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Guest AuthorSeptember 21, 2014

A misogynistic, vile, expletive punctuated public outburst on Florida State University campus would have been unacceptable for any college student. For the reigning Heisman Trophy winner and FSU starting quarterback Jameis Winston, the outburst was way out of bounds. Just as FSU has ramped up its kNOw MORE anti-sexual violence campaign, Winston stands on a […]

Adam WeinsteinSeptember 21, 2014

As early as Tuesday, we may learn who the trustees of Florida State University care about more: The FSU learning community, or their cronies. They can choose as college president any of three highly qualified administrators, fundraisers, and professors at other top-notch public universities. Or they can pick the man they’ve always wanted for the […]

Bob SparksSeptember 16, 2014

The audacity of Republican politicians is limitless. Someone wants to be president of a prestigious Florida university and this person has no experience in academia? Faculty is apoplectic. Students want to be heard. If this man becomes president, the school will lose prestige, grants, and perhaps a few members of the hyper-agitated faculty. But this […]

Adam WeinsteinAugust 31, 2014

The state of Florida and one of its flagship universities are about to embark on an exciting new experiment: What happens when you turn an institution of higher learning into an annex of the Legislature and lobbyists? That’s about the only conclusion I can come to when I look at the presidential search process — […]

Guest AuthorAugust 19, 2014

Lest the public be confused with the rhetoric about higher education costs, it’s wise to take a closer look at some costs and why they are going up. The news media attention about student loans also deserves a closer look. Some sensational stories are about exceptional cases, not the experience of most students. There is […]

Martin DyckmanJuly 7, 2014

No matter that the U.S. Supreme Court had ordered it, the state Supreme Court wasn’t going to let a black man attend the University of Florida law school. Writing in 1955, Justice W. Glenn Terrell claimed that Florida’s defiance in support of segregation fulfilled divine intent. “When God created man,” Terrell said, “he allotted each […]

Guest AuthorJune 23, 2014

I am frequently asked, “why do you favor John Thrasher for president of FSU?” “Don’t you have your PhD?” “You are so involved in higher education, what makes you support him?” The questions never seem to end — but the answers are easy. I know John Thrasher well. He is focused, smart, driven to success, […]

Peter SchorschJune 9, 2014

J. Stanley Marshall, former president of Florida State University (1969-76) and founder of the James Madison Institute, died Sunday at 91. “Ol’ Stan Marshall puts his pants on one leg at time,” the barber said as he trimmed the back of my head, which may have been trembling too much for him to cut in […]

Guest AuthorApril 17, 2014

There might not have been any new bombshells in this week’s New York Times investigative piece on the Jameis Winston rape allegations, but when the pieces are put together in one coherent narrative, they make this entire episode even more disquieting than we first suspected. What comes across in The Times’ piece, written by Pulitzer […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 20, 2014

The departure of Florida State University President Eric Barron to join the Penn State University system was met with much surprise, as was the leaving of former State University System Chancellor Frank Brogan, also recently migrating to Pennsylvania, and before him the move of John Cavanaugh from the University of West Florida to this same […]

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Andrew Skerritt: FSU survives Clemson; can its reputation survive ‘Jameis being Jameis’?

Adam Weinstein: In the FSU presidential battle, Thrasher is his own worst enemy

Bob Sparks: Thrasher’s critics should reveal their choice for FSU presidency

Adam Weinstein: Presidential search is latest battle for free-market lobbyists trying to transform FSU

Ed Moore: Interest rates, student loans and the cost of higher education

Martin Dyckman: Has the Court created a religious-freedom ‘slippery slope’?

Ed Moore: Thrasher is the perfect choice for FSU presidency

Peter Schorsch: On the death of J. Stanley Marshall: Florida has lost a giant

Andrew Skerritt: Details of Jameis Winston case even more troubling than first suspected

Ed Moore: Higher education in Florida, from paradise to Pennsylvania