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Download full textAdam Kissel – James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 2024
Getting and keeping accreditation is critical for almost all colleges in the United States. Accreditation is third-party validation that a college meets minimum standards. Not only is institutional accreditation required for participation in federal student loan programs, but without accreditation, it is hard (if not impossible) to be authorized…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Colleges, Geographic Regions, Power Structure
Direct linkAmerican Association of University Professors, 2023
In November 2022, Florida governor Ronald DeSantis, won reelection by a decisive margin and the Republican party gained supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. During the governor's first term and after reelection, the Florida House and Senate passed legislation and the DeSantis administration took executive actions that further…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Standards, Advisory Committees, College Faculty
Poliakoff, Michael; Alacbay, Armand – American Council of Trustees and Alumni, 2013
The State University System of Florida has in recent years faced major budgetary challenges, remarkable for the size of its reductions in state funding, even when compared to the large cuts seen in so many states struck by the recession of 2008. What is more surprising in the world of higher education, however, is the progress that Florida's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Barriers, Access to Education, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedHearn, James C.; Mclendon, Michael K. – Academe, 2005
Every state in the union has "sunshine" laws that apply to public higher education, and the leaders of public institutions deal directly or indirectly with these laws almost daily. Sunshine statutes go to the very heart of institutional functioning, influencing presidential searches and selection, board deliberations, research and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Politics of Education, School Law, College Administration
Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1990
In 1989, a study was conducted to examine the structure of public postsecondary education in Florida, focusing on the missions, locations, and capacity of existing institutions in light of projected population and enrollment trends over the next decade. Interviews were conducted with over 40 Florida education policy leaders, including staff and…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Development
Venezia, Andrea; Kirst, Michael W.; Usdan, Michael D. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006
This case study is part of a broader research project examining state policies and governance structures that span K-12 and postsecondary education. The New York Board of Regents oversees all education in the state and has been in place for over 200 years; this lends the regents' office a legitimacy and tradition unlike any other state education…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Governing Boards
