During the 2015-16 school year, Baby Gator received $288,000 in funding from UF students' fees, which are, by law, meant to reduce student-parents' child care costs. According to the Baby Gator director, these funds are not sufficient and UF student fees would have to be increased to further discount the cost of Baby Gator tuition for student-parents.
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Almost all of Florida will be directly affected the next couple of days by deadly and powerful Hurricane Irma, Gov. Rick Scott warned Friday.
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Sen. Bill Nelson spoke to University of Florida students Tuesday about proposed legislation that would lower student-loan interest rates.
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Florida strawberry growers already have experienced a dress rehearsal for the impacts of climate change during the past two seasons.
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Two UF alumni filed a class-action lawsuit against the state, saying lawmakers and Gov. Rick Scott funneled money that should have gone to higher education into tax cuts and savings.
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On Monday, Florida Governor Rick Scott turned to former state Rep. Jimmy Patronis, 45, to complete the term of Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, who will leave the elected Cabinet office Friday for a job at Florida Atlantic University.
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Florida universities will learn this week how well they did on annual performance reviews, entitling them to a share of a record $245 million in state performance funding.
Read More »With a boost in funding from the Legislature, the University of Florida on Friday announced an initiative to add 500 new faculty members to help raise its status as one of the nation's top public research universities.
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All 12 Florida universities will benefit from $121 million in two new programs designed to help the schools attract top-level professors and reward high-performing graduate schools. The University of Florida will receive the largest share at more than $27 million.
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Despite political turmoil in Washington, D.C., and Tallahassee, federal and state lawmakers have agreed to dramatically increase financial aid to the neediest college and university students.
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