Florida Universities

The law requires professors to undergo more frequent evaluations to earn tenure. That, along with restrictions on topics about race and DEI, are causing some to leave, USF faculty say.

The reviews will be conducted after the fall semester begins.

Adriana Novoa is a tenured professor at USF who teaches social science classes. The professors said the Legislature unconstitutionally infringed on the authority of the state university system’s Board of Governors.

This week on The Florida Roundup, we spoke with former state lawmaker Jeff Brandes about a bill he co-sponsored that alters the process for university presidential searches.

Some students are fixing their FAFSA forms or awaiting aid packages with little time to decide to which college they'll commit.

University graduation ceremonies across Florida are near and for some college seniors, the diploma symbolizes overcoming particularly difficult challenges.

A memo was sent to Florida’s 12 public universities and colleges urging them to use any means necessary to keep grads and their families safe.

Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando, criticized universities for incentivizing participation in the survey in a social media post to X on Wednesday.

The latest round of a controversial state survey of Florida college and university students includes a slew of new questions probing how their political views have affected relationships on campus – and whether it’s hard to be friends with people who have voted for Joe Biden or Donald Trump.

Over 100 people gathered at the University of Florida campus on Tuesday to protest Florida SB 846, a recently adopted law that restricts the state's 12 public universities from receiving gifts and entering into international cultural agreements with certain foreign countries.

Two graduate students from China whose studies were put on hold, and a professor who says he is unable to recruit research assistants, are suing Florida education officials.

A 2023 law that heavily regulates how Florida’s public universities interact with “countries of concern" like China and Cuba has led to FIU closing its largest international campus and blocked the hiring of foreign talent. “It really pushes us further away from FIU’s historic mission," one professor said.