Panel Putting Final Touches on Fla Higher Ed Plan

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Gov. Rick Scott’s higher education task force is putting the finishing touches on its recommendations for Florida’s public universities. The panel is holding a webinar Monday to review proposals it tentatively agreed upon last week. They include basing tuition on the type of degree a student is seeking and letting “preeminent universities” set higher rates. The seven-member Blue Ribbon Task Force on State Higher Education Reform also wants the Board of Governors to have more budgeting authority and a bigger role in the selection of university presidents. The board oversees Florida’s 12 public universities and currently has approval authority on presidents selected by local boards of trustees.