Higher Education

Earlier this year, Christopher Rufo was appointed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve on the Board of Trustees at New College of Florida. He also appeared beside the governor during the signing of the state's recent Higher Education overhaul bill.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss the state's efforts to take back control of Disney World's special district, a ban on gender identity instruction through 12th grade, and major higher education reforms.

Nova Southeastern University was scheduled to host a screening of the locally-produced documentary "The Poison Garden", which delves in racial injustice in South Florida. But the event was canceled after NSU staff raised concerns the film could be too politically provocative.

Corcoran will lead the Sarasota liberal arts university through September 2024 if a permanent president isn’t named before then.

USF comes in at No. 42 in the U.S. News and World Report 2022 rankings, rising four spots from last year in the public university rankings.

State Sen. Shevrin Jones spent the summer touring public universities around the state.

The Florida House and Senate each are proposing different ways to slash as much as $593 million from the state university system this fiscal year.

Said Senate President Wilton Simpson: “We’re saying that we’d prefer the degree you’re getting leads to a job, and I think that’s fair."

The pandemic is a major reason, but the number of international students has been falling for years.

Holding classes outdoors is one way to reduce the risk of coronavirus, once school gets back in session. Professors at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg…

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, ending an era of Cold War division between East and West, democracy and communism. At a time when U.S. culture is…

The U.S. Education Department is going back to the drawing board on some basic rules of higher education.