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Jacob OglesDecember 26, 2018

Young Americans for Freedom filed a lawsuit against the University of Florida that alleges the school violates conservative students’ right to free speech. “UF officials are actively trying to stifle the University of Florida Young Americans for Freedom chapter on the basis of the students’ conservative beliefs,” said YAF spokesman Spencer Brown. UF officials did […]

Jacob OglesDecember 25, 2018

Charter schools may promise to provide access to a top education for more children, but one University of Florida researcher’s findings show hat opportunity doesn’t get offered readily to many of the most at-risk students. A new study shows schools of choice often ignore inquiries of students with special needs, and charter schools do so […]

Jacob OglesNovember 25, 2018

Florida State University President John Thrasher rushed to defend head football coach Willie Taggart Sunday against racist attacks. “A recent racist social media post aimed at our football coach is ignorant and despicable,” Thrasher said in a statement. “I speak for the entire FSU community in expressing our disgust and extreme disappointment, and I am glad […]

Staff ReportsNovember 22, 2018

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It’s that time of year when children make cardboard turkeys and draw the Mayflower, while we prepare to fill our tables with stuffing and pumpkin pie the way most of us imagine the Pilgrims did at the first Thanksgiving in 1621. But there’s just one catch, according to archaeologists at the Florida Museum of Natural […]

Scott PowersNovember 19, 2018

Vacation rental homeowners marketed by Airbnb in Tallahassee and Gainesville combined to welcome nearly 14,000 visitors during the seven weekends of Florida State and University of Florida home football games, the company announced Monday. It means, Airbnb stated in a news release, that Tallahassee vacation rental home guests in its system earned $840,000 during Seminole […]

Staff ReportsJuly 24, 2018

A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction in a federal lawsuit over the state’s prohibition on early voting at college and university campuses. U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee issued the order Tuesday. That means until further notice, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner can’t enforce the ban. Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has opposed the […]

Staff ReportsJune 28, 2018

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Florida’s Legislature largely won in an appellate decision out Thursday in a case alleging lawmakers failed to match at least $384.5 million in private donations to universities and state colleges that were made under the state’s matching-gift laws. A unanimous panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal found that Circuit Judge Charles Dodson overstepped when […]

Drew WilsonMay 21, 2018

University of Florida President Kent Fuchs said in an internal memo Monday that the flagship university is bringing aboard Mark Kaplan as its new vice president of government and community relations. “Mark comes to us as a proven leader with in-depth government and community relations expertise as well as strong experience at the state, national, […]

Drew WilsonMay 18, 2018

After a year in the job, Amy Hass lost the “interim” tag and is now the University of Florida’s vice president and general counsel. The decision was announced Thursday by UF President Kent Fuchs, who said that Hass was university’s top pick after a nationwide search. “Amy has been an exceptional member of the Office […]

Lloyd DunkelbergerMay 13, 2018

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Florida’s public universities graduated 57 percent of low-income students receiving federal Pell Grants in six years, but that trailed the graduation rate of non-Pell students, a new study shows. The analysis by Third Way, a Washington, D.C.- based think tank, used newly reported federal data to track a 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time Pell students […]

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Maxwell Frost is honored for his work to end homelessness.

Conservative student group sues UF, claiming discrimination

Univ. of Florida study: Charter schools less responsive to neediest students

John Thrasher defends FSU Coach Willie Taggart after racist attacks

Before the Pilgrims, Floridians celebrated the ‘real’ first Thanksgiving

Airbnb claims $840K in Seminole football business, $700K for Gators

Judge preliminarily orders end to ban on early voting on campus

Appellate court mostly finds for lawmakers in matching-gift case

Personnel note: UF taps Mark Kaplan for government relations VP

Personnel note: UF makes interim VP permanent

Pell Grant students trail in graduation rates