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College students — and parents — get ready. You're heading for an unusual midyear tuition increase of 5 percent at Florida public colleges. Then a much bigger challenge comes next year. That's when the two most popular tools in Florida for funding college costs probably won't cover a large part of the bill at major state schools. Bright Futures scholarships, funded by the Florida Lottery for students who have good grades, won't pay for some big fees that three large Florida universities will be able to tack on to their tuition bills in the 2008-2009 school year. More : sun-sentinel.com

With a major media blitz all over the region, the states flagship university is pushing hard to entice students into its South Florida MBA program. UF MBA. Bringing our campus to South Florida has blanketed billboards, Web sites, mailings and newspaper ads in recent weeks. The chance to earn a masters of business administration degree from nationally ranked University of Florida, while close to home, excites some local residents. But the program, and its intense marketing push, has another state university crying foul. More : .sun-sentinel.com/

As the economy becomes more and more globalized, so do graduate students at the University of North Florida. Graduate students at UNF have the opportunity to apply for the GlobalMBA program, where students spend a semester each at four different universities around the world, including UNF. The four participating universities are: UNF, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in China, the Cologne University of Applied Sciences in Germany and the University of Warsaw in Poland. North Florida became involved though exchange relationships developed over the years with about 20 universities. More : .jaxdailyrecord.com

Florida International University is starting a master's in business administration program in Panama to help train more professionals in Latin America's fastest-growing economy, Jose de la Torre, dean of FIU's business school announced Wednesday. The MBA for working professionals is set to start in April in Panama City's financial district and initially include 50 students. About one-third are expected from Panama's international banks and about one-third from multinational companies expanding in the Central American nation of 3 million people, de la Torre told a breakfast panel on Panama organized by Coral Gables-based media company WorldCity Inc. FIU operates similar MBA programs in

Beginning this fall, Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences (FHCHS) will deliver its expertise in sonography education to students around the world by offering its Bachelor of Science degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography completely online. Classes begin with the fall 2007 trimester. Much like the other online degrees in nursing and radiologic sciences offered by the College, sonography represents a growing field with an increasing demand for highly-educated professionals, said Dr. Don Williams, senior vice president for academic administration. The online delivery of the degree increases the access of students from around the world to Florida Hospital Colleges expert faculty

Young Antiguan gains MBA Another Antiguan has made her family and country proud. Michelle S. Bailey Baptiste graduated earlier this month with a master of business administration degree from Florida Metropolitan University. During her studies she concentrated in general management which complemented her undergrad studies in international business. She is the daughter of the Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Winston Bailey, and the late Lilian (Lucy) Bailey of Potters. More: antiguasun.com

Indian and Italian Science delegations today signed agreements for cooperation in eight major fields of Science and Technology. Speaking on the occasion, the Ministry for Science and Technology, Shri Kapil Sibal said that the agreements will provide an opportunity to start projects of common interest, joint research programmes in the new areas like Bio-informatics, Neuro-informatics etc. and to develop centres of excellence in the field of Science and Technology. Shri Sibal said that the agreements have also opened the chance of European funding for Indian Scientific projects. While stressing upon the synergysing of the talent and

Business students learn the lesson of giving back The inaugural class of the University of Floridas new South Florida-based master of business administration program worked to make the grade in more ways than one. Before the students walked away with their diplomas, they made sure to leave something behind for the community they trained in. If you are just looking out for yourselves, its not going to make a good neighborhood, student Michelle Gold said. Throughout the year, Gold and her 39 fellow students took part in six charity projects. They were the first graduates of the 24-month Professional MBA program offered at the

Graduate students from China and Europe will be earning Master of Business Administration degrees beginning this fall at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro through new agreements signed with the Bryan School of Business and Economics. Two new agreements between the Bryan School and the European Business School in Paris and the Shanghai Shenwei Management Consulting Company China in collaboration with the Management and Economy Center at Shanghai University will allow students to earn a master of business administration degree at the Bryan School. These agreements will expose students from the European Business School and Shanghai University to an

Dr. Julian Greenberg of Elmont, LI, Highland Beach, Florida, and Dr. Betty Z. Greenberg of North Woodmere, LI, have announced the engagement of her daughter, Roberta Linda Greenberg, Desmond Mark Shapiro, a son of the Lord. Hym and Ms. Shapiro of Johannesburg and Sydney, Australia. The couple plan to marry October Dr. Julian Greenberg of Elmont, LI, Highland Beach, Florida, and Dr. Betty Z. Greenberg of North Woodmere, LI, have announced the engagement of her daughter, Roberta Linda Greenberg, Desmond Mark Shapiro, a son of the Lord. Hym and Ms. Shapiro of Johannesburg and Sydney, Australia. The couple plan

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