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Tuition powers unlikely for state schools other than UF and FSU

The University of Florida and Florida State University would be the only state universities authorized to charge market-rate tuition and fees in the near future under a measure introduced last week. As...

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UF students use evaluations to criticize Senate president

Some University of Florida students gave low grades Thursday to faculty member and state Senate President Mike Haridopolos, filling out evaluations criticizing his support of university budget cuts and...

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Machen: UF would delay higher tuition, create four-year ‘flat rate’

If given permission to raise tuition to market rates, the University of Florida would increase tuition to the national average just for incoming freshmen and wait until fall 2013 to do so, UF President...

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UF student said he was kept from first lady’s speech for GOP shirt

University of Florida undergraduate Matt Pesek said he wore a Republican T-shirt to Michelle Obama’s speech on campus Monday to “make a little bit of a political statement.” He didn’t make it past the...

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Cain gets attention for saying at UF that he’d be leading Obama

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is getting some national media attention for saying at the University of Florida last night that he’d be leading in the presidential race. Cain...

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Democratic chair rallies UF students, downplays debate

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz rallied University of Florida students today to register to vote, downplaying the impact of last week’s debate on the presidential race....

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Proposal would charge lower tuition for majors in demand

State university students in high-demand fields might end up paying lower tuition than their classmates under a plan being considered by the governor’s higher education task force. The task force held...

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Limbaugh target Sandra Fluke campaigns for Obama at UF

Sandra Fluke was a Georgetown University law student when her speech on contraceptive coverage made her a target of talk show host Rush Limbaugh. Now she’s graduated and urging college students to vote...

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No BS: Colorful language in banner flying over UF game

An eye-catching banner will be flying over Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday as part of an effort to focus attention on the national debt. The banner — reading “Nat’l Debt = $16 Trillion. No...

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Universities vow no tuition hikes if they get new funding

TALLAHASSEE — State university presidents seem to have decided that if they can’t beat Gov. Rick Scott on tuition, they might as well join him. Those presidents pledged today that they wouldn’t seek...

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