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University gossip Web sites are back and worse than ever. Juicy Campus? Tame...

Remember Juicy Campus? Way back in 2008 it caused a lot of ruckus because it allowed students to post anonymous rants on line about each other. Florida Atlantic University President Frank Brogan even...

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Love him or hate him, FAU faculty aren’t quite sure. Vote set today to praise...

Just this week, a Florida Atlantic University faculty evaluation of President Frank Brogan was released with scathing remarks on his tenure at the Boca Raton school. But today, the FAU Faculty Senate...

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FAU President Frank Brogan has company on his final jog around campus,...

It says something when people, college students especially, are willing to get up at 7 a.m. to go running _ to do anything really. But this morning, about 30 people joined FAU President Frank Brogan on...

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UF campus columbarium, creepy or cool? Sign up now to spend eternity in Gator...

We wrote about the University of Florida’s wish to build a columbarium on its campus a couple years ago. But the approval to actually do it came from the Florida Legislature in the spring, although...

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Textbook thieves spur police action at Florida Atlantic University

It was only a matter of time before criminals realized the worth of the college textbook. Sometimes in the several hundred-dollar range, the books can be returned for full price early in the semester...

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$150-an-hour FAU consultant presents “Project Vision” Tuesday

A Florida International University professor contracted by FAU to facilitate an overhaul of the Boca Raton school’s operations will give a presentation Tuesday during the FAU Board of Trustees retreat....

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Florida Atlantic University trustee board wants to know about school morale

When the FAU Board of Trustees meets Tuesday and Wednesday in its annual retreat, one question asked will be “How is morale?” The question is listed on the agenda under “Taking the Pulse of FAU.” Other...

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FAU trustee members become each other’s secret admirers

Florida Atlantic University trustees are meeting in a two-day retreat being facilitated by consultant Susan Clemmons whose first order of business was to assign each trustee a “secret admirer.” Each...

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Academic or politician? Who should be the next FAU president?

Frank Brogan is going to be a hard act to follow, but Florida Atlantic University trustees are working today on defining the qualities they’d like to see in a successor. These things are usually pretty...

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Deans request delay of presidential search, board disagrees

UPDATE: FAU’s Board of Trustees just voted 9-4 to immediately pursue a search for a new president, defying a request by their deans to delay the move. Original post follows: FAU’s deans have requested...

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