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1 month ago | 
tampabay.com | Jeffrey Solochek |Ian Hodgson
The announcement of Florida’s rising 2024 high school graduation rate earlier this year elicited cheers and kudos from educators and government leaders across the state. The state had achieved an all-time high of 89.7% of teens earning a diploma in four years. It was a mark matched only during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the Department of Education waived some graduation requirements. “This record graduation rate is a prime metric of our success, in addition to our #1-in-the-nation rating,” Gov.
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2 months ago | 
opencampus.org | Divya Kumar |Ian Hodgson
The University of South Florida will commence its search for a new president in the coming days after President Rhea Law announced the end of her three-year tenure leading the school. USF would be the eighth public university in the state to change leadership in roughly the last two years, jumping into the fray with three other universities currently searching for a new president.
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2 months ago | 
tampabay.com | Ian Hodgson |Divya Kumar
The University of South Florida will commence its search for a new president in the coming days after President Rhea Law announced the end of her three-year tenure leading the school. USF would be the seventh public university in the state to undergo a change in leadership in roughly the last two years, jumping into the fray with three other universities currently searching for a new president.
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2 months ago | 
centrotampabay.com | Jay Cridlin |Jeffrey Solochek |Ian Hodgson
Después de meses de promesas de campaña para reformar drásticamente el Departamento de Educación de EE.UU. -y quizás eliminarlo por completo- el presidente Donald Trump dio un paso más el martes para poner en marcha un plan.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
opencampusmedia.org | Ian Hodgson
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed five members to the University of West Florida’s board of trustees Monday, adding two controversial higher-ed reformers to the body that oversees the Pensacola public university.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
jp.reuters.com | Ian Hodgson
［ロンドン ８日 ロイター］ - 証券保管・管理大手（カストディー）大手の米ステート・ストリート(STT.N), opens new tabの資産運用部門であるステート・ストリート・グローバル・アドバイザーズ（ＳＳＧＡ）のイーシン・フン最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）は、米国株は今年もアウトパフォームを続ける見込みとの見方を示した。大手ＩＴ企業の財務力と、トランプ次期政権下での投資家寄りの政策が背景にあるという。 フン氏はロンドンで行われたメディアイベントで、米国の株価指数を押し上げてきた大手テクノロジー企業は、多額の投資予算のおかげで今後もその勢いを維持できると指摘。「人工知能（ＡＩ）、量子コンピューティングなど新たなテクノロジーの登場や、それに伴う収益調整から、これまでの『米国例外主義』が今後も続く可能性が高いことが示唆される」と述べた。 パッシブ型（指数連動型）ファンドで知られるＳＳＧＡは、トランプ氏の政策は投資家にとって「概ね建設的」なものになるとみている一方で、「かなりのボラティリティー」にも備えているとした。 私たちの行動規範：トムソン・ロイター「信頼の原則」, opens...
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
orlandosentinel.com | Ian Hodgson
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed five members to the University of West Florida's board of trustees Monday, adding two controversial higher-ed reformers to the body that oversees the Pensacola public university.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
opencampusmedia.org | Ian Hodgson
Three of Florida’s public universities will likely select new presidents next year. There’s a good chance that at least one will be a former lawmaker. Nationally, less than half of college and university presidents come from outside academia, according to a recent study from the American Council on Education. Just one in 20 formerly served as elected or appointed government officials.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Ian Hodgson
Ian Hodgson, Tampa Bay TimesMon, January 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM UTC4 min readOne of Tampa Bay’s largest charter school providers is a step closer to finalizing a years-long legal dispute with its child care and early learning provider after a $30 million legal settlement signed in November.
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Jan 3, 2025 | 
sun-sentinel.com | Ian Hodgson
Three of Florida’s public universities will likely select new presidents next year. There’s a good chance that at least one will be a former lawmaker. Nationally, less than half of college and university presidents come from outside academia, according to a recent study from the American Council on Education. Just one in 20 formerly served as elected or appointed government officials.
