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Posted inTampa Bay

USF will search for new president. Here’s what to expect.

By Divya Kumar, Tampa Bay Times and Ian HodgsonFebruary 18, 2025February 19, 2025

The University of South Florida will start its search for a new president after President Rhea Law announced the end of her three-year tenure leading the school.

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Will Trump take Christopher Rufo’s conservative Florida vision nationwide?

By Ian HodgsonNovember 29, 2024December 3, 2024

Florida offers a glimpse at what a conservative vision for higher education might mean for the nation’s colleges and universities under a Trump administration.

Posted inTampa Bay

New College signals changes with new courses, mission statement

By Ian HodgsonNovember 21, 2024October 29, 2025

Faculty and students at New College of Florida criticized changes adopted this week to the school’s mission statement and core curriculum, saying they were made with little input from the academic community and threaten its reputation as the state’s honors college. The changes were approved Tuesday during a heated virtual meeting of New College’s board […]

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College in prison? In Florida, not so much.

By Ryan MoserJanuary 30, 2024February 7, 2024

Only around 326 students are enrolled in college programs in Florida prisons That’s only a tiny fraction of the more than 80,000 people incarcerated in the state.

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