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Valencia President Cited as a “Change Agent” in U.S. Higher Education

U.S. colleges and universities cannot continue doing things the same way they have for decades, argue Richard Skinner and Emily [...]


Eyewitness to History: International Expert to Teach Course That Explores Causes of Genocide

What does 1940s Germany have in common with Iraq of the 1990s, when Saddam Hussein attacked the Kurdish people with [...]


Shugart: Focus on Completion is Good, But Learning Should Be a College’s First Priority

Valencia College President Sandy Shugart was quoted in an article in Inside Higher Education about the current focus on students [...]


Sentinel Publishes Column on Tuition Hikes by Valencia’s Board Chair

Bertica Cabrera Morris, the chair of Valencia College’s Board of Trustees, wrote an op-ed for the Orlando Sentinel about college [...]


Valencia to Freeze Student Tuition for the Fall

During a visit to Tallahassee last February, Valencia President Sanford Shugart told lawmakers it would be a mistake to raise [...]


What’s the Future Hold? A Lot of Amazing Changes, Says Physicist

Predicting the future is difficult — but not impossible, says Dr. Michio Kaku. It helps, the renowned physicist told a [...]


Valencia Professor Quoted in Inside Higher Ed on Textbook Costs

Across the country, colleges and universities are grappling with a thorny issue: How to reduce the cost of college textbooks, [...]


Valencia Boosts Local Economy by $1 Billion a Year, Study Finds

At a time when Florida’s unemployment rate is 9.4% and public funding for higher education is being cut, a new [...]


Valencia Launches New Honors College; Members of Inaugural Class Eligible for Full Scholarships

Valencia College will launch the new James M. and Dayle L. Seneff Honors College in the fall of 2012, providing [...]


Valencia Installs Five Electric Car Charging Stations on West Campus

At the 2012 Earth Day celebration, Valencia made a significant contribution to cleaning the air: The college began installing five [...]