Florida Board of Governors
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The Florida Board of Governors was created in 2002 by the passage of a constitutional amendment, which went into effect in 2003. By an unprecedented vote, a 17-member board was established to serve as the statewide governing body for the State University System of Florida
, which includes all public universities in the state of Florida
. Members are appointed by the Governor. Its predecessor, the Florida Board of Regents
, was abolished by an act of the Florida Legislature
that was signed into law by Governor Jeb Bush
on July 1, 2001. A statewide board of education, also appointed by the governor, oversaw kindergarten through higher education, but focused mostly on K-12 education and community colleges. Bob Graham
, a United States Senator from Florida, objected to the abolition of the statewide higher education body (Board of Regents), and responded by leading a ballot
initiative to restore it. This initiative succeeded in creating what is now called the Florida Board of Governors. The Board of Governors, as part of the Florida Constitution
, cannot be abolished without another constitutional amendment
.
The Florida Board of Governors has seventeen members, including fourteen voting members appointed by the governor, as well as, the Florida Commissioner of Education, the Chair of the Advisory Council of Faculty Senates
, and the President of the Florida Student Association
.
During the Fall 2008 academic year the State University System enrolled 301,135 total students. In total 245,960 undergraduates, and 55,175 graduate and professional students.
signed into law SB-1710 which allowed the Florida Board of Governors to charge Tuition Differential of 40% above and beyond the regular in-state undergraduate tuition rates
for the University of Florida
and Florida State University
. In addition the University of South Florida
was allowed to raise its rates 30% above and beyond the regular in-state undergraduate tuition charges. This was allowed because these three institutions reached Research Flagship benchmarks that the other universities in the State University System could not achieve.
In 2008, in lieu of receiving increased research funding in excess of $100 million, the Tuition Differential was allowed to now include the University of Central Florida
and Florida International University
. These two institutions were allowed to raise their in-state undergraduate tuition rate 30% above and beyond the regular tuition rates. This legislation ultimately created a multi-tier system for higher education in Florida
's State University System
.
In 2009, Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Legislature
passed an even broader tuition differential for all of the institutions within the State University System of Florida
. The new provision allows for a 15 percent annually tuition increase for in-state undergraduate tuition until they reach the national average. Governor Crist signed off on the legislation on June 1, 2009.
The expanded tuition differential is not covered by the Bright Futures Scholarship Program
, and the stipulation states that 30 percent of the added revenue must go to need-based student financial aid. This legislation was passed due to severe budget restrains caused by the Florida
economy.
In November 2010, the Board met for 2 days in Emerson Alumni Hall at UF and approved a regulation change at that will allow Florida's public universities to submit proposals to institute block tuition. Also discussed was the question of whether universities should be permitted to offer academic programs located in areas close to other state universities. . Another regulation change discussed would allow universities to propose the implementation of market-rate tuition for certain continuing education courses and distance education graduate-level online courses. According to the meeting materials, the market-rate plan would not affect certain education, health professions and security and emergency services programs. Universities will also be able submit an exemption request for other programs. Currently, UF is the only university in the state that has expressed a desire to pursue block tuition.
State University System of Florida
The State University System of Florida is a system of eleven public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2011, over 320,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities...
, which includes all public universities in the state of Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. Members are appointed by the Governor. Its predecessor, the Florida Board of Regents
Florida Board of Regents
The Florida Board of Regents was from 1965 to 2001 the governing body for the State University System of Florida, which includes all public universities in the state of Florida, United States. It was created to replace a predecessor body called the Florida Board of Control, which had existed from...
, was abolished by an act of the Florida Legislature
Florida Legislature
The Florida State Legislature is the term often used to refer to the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution states that "The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a legislature of the State of Florida," composed of a Senate...
that was signed into law by Governor Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush; the younger brother of former President George W...
on July 1, 2001. A statewide board of education, also appointed by the governor, oversaw kindergarten through higher education, but focused mostly on K-12 education and community colleges. Bob Graham
Bob Graham
Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham is an American politician. He was the 38th Governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States Senator from that state from 1987 to 2005...
, a United States Senator from Florida, objected to the abolition of the statewide higher education body (Board of Regents), and responded by leading a ballot
Ballot
A ballot is a device used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter writes in the name of a candidate, but governmental elections use pre-printed to protect the...
initiative to restore it. This initiative succeeded in creating what is now called the Florida Board of Governors. The Board of Governors, as part of the Florida Constitution
Florida Constitution
The Constitution of the State of Florida is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of Florida, and establishes the basic law of the state....
, cannot be abolished without another constitutional amendment
Constitutional amendment
A constitutional amendment is a formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state.Most constitutions require that amendments cannot be enacted unless they have passed a special procedure that is more stringent than that required of ordinary legislation...
.
The Florida Board of Governors has seventeen members, including fourteen voting members appointed by the governor, as well as, the Florida Commissioner of Education, the Chair of the Advisory Council of Faculty Senates
Advisory Council of Faculty Senates
The Advisory Council of Faculty Senates is a non-partisan statewide organization of university faculty members formed to represent the interests of all faculty members working for the State University System of Florida...
, and the President of the Florida Student Association
Florida Student Association
The Florida Student Association is a non-partisan statewide organization of university students formed in 1976 to represent the interests of students of the State University System of Florida...
.
During the Fall 2008 academic year the State University System enrolled 301,135 total students. In total 245,960 undergraduates, and 55,175 graduate and professional students.
Current members
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University, location, date established
The Board oversees the following universities:| University | Location | Established | Endowment as of 2008 | Campus Area (acres) |
Kiplinger's Top 100 Values | Enrollment as of 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida A&M University Florida A&M University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, commonly known as Florida A&M or FAMU, is a historically black university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, the state capital, and is one of eleven member institutions of the State University System of Florida... |
Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by... |
1887 | $119 million | 419 | N/A | 11,567 |
| Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University, also referred to as FAU or Florida Atlantic, is a public, coeducational, research university located in , United States. The university has six satellite campuses located in the Florida cities of Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, Port St. Lucie, and in Fort... |
Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton, Florida Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about... |
1961 | $182 million | 850 | N/A | 26,525 |
| Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast University, also known as FGCU, is a coeducational public university located just south of the Southwest Florida International Airport in the South Fort Myers region of unincorporated Lee County, Florida, United States. The university belongs to the 11-campus State University... |
Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers, Florida Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. Its population was 62,298 in the 2010 census, a 29.23 percent increase over the 2000 figure.... |
1991 | $39 million | 760 | N/A | 9,387 |
| Florida International University Florida International University Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park... |
Miami, Florida Miami, Florida Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625... |
1965 | $97 million | 573 | N/A | 38,614 |
| Florida State University Florida State University The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation... |
Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by... |
1851 | $570 million | 1,200 | 17th overall in the United States | 41,002 |
| New College of Florida New College of Florida New College of Florida is a public liberal arts college located in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded originally as a private institution and is now an autonomous honors college of the State University System of Florida.-History:... |
Sarasota, Florida Sarasota, Florida Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. It is south of the Tampa Bay Area and north of Fort Myers... |
1960 | $33 million | 144 | 8th overall in the United States | 769 |
| University of Central Florida University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States... |
Orlando, Florida Orlando, Florida Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States... |
1963 | $114 million | 1,415 | 42nd overall in the United States | 48,699 |
| University of Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906... |
Gainesville, Florida Gainesville, Florida Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth... |
1853 | $1.25 billion | 2,000 | 2nd overall in the United States | 52,084 |
| University of North Florida University of North Florida The University of North Florida is a public university located in Jacksonville, Florida. A member institution of the State University System of Florida, the university is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s... |
Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968... |
1969 | $95 million | 1,300 | N/A | 16,570 |
| University of South Florida University of South Florida The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA... |
Tampa, Florida Tampa, Florida Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709.... |
1956 | $360 million | 1,913 | 75th overall in the United States | 45,524 |
| University of West Florida University of West Florida The University of West Florida, also known as West Florida and UWF, is a mid-sized public university located in Pensacola, Florida, United States. UWF is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. The University of West Florida is a Research University, which specializes in... |
Pensacola, Florida Pensacola, Florida Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752... |
1963 | $61 million | 1,600 | N/A | 10,394 |
Tuition differential
During Florida's 2007 Legislative Session, Governor Charlie CristCharlie Crist
Charles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr. is an American politician who was the 44th Governor of Florida. Prior to his election as governor, Crist previously served as Florida State Senator, Education Commissioner, and Attorney General...
signed into law SB-1710 which allowed the Florida Board of Governors to charge Tuition Differential of 40% above and beyond the regular in-state undergraduate tuition rates
Tuition
Tuition payments, known primarily as tuition in American English and as tuition fees in British English, Canadian English, Australian English, New Zealand English and Indian English, refers to a fee charged for educational instruction during higher education.Tuition payments are charged by...
for the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
and Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
. In addition the University of South Florida
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
was allowed to raise its rates 30% above and beyond the regular in-state undergraduate tuition charges. This was allowed because these three institutions reached Research Flagship benchmarks that the other universities in the State University System could not achieve.
In 2008, in lieu of receiving increased research funding in excess of $100 million, the Tuition Differential was allowed to now include the University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...
and Florida International University
Florida International University
Florida International University is an American public research university in metropolitan Miami, Florida, in the United States, with its main campus in University Park...
. These two institutions were allowed to raise their in-state undergraduate tuition rate 30% above and beyond the regular tuition rates. This legislation ultimately created a multi-tier system for higher education in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
's State University System
State University System of Florida
The State University System of Florida is a system of eleven public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2011, over 320,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities...
.
In 2009, Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Legislature
Florida Legislature
The Florida State Legislature is the term often used to refer to the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution states that "The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a legislature of the State of Florida," composed of a Senate...
passed an even broader tuition differential for all of the institutions within the State University System of Florida
State University System of Florida
The State University System of Florida is a system of eleven public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2011, over 320,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities...
. The new provision allows for a 15 percent annually tuition increase for in-state undergraduate tuition until they reach the national average. Governor Crist signed off on the legislation on June 1, 2009.
The expanded tuition differential is not covered by the Bright Futures Scholarship Program
Bright Futures Scholarship Program
Bright Futures is the name of a scholarship program in the state of Florida. It is funded by the Florida Lottery and was first started in 1997.-Program:...
, and the stipulation states that 30 percent of the added revenue must go to need-based student financial aid. This legislation was passed due to severe budget restrains caused by the Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
economy.
In November 2010, the Board met for 2 days in Emerson Alumni Hall at UF and approved a regulation change at that will allow Florida's public universities to submit proposals to institute block tuition. Also discussed was the question of whether universities should be permitted to offer academic programs located in areas close to other state universities. . Another regulation change discussed would allow universities to propose the implementation of market-rate tuition for certain continuing education courses and distance education graduate-level online courses. According to the meeting materials, the market-rate plan would not affect certain education, health professions and security and emergency services programs. Universities will also be able submit an exemption request for other programs. Currently, UF is the only university in the state that has expressed a desire to pursue block tuition.
See also
- Chancellor Frank T. BroganFrank BroganFrank T. Brogan is the current Chancellor of the State University System of Florida and the former President of Florida Atlantic University. He was also the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Florida...
- State University System of FloridaState University System of FloridaThe State University System of Florida is a system of eleven public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2011, over 320,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities...
- Bright Futures Scholarship ProgramBright Futures Scholarship ProgramBright Futures is the name of a scholarship program in the state of Florida. It is funded by the Florida Lottery and was first started in 1997.-Program:...
- University Press of FloridaUniversity Press of FloridaThe University Press of Florida is the scholarly publishing arm of the State University System of Florida representing all eleven universities, and is charged by the Florida Board of Governors with publishing books of intellectual distinction and significance, books that contribute to improving the...
- State University System of Florida LibrariesState University System of Florida LibrariesThe State University System of Florida Libraries is the academic library system of the State University System of Florida . The library system, which serves Florida's eleven public universities, is one of the largest in the world, with more than 18 million items...
- Florida Institute of OceanographyFlorida Institute of OceanographyThe Florida Institute of Oceanography , located on the campus of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, is an independent entity of the State University System of Florida that works collaboratively with 20 institutions and agencies from across the state that support marine research.FIO...
- Advisory Council of Faculty SenatesAdvisory Council of Faculty SenatesThe Advisory Council of Faculty Senates is a non-partisan statewide organization of university faculty members formed to represent the interests of all faculty members working for the State University System of Florida...
- Florida Student AssociationFlorida Student AssociationThe Florida Student Association is a non-partisan statewide organization of university students formed in 1976 to represent the interests of students of the State University System of Florida...
- Florida Board of RegentsFlorida Board of RegentsThe Florida Board of Regents was from 1965 to 2001 the governing body for the State University System of Florida, which includes all public universities in the state of Florida, United States. It was created to replace a predecessor body called the Florida Board of Control, which had existed from...
- Florida Board of ControlFlorida Board of ControlThe Florida Board of Control was the statewide governing body for the State University System of Florida, which included all public universities in the state of Florida. It was replaced by the Florida Board of Regents in 1965.- History :...