From St. Pete Times:
USF trustees voted Thursday to charge in-state graduate and undergraduate students between 6 and 10 percent more, while lowering the bill for out-of-state graduate students in select programs.
There has been a noticeable shift towards USF by our graduates, especially with the class of 2008.
From the Tallahassee Democrat:
The FSU board of trustees on Friday approved higher tuition rates along with a two-year budget plan geared to help the university survive Florida’s struggling economy and the budget cuts it’s bringing.
University of Florida and Florida State Universityundergraduates will pay 6 percent higher tuition this fall, but new students will see a hefty 15 percent hike instead because of a recently passed state law.
The 57-year-old was pulled over by the Florida Highway Patrol at 7 p.m. Sunday, after witnesses reported a red Porsche traveling northbound through Martin County in a reckless manner, according to the arrest affidavit.
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — In the shadow of the Kennedy Space Center, the countdown has begun in the towns that run on the space program’s clock.
NASA is retiring its shuttle fleet in two years, and for at least five years after that, no humans will launch from Florida’s “Space Coast.”
Communities built up around Cape Canaveral figure to take a hobbling hit. There will be no more blastoffs by Atlantis, Discovery or Endeavour to pack hotels and viewing sites with tourists.
Up to 6,400 of the 8,000 shuttle contractors in the area will lose their jobs, according to early NASA estimates.
from Florida Today coverage of UF meeting:
GAINESVILLE — The University of Florida’s governing body is meeting in Gainesville, with the cost oftuition at the top of the agenda.
from Florida Today coverage of FSU meeting:
TALLAHASSEE — When the Florida State University Board of Trustees meet Friday, its members will vote on new tuition rates, including for in-state students without extra differential fees, which would be raised from $3,470 to $3,778.
After several years on the Newsweek list of top 100 high schools, CBHS has dropped to number…101.
The list is based solely on the ratio of number of AP, IB and Cambridge tests taken per number of graduating seniors. CBHS is still the highest ranking school in the district.
Newsweek list
Florida Today coverage
Earlier this month, U.S. secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced 139 outstanding high school seniors as the 2008 Presidential Scholars.This year, one of these students is Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. High’s Kyla Horn.
Presidential scholars are students who have shown outstanding academic achievement, artistic excellence, leadership, citizenship and service to their schools and communities.
Congratulations, Kyla, on yet another very impressive accomplishment!
In addition to layoffs and program cuts, UF will begin reducing its
enrollment by 1,000 students each year over the course of four years.
from the Palm Beach Post:
Of 12,686 students statewide who were eligible last year for a Florida Academic Scholars Award- the highest granted – about 380, or 3 percent, were black. About 1,500, or 12 percent, were Hispanic.
