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FAU's Board of Trustees voted to extend Interim President Stacy Volnick's contract through the end of 2024 — or until a permanent president is named. Support is growing for Volnick to be named to the top job, as the school's search process remains halted by a state investigation.

As Florida Atlantic University waits for its stalled presidential search to resume amid a state investigation into “anomalies” in the process, support is growing for Interim President Stacy Volnick to be offered the job on a permanent basis.

The board overseeing the state's public universities is requesting a legal opinion from Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on whether Florida Atlantic University's presidential search process was aligned with state law. Critics fear the delays in the job search amount to political interference.

Amid a pause in Florida Atlantic University’s search for a new president, leaders of a First Amendment group and a national higher-education association are pointing to a controversial new law shielding presidential candidates’ identities as harmful to public trust and academic freedom.

The United Faculty of Florida union is pushing back against a decision by the state university system to halt Florida Atlantic University's search for a new president.

An appeals court rejected a class-action lawsuit that Florida Atlantic University students filed because of a campus shutdown early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida Atlantic University's presidential search committee released a job description, but some faculty members worry Republican State Rep. Randy Fine could be tapped for the job.

After taking the Owls to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament for the first time in its history, Florida Atlantic University's men's basketball coach Dusty May has just signed a renewal contract — and outgoing star player Michael Forrest expects even more success for the team.

The search for the next president of Florida Atlantic University hasn't officially begun yet. But Gov. Ron DeSantis' office has already floated the name of a Republican state lawmaker as a "good candidate" for the job. That has some professors concerned about the integrity of the search process.

It's possible the men's national title game could match South Florida's Miami and FAU, which make up half of Final Four field after big wins this past weekend.

The Faculty Senate at Florida Atlantic University has released a joint statement defending diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on campus — and decrying "scare tactics"— as Gov. Ron DeSantis pledges to ban the activities across the state's universities.

More school board candidates are seeking office for political reasons than in decades past, and voters need to be savvy at the polls, says Florida Atlantic University associate professor Meredith Mountford.