The job isn’t posted online anywhere — there isn’t a final description of the work involved — there isn’t even a concrete timetable for when FAU wants the position filled, but a search committee is actively looking for the university’s seventh president. Last Wednesday, Sept. 25, a 15-member board met for the first time in the recruitme...

In an equal rights fight going back ten years, victory can be claimed once and for all by FAU’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees. This year is the first time that  FAU’s LGBT employees can be reimbursed for their domestic partner’s health insurance, if they receive insurance through the university. It started back in March...

Within minutes of the Board of Trustees’ vote, the image of a rotating FAU logo disappeared from the TV screen in the stadium recruitment room. Replacing it was a white screen with the words “Welcome to GEO Group Stadium.” A subtle change, but one that couldn’t have been more impactful if iron bars had dropped down over the windows. On Tuesday, ...

Control over Florida's 11 public universities traces back to a single political position — which requires no experience in higher ed. The governor handpicks most of the officials who call the shots for schools like FAU. Those officials decide everything from the cost of dorm rooms to the salaries of university presidents. At the state level, a...