Ed Homan is a three-term Republican state representative with name recognition and hefty financial support, but his Democratic opponent for state House District 60 says he is up for the challenge. ...more

October 19, 2008

If there was any doubt that Florida's universities are in trouble, Dean Colson, Gov. Charlie Crists's adviser on higher education, erased it in these remarks to the Florida Board of Governors and university trustees in August: ...more

October 12, 2008

Florida's state universities have fallen on hard times. ...more

October 12, 2008

It's disappointing to see how little muscle Tampa Bay's legislative delegation has in Tallahassee. It's even more disheartening to hear incumbents say why that is. Most often, their answer is simply a shrug. ...more

October 11, 2008

Virgil Hawkins never reached the promised land in his attempt to gain admission to the University of Florida law school, but he was honored Wednesday as a trailblazer in the fight to open the school's doors to minority students. ...more

September 18, 2008

A federal judge has struck down the heart of a law that would have banned state universities from organizing academic research trips to Cuba, calling it unconstitutional. ...more

August 30, 2008

Classroom seats are filling fast at Hillsborough Community College, a result of a tight economy that has sent workers back to school and forced several state universities to cut back their admissions. ...more

June 22, 2008

AVON PARK — Incoming college freshmen wouldn't normally think of off-campus housing as a necessity unless they're heading to one of the larger state universities, but South Florida Community College actually has a need for it. The Jacaranda Hotel's women's dormitory was booked through the school year that ended in May, said Don Appelquist, the executive director of the SFCC Foundation. Even though 10 apartments were left for the men, he anticipates nearly all of the men's dorms will be booked as well before August. Jacaranda, operated by SFCC, houses 35 male and 35 female students who live outside of the Highlands, Hardee and DeSoto counties, even though Appelquist said an occasional student from DeSoto might prefer taking courses at the main Avon Park campus without taking the commute. Most of the out-of-district students attend SFCC to join one of the athletic teams. ...more

June 5, 2008

Elusive ancestors are easier to find if we understand the circumstances and times in which they lived. Maps can give you a visual perspective of those earlier wandering relatives. ...more

June 1, 2008

Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite is not only the lead House Republican co-sponsor of a new G.I. bill to expand education benefits to cover the costs of even the most expensive state universities for Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. ...more

May 18, 2008