Degree attainment rates are up in seven of Florida’s top eight metro areas, according to the Lumina Foundation’s latest Stronger Nation report. Florida has eight of the nation’s 100 most populated…
When Joe Murray suggested placing academic advisors in campus parking lots, he got a good laugh from his colleagues at Florida Atlantic University. But Murray, the campus’ director of advising…
This new approach to math was introduced at Daytona State College in the fall to all students pursuing degrees that don’t involve science, math, engineering or technology. Last semester, there…
Fewer than 10 percent of 3,118 high school students invited to sign up for a new online program after their applications were rejected for regular admission to the University of…
The Great Recession has had lasting effects on employment prospects of young people entering the workforce after graduating from high school or college. Despite officially ending in June 2009, the…
Last September, a couple million newly minted high school graduates loaded up the family car with their possessions and headed to State U or a private liberal arts college to…
Fewer working-age African-Americans than whites hold four-year college degrees in all but one of the nation’s 150 largest metropolitan areas, according to a new Next America analysis of data from…
In Florida, 13 state colleges are part of a grant program that is helping to close the skills gap. Here’s what you can learn from its success. At Broward College,…