Higher Education

Shady For-Profit College Welcomed With $350,000 in Tax Breaks

Anthem Education, Shady For-Profit College, Welcomed With $350,000 in Tax Breaks

On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott's offices sent out a news release that declared, "Gov. Scott Announces Anthem Education Expansion in Fort Lauderdale, 70 New Jobs." It explained that the for-profit college will be locating its "North American headquarters" to Fort Lauderdale, spending $300,000 on a bui ... More >>

UCF Halts All Fraternity and Greek Life Activities

The University of Central Florida has halted fraternity and sorority activities in order to get a handle on the multiple reports of hazing and alcohol abuse among frats, and that so, as the school puts it, "Greek culture reflects the values of the UCF Creed." In 2011 UCF's Sigma Chi was placed on d ... More >>

Keiser U. Does the Hustle. Kaplan, U. of Phoenix Next?

Keiser University of Fort Lauderdale hasn't admitted any wrongdoing.But the company/school agreed yesterday to provide free retraining -- and not to mislead prospective students. That is pretty horrible stuff coming from an educational institution.As our feature story showed not along ago, many ... More >>

Complaints About For-Profit Colleges Keep Rolling In

It seems our news story this week on for-profit colleges struck a nerve. We've gotten a number of email responses from people who say they, like those in the story, feel they were misled or cheated by America's for-profit education industry.They include Julio Lopez, who says he worked for 13 years a ... More >>

For-Profit Colleges Cheat Students and Get Away With It

For-Profit College Swindle: Sen. Tom Harkin Revisits Long-Standing Complaints

We weren't the only ones to post criticism of for-profit colleges this week (see the news item: "For-Profit Colleges Cheat Students and Get Away With It").U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin has released a scathing report that criticizes the for-profit education industry, echoing many complaints that surfaced in a ... More >>

Allen West Calls Student Loan Bill Socialist, Votes for It

You'd need only one guess to figure out which congressman criticized President Obama for using college students as "political pawns" hours before going into Congress to use college students as political pawns.Explaining his vote on Friday's extension of student loan interest rate cuts, Congressman A ... More >>

You're My Boy Blue

Rick Scott's Signature on University Diplomas Is Now the Subject of a Petition

I'll be on your wall for the rest of your life!​Apparently Gov. Rick Scott's positions on the state's higher-education system isn't impressing all of the students in Florida's public universities.There's now a creative, albeit small, petition with signatures from Gainesville down to Broward of peo ... More >>

Ave Maria: A Catholic University Experiment in the Everglades Gone Wrong

Dream Act Bill Filed in Florida Legislature

The Dream Act would help immigrant students.​A bill that would make college more affordable for undocumented immigrants has recently been filed in the Florida Legislature.If passed, the Dream Act would allow undocumented immigrants who attended three or more years of high school in Florida to qual ... More >>

FAU Fraternity Founder Stabs Former Pledge Over Bag of Weed, Police Say

florida.arrests.orgJanseel Singh​Think of all the things a Swiss Army knife can do -- open a tin can or bottle of wine, file your nails, or even stab a former fraternity pledge, like the cops say 28-year-old Janseel Singh did yesterday.Police say Singh -- one of the "founding fathers" of Florida A ... More >>

Female FAU Police Employees Recall Sexual Harassment by Jimmy Dac Ho

​Jimmy Dac Ho, the 47-year-old Vietnamese-American man who has been charged with fatally shooting escort Sheri Carter a month ago, resigned from his job as a Florida Atlantic University police officer after confessing to the shooting.Ho met Carter through the escorts listing section on Backpage.co ... More >>

Top Ten Drunchies

andrew_mc_d​You get home from a long night out and what is the first thing you want to do? Crawl into your bed and hope tomorrow does not bring sickness from the night's mistakes? Yes -- but first, Must. Have. Grease.We all know the feeling. You just can't quite roll into bed until you stuff your ... More >>

Coral Springs Teen Part of a Sex Crime Trend in USF Dorms

The University of South Florida residence halls have been the sight of two bizarre, terrifying sex crimes in the past three months, both involving young men who were visiting the school. Last week a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped in her sleep by a man who was a friend of a friend. This while ... More >>

At Florida Memorial University, Surviving Beatings, Gunshots, and Assaults Is Part of the Curriculum

Hospital District Emails Reveal Lawyer's Bid to Save His Job

browardhealth.orgGoldstoneJudging by Marc Goldstone's email inbox, the week of May 11 began like any other. That was a Monday, and the general counsel for the North Broward Hospital District exchanged emails with CEO Frank Nask about attending a health care convention the first week of June. But by ... More >>

Rubio Fundraiser Mendelsohn Resigns from Medical PAC

Alan Mendelson, a former close Charlie Crist aide and fundraiser, has resigned his post as treasurer of the Florida Medical Association PAC, a powerful political fund that has raised about $10 million in the past 12 years. MendelsohnWhile the Hollywood ophthalmologist -- who is probably ... More >>

Dorm Daze

Embattled Plastic Surgeon Richard B. Edison Faces Molestation Charge in Lawsuit

Suze to Lauderdale Madoff Victim: Make Kids Pay for Their Own Damn College!

A middle-aged Fort Lauderdale brunette named "Janet" laid out her finances on television Saturday for CNBC financial advice maven Suze Orman. And it was kinda sad, in a rich people tumbling into the middle class way. Janet and her significantly older husband had entrusted Madoff with $5 million ... More >>

Winter Bling

Week's Top Food-Related Headlines

Just Announced: O.A.R. at Mizner Park Amphitheatre, October 3

Vampire Weekend

The UM Hospital (Or)Deal

Last Night: Guster at the Culture Room

Nova to Workers: Drop Dead

Janitors go jobless for months, and students don't give a damn

Battling Viewpoints

Douchebag of The Month: Tom Oosterhoudt

Sex and the Single Sperm

FAU's wild Darwinians are at it again. And this time, they want to measure your nutsack.

College Shuts Out Newspaper

Proselytizing 101

Broward Community College is a public school, but its religion professors consider it a private reserve

Adios, Ink-Stained Vets

Old newspaper pros quit the FIU J-school as academicians run the show

Best Happy Hour in Palm Beach

E.R. Bradley's Saloon

Best Artist Best Solo Art Exhibition

Carol Prusa "The Sideshow of the Absurd"

Best Place to Get a Contact Lens in a Pinch

Optical at the Swap Shop

Kidneys for Sale

Three scheming interns embark on a dark, funny quest for human donors in Mad Cat's latest

Step On It

One-Way Street

Popped for DUI? Smile. You've just fallen victim to the DHSMV's kangaroo court.

Collegiate night at the Factory

Para and Modernage are pretty, smart

Best Dance Club in Broward

Zubar

Best Lounge

Karma Lounge

Jeb's Boy

Frank Brogan, Bush's man in academia, must defuse the FAU scandals. But where is he?

Beauty and the Books

The hometown heroine goes for the tiara at the Miss Florida USA pageant

Hurricane Andre

The University of Miami administration has nothing to say about the Andre Johnson cheating case, but some faculty won't stay quiet

Out of Africa

Agnes Essien left Nigeria three decades ago, earned a Ph.D., and ended up minding a market

The Femi-Nova Mystique

A Nova Southeastern University club struggles to bring a backward student body up-to-date

If at First You Don't Succeed, Sue

Gary Snyder can't seem to get his degree from Florida Atlantic University. But he has gotten the president angry and under oath.