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During the time Robert McCabe was president of Miami Dade College, no school in the country awarded as many associate of arts degrees.McCabe, 86, died of…
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The average adviser at Hillsborough Community College is responsible for 1,500 students. Thanks to a new law eliminating most remedial reading, writing and math courses at Florida community colleges, those
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Khadejah Gilbert found out she wasn’t quite ready for higher education when she enrolled in Hillsborough Community College. She's one of many students who
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Throughout the Great Recession, laid-off workers have been trying to improve their re-employment prospects with college training.But, once they enroll at…
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Wendy Pedroso has never liked math, but for most of elementary school and middle school she got B’s in the subject. It wasn’t until ninth grade at Miami…
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On the Florida Roundup: Florida has its new Education Commissioner, former Indiana Superintendent Tony Bennett. We’ll learn why Jeb Bush fans are thrilled…
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Shakira Lockett was a pretty good student in elementary, middle and high school. The Miami-Dade County native says she typically earned As and Bs in…
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Students and Florida taxpayers pay a price for remedial education in several waysFrom 2004 to 2011, Florida’s remedial education costs for both students…