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Education

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • September 30, 2021
College's new $10M home for entrepreneurs has bright future

With a charismatic leader at the helm and significant community financial support, the Daveler & Kauanui School of Entrepreneurship has big plans for the future.

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  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 1, 2021
Engineering school creating tools for the next generation of warfare

USF's Institute of Applied Engineering works to find solutions for the military while training students for the real world.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • January 1, 2021
Economic Forecast: For higher education, solutions to pandemic challenges could become opportunities

In the past year, SCF put Go Live into place, an expanded online learning platform that allows students and instructors to gather virtually in real time.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • October 22, 2020
Florida charter school leader targets expansion

Launching — and then managing — a charter school is a singular business challenge. Financial executive-turned-school choice leader Erika Donalds might be the perfect student for the task.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • October 9, 2020
Up skill: Innovative manufacturing 'boot camp' sees high demand

A series of manufacturing "boot camps" are being held around the Tampa Bay region as a way for job seekers to test-drive a new career path.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • June 30, 2020
Colleges grapple with enrollment, budget uncertainty

Pair of school administrators, after tough few months, gird for more stressful days ahead.

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  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 31, 2020
New area business college dean creates long list

Running a business school like a business sounds obvious — but in academia that’s not always a certainty. One new dean embraces that mission.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • November 15, 2019
Economic forecast 2019: Education

Steve Currall, president of the University of South Florida

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  • By Andrew Warfield
  • May 22, 2019
Always be closing: sales guru shares secrets of success

Top sales trainer turns his company’s attention toward teaching sales and customer service to college students. Are they ready to give it a try?

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  • By Andrew Warfield
  • March 15, 2019
Southwest Florida college working to bridge the skills gap

Hodges University is developing something any employer should covet: A program that teaches foundational — and soft — skills to a variety of employees.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • March 1, 2019
College plans center to further link school with area business community

SCF's Center for Advanced Technology & Innovation will be built inside the school’s former library building on its Bradenton campus.

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  • By John Haughey
  • August 17, 2018
College uses business best practices to grow

Florida Poly 2.0 launches Aug. 22 when the university begins its fifth fall semester. If Avent’s Florida Poly 2.0 vision comes together, the I-4 corridor, the surging area between Orlando and Tampa, could evolve into a high-tech nexus within a decade. Are

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • July 20, 2018
University takes change by the horns

The University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, has embarked on a brand repositioning effort that will be unveiled in September by President Judy Genshaft.

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  • By Brian Hartz
  • April 13, 2018
New school aims to bring French education system to region

Can a French immersion school be a viable enterprise in the Tampa Bay area? A native of France and his American spouse, behind a $2 million investment, want to find out.

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  • By Grier Ferguson
  • March 2, 2018
School of life

How does a school become the community's college? By waging an all-out battle to respond to the needs of students and employers.

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