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Florida Prepaid becomes too expensive for some

The number of people investing in Florida Prepaid dropped 30 percent during this season’s open-enrollment period. The reason? Prices.

Lawmakers battle tuition hikes

Gov. Rick Scott is pushing legislators to remove Florida’s tuition differential law that allows universities to increase the cost up to 15 percent each year.

Less work, more study: University limits students to 20-hour work weeks

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Starting fall 2014, student employees will be limited to 20 hours per week. This cap on student work hours comes after research by the Office of Retention and Graduation Success determined that limited work increases students’ chances of graduating in four years and achieving higher standards of academic performance.

Florida Prepaid amendment to refund $50 million

Lawmakers are trying to pass a Florida Prepaid reform bill that would save families who enroll a newborn almost a hundred dollars a month and refund $50 million to 26 thousand families.

Senators to hold office hours starting fall 2014

SGC-MMC Senate passed a bill this week that will create three weekly office hours for senators to meet with students starting fall 2014.

Undocumented Panthers continue fight for tuition equity

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Despite the doors that have been opened by the tuition waiver for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students, the battle for tuition equity is still being fought.

Board of Religion

Staff Writer Giovanni Garcia writes about the mass of religious spam on the bulletin boards.

Student Government begins budget hearings

The Student Government Association will have budget hearings Feb. 6 and 7 with organizations seeking money from the activity and services fee -- a $12.37 per credit hour charge that every student pays to the University. This year's pot has not been determined yet, but last year's reached $16.1 million.

Panthers weigh pros and cons of raising minimum wage

Some students think minimum wage isn't enough, but an economics professor thinks otherwise.

University funding to be determined by point system

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The state’s public universities will now have its state funding scrutinized and re-assessed under a new performance based model recently adopted by the Board of Governors.

Youth unemployment rate barely budges in recent job reports

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Generation Opportunity recently released its Millennial Jobs Report for December 2013 which pointed to an effective 15.9 percent non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for 18 to 29 year olds, only a slight drop from June 2013’s 16.1 percent rate.

Bureau to oversee student loan servicers

The Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will expand its oversight over the largest banks and loan servicers to ensure they are not engaging in unfair or deceptive practices against borrowers.
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