Higher Education

WLRN's South Florida Roundup explores whether the new Carnegie Mellon University Miami campus in Wynwood will finally transform the region into the a tech powerhouse

The Department of Education will consider approving its own rule Wednesday. It would require all public colleges to craft policies addressing the AI use of staff and students.

New documentary 'First They Came For My College' offers a view from inside the school as the state government pressed to transform an institution beloved for its eccentricity and LGBTQ+ openness into a masculine, explicitly conservative place.

Accrediting agencies have long fought to keep politics out of higher education, but a new Florida-created accreditor could open the political floodgates.

The Florida Board of Governors approved former University of Alabama President Stuart Bell as president of the University of Florida, ending two years of interim leadership.

Stuart Bell, former president at the University of Alabama for 10 years, participated in three forums throughout the afternoon on campus in Gainesville.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Friday to expand the armed “school guardian” program to Florida's colleges and universities.

Opponents question whether the Department of Education has the authority to make the rule change. A hearing is scheduled for May 14.

Since March 2025, at least 15 Florida public universities and colleges, including the University of Florida and Florida State College at Jacksonville, have signed memorandums of agreement for their campus police departments to collaborate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

If HB 757 becomes law, public colleges and universities would be left to decide whether to opt in. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will ultimately decide whether the expansion of the guardian program reaches college campuses.

The board governing Florida’s universities voted Thursday to remove sociology as a general education offering at the state’s public universities, leaving it available as an elective course.

The University of Florida is moving to deactivate its College Republicans chapter after reports of antisemitic behavior by some members. UF officials said over the weekend that the Florida Federation of College Republicans told them it already disbanded the Gainesville chapter.