TAMPA, FLA. A two-year study of Gov. Jeb Bush's One Florida plan for minority college enrollment and state contracting shows the plan is working, but the governor's work is not done, a review committee composed of minorities said last month. While the figures show that the percentage of...
GAINESVILLE, FLA. Black freshman enrollment at the University of Florida is expected to be down by nearly half this year under Gov. Jeb Bush's ban on racial preference in public university admissions. Blacks represented nearly 12 percent of the freshman class last year, but the class starting this...
TAMPA, Fla. -- Members of a task force created to help enact Gov. Jeb Bush's effort to end affirmative action in university admissions debated earlier this month what it would take to make the plan work. Meanwhile, University of Florida administrators estimated that the state's flagship university would enroll 700...
Investing in Employee Education. Education Nine in 10 Florida CEOs report that their companies pay at least part of the cost of training programs and continuing education for their employees. More than three-quarters report assisting with professioInvesting in Employee Education. Education Nine...
NEW YORK -- Fitch Ratings affirms the 'BBB' rating on approximately $69 million of the city of Tampa, Florida's revenue bonds issued on behalf of the University of Tampa the university. The bonds are a general obligation of the university. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The 'BBB' rating...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The third annual Florida collegiate business plan competition, "The Sunshine State Venture Challenge," will be held October 23-24 at the Courtyard Orlando Lake Buena Vista in the Marriott Village in Orlando, Fla. Students currently enrolled in a full-time or part-time curriculum at eligible Florida colleges and universities...
In a group of Medicare beneficiaries who have diabetes, being depressed was associated with a higher death rate, according to a new study. Publishing in the October issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine , researchers from the University of Washington tracked 10,704 Medicare beneficiaries (average age...
PARIS -- Regulatory News: [TABLE OMITTED] SODEXO (PARIS:SW) (OTCBB:SDXAY), a world leader in Food and Facilities Management Services in most of its markets, today announced consolidated revenue for the first nine months of Fiscal 2008, ended May 31, 2008. Revenue by activity and...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The night the Kalamazoo Promise was unveiled was pure magic. People cheered, hugged and wept at the November 2005 school board meeting when the superintendent announced a group of anonymous donors -- hoping to energize an economically depressed city -- had promised free...
BOTHELL, Wash. -- Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE:MOH) announced today that Glen H. Bogner has been named president of its health plan subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of Washington. In his new role, Bogner will be responsible for Washington health plan operations, as well as the implementation and execution of...
Dear Reader, Please Write! This Idea-Sparker was submitted by Rebecca McMahon Giles. In our modern world of cellular phone calls, text messaging, and electronic mail, letter writing has become a lost art. What better way to motivate today's youth to experience the pleasure of "snail mail" than...
ABSTRACT This study offers a unique perspective on crisis management in action. The eye of Hurricane Ivan (September 16, 2004) struck the city of Pensacola FL and inflicted major damage to the University of West Florida UWF campus just a couple of weeks after the start of the...
Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic recordingartist Plies has announced details of his very own non-profit organization,Big Gates and Plies Power Of Visions Foundation, Inc., as well as ascholarship program, the "Somebody Loves You" Scholarship Fund. This allcomes as the Ft. Myers, Florida-bred rapper continues to ride the wave ofsuccess proven by...
The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics. By David L. Kirp Harvard University Press, $26.95; 333 pages. A holiday-themed campaign ad for Hillary Clinton showed the candidate affixing to boxes wrapped in shiny paper gift tags marked with campaign...
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