Most parents make sure all the T's are crossed and the I's dotted before sending their children off to college. ...more

August 17, 2008

A high-energy lady helps counsel local youth to be motivated, educated and successful. Teens and others call her "Moms," and she is known for helping them to finds jobs and other entries into improvement in life. Her idea of satisfaction is to help solve problems and to be encouraging. ...more

August 2, 2008

Soaring gas prices have been a boon to online college courses, as more Florida students forgo the commute to class. ...more

July 27, 2008

Call it the Summer of the Virtual Classroom. Years of growth in online education at Florida's colleges and universities have led to unprecedented spikes in enrollment this summer, and the momentum is building faster for the fall. ...more

July 27, 2008

No one working with even a minimal amount of intelligence can really believe that allowing perhaps 20 million illegal immigrants to remain in this nation is a good thing. ...more

July 9, 2008

The University of South Florida St. Petersburg's academic standing has been put on probation by its accreditor. ...more

June 28, 2008

The obsession of many high school students and their parents about getting into a prestige college or university is part of the social scene of our time. So is the experience of parents going deep into hock to finance sending a son or daughter off to Ivy U. or the flagship campus of the state university system. ...more

June 24, 2008

for the first time in 73 years - the issues of art, race, culture and history move over to make room for the $64,000 question. ...more

June 17, 2008

Our communities have a critical shortage of teachers, especially in math and science. More than 2,000 qualified math and science teachers are needed in our K-12 schools just in the 2008-09 school year. ...more

May 22, 2008

With a warning that class sizes will enlarge and course offerings will tighten, the University of South Florida announced plans Wednesday to cut $50.4 million by eliminating about 450 jobs. ...more

May 22, 2008