UF & FSU Given Wide Latitude To Raise Tuition
The Florida House of Representatives has approved a plan to give Florida's two major research universities, the University of Florida and Florida State University, wide power to raise tuition.
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The Florida House of Representatives has approved a plan to give Florida's two major research universities, the University of Florida and Florida State University, wide power to raise tuition.
While tuition may be going up in Florida universities, so are enrollment rates.
After weeks of speculation, the Florida State Seminoles have filled their schedule and Monday, the Atlantic Coast Conference filled in the conference part of the equation.
Lost amidst the hubbub over the potential of a plus one national championship game in college football; a measure that allows schools to offer full four-year scholarships to players barely survived an override vote.
Florida State University needed a quality opponent to replace West Virginia University on the 2012 football schedule. Unfortunately, that's not going to happen.
The University of Florida and Florida State University could soon have the power to set higher tuition rates than the state's other universities.
FSU is in desperate need of an opponent for next season, but various circumstances are preventing the Noles from finding a final opponent next year.
If you're already going through football withdrawal, there's some good news just around the corner as spring football is getting ready to get underway next month.
Bernard James scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half and No. 15 Florida State snapped Miami's five-game winning streak with a 64-59 victory on Saturday.
Florida's alternative teacher preparation programs are succeeding, according to a new report from Florida State University.
The day before his team took the field for its Champs Sports Bowl matchup with Notre Dame, Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher acknowledged that he had higher hopes for his team than how they ended up in 2011.
A win in Thursday's Champs Sports Bowl won't give No. 25 Florida State or Notre Dame an express pass back into college football's elite status.
Florida quarterback John Brantley finished the worst game of his career in the locker room. His mistakes and his injury keyed Florida State's 21-7 victory Saturday night, the Seminoles' first win in Gainesville since 2003.
The Florida State Seminoles bring a five game winning streak into Doak Campbell Stadium Saturday when the Virginia Cavaliers look to derail the Noles' defensive machine.
Florida State's kickers and kick returner were the difference in the Seminoles' 23-19 win Saturday over Miami.
There's news in the BCS standings that makes it hard to be a resident of the Sunshine State and be an excited college football fan at the same time.
If Florida State Seminoles fans are hoping for a blowout victory over the N.C. State Wolfpack may need a quick refresher on the recent history of the ACC series.
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher may have found an answer to his team's troubles running the ball for much of this season: Play two tailbacks at the same time.
Jimbo Fisher liked how his Florida State players worked through a week of practice following a third straight loss. Then his Seminoles stopped their skid with a performance they hope will be the first step in taking back control of their season.
The Florida State Seminoles are coming off of a much-needed bye week after losing to both Oklahoma and Clemson. Now, the Noles turn their attention to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Florida State Seminoles schedule doesn't get any easier Saturday when the team takes on the Clemson Tigers.
The Florida State Seminoles football team is readying to do battle against the number one Oklahoma Sooners; but off the field, the school's administration is preparing for conference Armageddon.
Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden revealed he was successfully treated for prostate cancer in 2007, making the rounds Tuesday in New York to tell his story.
The Florida State Seminoles may have their eyes toward the Oklahoma Sooners, but they do have a game this week against the Buccaneers of Charleston Southern this weekend.
While most of the media's focus has been on the University of Miami, perhaps the most talented team in the state continues to put the final touches on its depth chart in Tallahassee.
Leroy Wright, a reading teacher at Miami Jackson Senior High School, appeared before a judge on Wednesday after prosecutors accused him of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he has issued an investigative subpoena to the NFL regarding the Rooney Rule.
Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office deputies and Fire Rescue crews responded near the Gladeview neighborhood at NW 73rd Street and 29th Avenue.
The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
The delegation of business leaders underscores the deep ties many major U.S. companies maintain with China despite years of trade tensions.
Leroy Wright, a reading teacher at Miami Jackson Senior High School, appeared before a judge on Wednesday after prosecutors accused him of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said he has issued an investigative subpoena to the NFL regarding the Rooney Rule.
Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office deputies and Fire Rescue crews responded near the Gladeview neighborhood at NW 73rd Street and 29th Avenue.
The nail-biting incident took place about 80 miles east off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, which is about 175 miles north of Miami.
The delegation of business leaders underscores the deep ties many major U.S. companies maintain with China despite years of trade tensions.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
A CBS News review of internal government documents and information provided to Congress shows immigration detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay are nearly empty.
The Trump administration plans to name longtime immigration official David Venturella as the interim head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, replacing acting director Todd Lyons, a spokesperson and two U.S. officials said.
The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for the facility, which are now estimated to total nearly $1 billion.
President Trump said Americans' financial situation isn't motivating him to make a deal, "Not even a little bit," and that he is only focused on preventing Iran from getting nuclear weapons.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the $1.5 trillion the Pentagon is seeking is "admittedly a historic budget."
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
Several commissioners have raised questions about how the center would be funded in future years.
The center – which was promised to voters back in 2004 – would take mentally ill individuals out of the jail and move them into a place where they can receive comprehensive treatment and support.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Three passengers have been evacuated from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak, as related cases are confirmed in Switzerland and South Africa.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.
Attending this year's Kentucky Derby meant more for thoroughbred expert Mark Toothaker, who suffered a seizure from laughing at a whiffed NFL field goal attempt that led to a lifesaving diagnosis.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.