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Santa Fe College included in ‘low-cost’ degree challenge
By Lauren Verno on January 30th, 2013 | Last updated: January 31, 2013 at 1:45 pm
Santa Fe College is joining 22 other Florida state colleges in offering Gov. Rick Scott’s $10,000 bachelor’s degree program.
Scott proposes $1.2 billion more for K-12 public schools
By Rachel Crosby on January 30th, 2013 | Last updated: January 30, 2013 at 5:36 pm
Gov. Rick Scott plans to pledge over a billion dollars to public schools in the next fiscal year.
Gov. Rick Scott proposes $2,500 pay raise for teachers
By Jensen Werley on January 23rd, 2013 | Last updated: January 24, 2013 at 12:57 pm
Gov. Rick Scott proposed a $2,500 pay raise for full-time teachers in a speech at Ocoee Middle School in Orlando. His proposal must be approved by state legislature and comes after another proposal to increase K-12 funding.
Florida Board of Governors lauds UF in State of the System address
By Michal Higdon on January 17th, 2013 | Last updated: January 17, 2013 at 5:15 pm
Among other positive changes in higher education governance, the University of Florida is awarded $3.75 million for high performance.
UF budget gets OK from trustees
By Emily Burris on June 8th, 2012 | Last updated: March 29, 2013 at 3:06 pm
In a meeting today, the University of Florida Board of Trustees discussed the future of the university’s budget and whether or not increase tuition. As Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Emily Burris reports, while some cuts will be going into effect in [...]
UF faculty still questioning budget cuts
By Front Page Edition on May 29th, 2012 | Last updated: September 27, 2012 at 2:41 pm
By Nickelle Smith – WUFT-FM University of Florida President Bernie Machen made one last effort to gather opinions about budget cuts at an open forum earlier today. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Nickelle Smith reports, President Bernie Machen got an idea [...]
Governor Rick Scott signs state budget
By Front Page Edition on April 17th, 2012 | Last updated: October 4, 2012 at 2:36 pm
By Phil Latzman – WLRN Just a few hours after signing the state budget, Governor Rick Scott talked with WLRN’s Phil Latzman. They talked not only about his budget vetoes and why there are fewer this year, but also about whether the [...]
