on 2/1/2005
Charter Move
Five Lake Wales schools break off from the school district to form their own charter system.
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Published on 9/1/2004
Taking Flight
Naval museum fund-raisers prepare for Flight Academy takeoff.
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Published on 9/1/2004
The Music Man
Anthony Schembri is changing Juvenile Justice's tune.
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Published on 9/1/2004
Steering Students
Economic educators enlist a Tampa firm to help teach students money management.
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Published on 8/1/2004
Clicking for Credit
Florida high school students are flocking to online classes.
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Published on 8/1/2004
