December 13, 2011. Tuition costs will continue to rise, SUS Chancellor says

By Kevin D. Thompson
December 12, 2011

WEST PALM BEACH — In a rapidly changing economy, Florida must reinvent its university system by placing a greater emphasis on graduating students in science, technology, engineering and math, State University Chancellor Frank Brogan said Monday.

“It’s Florida’s turn to make certain that the next BlackBerry is invented here and not somewhere else,” Brogan told the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches during a luncheon at the Kravis Center’s Cohen Pavilion. “It’s our turn to stop exporting some of Florida’s best and brightest young people to other states around the country.”

Brogan said Florida needs to build a “knowledge-based economy” that will better help college graduates find jobs. State officials say less than 20 percent of Florida college and university graduates are earning degrees in the STEM disciplines.

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