Florida state university system takes a hit

me again · Jan 20, 2007

Florida's public universities have concentrated too much on glitzy research and professional programs while slighting undergraduates, according to a highly critical study that recommends sweeping, but politically unpopular, changes.

The report concludes Florida has a disorganized system of undistinguished universities going their own ways. It predicts the system is heading for bankruptcy because of low tuition and the high cost of its popular Bright Futures scholarships and the state's Prepaid Tuition Program.

"Everything in the report is accurately portrayed," said State University System Chancellor Mark Rosenberg.

The study's key recommendation is to persuade some existing universities, through financial incentives, to join a new subsystem focusing almost entirely on undergraduate education.
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