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As out-of-work recessioneers headed back to college looking for a leg up in the competitive job market, politicians, too, looked toward higher education for economic answers. The pillars of the Florida economy have traditionally been tourism, agriculture, construction and aerospace, three of which have been bludgeoned by the global economic collapse. The future of Florida
Excelling in STEM education will require “redefined and re-imagined” colleges of education, said USF Provost and Executive Vice President Ralph Wilcox at the Dec. 8 Board of Trustees meeting. Increased STEM—short for science, technology, engineering and math—attainment starts in the “problematic” K-12 pipeline, he said. Florida students currently score 18 points lower on the SAT
During a recent interview in Daytona Beach, Fla., Gov. Rick Scott made it clear to students studying anthropology or those planning to study it that they weren’t going to bring any jobs to the state. “How many more jobs do you think there are for anthropology in the state? Do you want to use your
“Galacidalacidesoxiribunucleicacid” is one of Salvador Dalí’s masterworks hanging at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg. The title is the longest of all his paintings, something Dalí did intentionally to comment on the shortness of modern art titles at the time. But the title reveals Dalí’s love and appreciation for science and DNA, said Peter Tush,