Higher education

Florida’s public universities and colleges have just two weeks to turn over six years’ worth of records on staffing, research and grant funding as part of the first formal information request under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ newly mandated Department of Government Efficiency – a sweeping effort to identify “inefficiencies” in higher education.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday pitched a $114.4 billion budget for next fiscal year that includes a variety of tax cuts and spending on such things as…

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Ben Sasse, the former Republican U.S. senator for Nebraska, was formally inaugurated Thursday as the 13th president of the University of Florida during a…

Newly inaugurated UF president describes some goalsThursday, 4:20 p.m.: Newly inaugurated UF President Ben Sasse shared some goals for his presidency…

A federal judge heard arguments Monday in a challenge to a new state law that prohibits instruction on certain topics in “general education core courses”…

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida fell one position to No. 6 among public universities in the new, annual national rankings published…

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