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The Nation: How Online Learning Companies Bought America’s Schools

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November 23, 2011. Florida is major front in the ramped up Republican war on public education Lee Fang | November 16, 2011 This article was reported in partnership with The…

Florida Lacks Strong Central Plan for Higher Ed

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November 11, 2011. Former Florida SUS chancellor says Florida universities need direction By Charles B. Reed, special to the Times Link to original article by clicking here. Last week, Charles…

Fall 2011 Consultation Report

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October 31, 2011. Saunders and Claiborne squelch discussion on faculty salaries, Agree on public budget forum UFF met with President Saunders, Provost Claiborne, and Sr. Associate General Counsel Larry Glick…

Rick Scott’s Veiled Threat to University Professors

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October 28, 2011. Florida professors are paid about $6,000 less than the average salary earned at research universities nationwide. Surprise! By Eric Ernst Published: Thursday, October 27, 2011 Parade magazine…

PB Post: Giving Florida’s Students a Third World Education

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October 25, 2011. “Gov. Scott doesn’t know jack about how education and business work in India and China.” Mark Allen Peterson October 24, 2011 Gov. Scott has declared that Florida…

PB Post: Scott Shifts Focus to Colleges Role in Creating Jobs

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October 23, 2011. Plan cited as way to abolish tenure in Florida higher ed By John KennedyPalm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 Months after making controversial changes in the public…

Boss Scott In Move to Politicize Professors’ Salaries

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October 20, 2011. “My feeling is he is on a systematic campaign of distorting the evidence about higher education funding to serve his own purposes.” –UFF President Tom Auxter Here’s…

My Word: Debunking Myths of Tenure, Merit Pay

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October 18, 2011. “Eliminating tenure will make Florida universities less competitive.” By Stanley D. Smith Link to original article at Orlando Sentinel Many people misunderstand tenure and how faculty members…

Taking the liberal arts out of a state university education?

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October 11, 2011. Gov. Scott dismisses humanities and questions tenure, “Is it a vital interest of the state to have more anthropologists? I don’t think so.” By Zac Anderson Sarasota…

Awards of Tenure and Merit Raises Under Review By Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee

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October 10, 2011. Legislators demand info from SUS administrators by October 13 TO: SUS Data Administrators FROM: Nancy McKee, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor THROUGH:Gene Kovacs, Director IRM DATE: October 6, 2011…

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