Tag Archives: tuition
Higher Education Costs
Tuition could be going up for some students but not others if the findings from the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Higher Education are enacted. Commissioned by Gov. Rick Scott, the task force was created to create strategies for improving the state’s public university system. The task force’s key findings include performance based funding, tuition [...]
FSA wants Florida to aim higher
A man in Fruit Cove signs away $300 million. Two months later, UNF’s tuition increased by 13 percent.
Gov. Rick Scott cut those $300 million from state higher education in Florida this year.
UNF ranks in on Forbes magazine’s “America’s Top Colleges” 2012 list
Forbes magazine ranks UNF on its annual “America’s Top Colleges” list. UNF ranked at #421, a higher placement than last year (#491), but still behind UF (#80).
Interview: President Delaney discusses staying at UNF, tuition increases
UNF President John Delaney sat down with Spinnaker reporter Bonnie Mulqueen today to discuss a number of recent campus issues such as his decision to stay at UNF and the 13 percent tuition differential increase, approved by the Florida Board of Governors on June 21.
UNF to not appeal 13 percent tuition increase
UNF will not appeal the decision by the Board of Governors to approve a 13 percent tuition increase after the university requested a 15 percent increase to tuition. “We appreciate the work of the Board of Governors and are satisfied with its decision. In a sign of respect for the Board, we are not appealing [...]
Editorial:The BOT joins the state in piling budgets on students’ backs
The BOT joins the state in piling budgets on students’ backs Here we go again. The state, and now UNF, has dumped all the responsibility of keeping higher education in Florida relevant on the students. March 20, at the seemingly annual UNF Board of Trustees tuition hike meeting, the BOT did it again. Next year, [...]
My take on students’ financial investment in Florida’s higher education system
UNF Student Body President Matt Brockelman addresses the new Academic Enhancement Fee.
Illegal Education
Florida is denying in-state tuition to U.S. citizens living in the state who are unable to prove the lawful immigration status of their guardians – an unconstitutional policy that more than triples the cost. As a result, the Southern Poverty Law Center – an American nonprofit civil rights organization – filed a lawsuit on behalf [...]
Educate yourself while the getting is good, these prices won’t last long
Tuition hikes across the country account for a lack of state revenue dollars, even here at UNF.
