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SDS, SLAP Protest Future UCF Budget Cuts

UCF’s Student Labor Action Project was joined by members of Students for a Democratic Society and other student groups outside Millican Hall to protest possible budget cuts to UCF coming from the Legislature. The protest came on the same day students from across the country had enormous rallies...
March 6th, 2010 | Politics, Tuition, UCF Administration | Read More

New Video: BOT Votes To Cut 4 Majors

On the day UCF’s Board of Trustees voted to slash four degree programs and suspend one, KnightNews.com crews had their cameras rolling from the start of the protests until the final Board of Trustees vote was cast on Thursday, July 23. We’ve pieced together a timeline, complete with some of...
July 23rd, 2009 | Tuition, UCF Administration, Videos | Read More

Faculty vs. Pres. Hitt: Budget Battle Heats Up

UCF’s Faculty Union sent out a very critical “open letter” to UCF President John Hitt Friday regarding the pending decision to cut several UCF degree programs and layoff nearly 40 UCF employees. The full text of union’s letter is copied below. Before the letter, we also included...
July 17th, 2009 | Tuition, UCF Administration, Videos | Read More

What New Buildings Are Next For UCF?

Will it be a new parking garage, like the sample UCF rendering above? Or will UCF build office space to house parking services employees, like in this sample rendering below? Will UCF build both? Will it be neither? It all depends on how the final version of the University of Central Florida’s...
July 16th, 2009 | Tuition, UCF Administration, Videos | Read More

Protests Break Out To Save Majors, Professors

If you watched from afar, it almost looked like a pep rally formed outside the Student Union Monday, but the students gathered had nothing to be happy about – their majors were on the chopping block. “When you have issues or something wrong with your heart, your lungs, we are the people you need...
July 15th, 2009 | Tuition, UCF Administration, Videos | Read More

Tuition Could Double Before Graduation

UCF freshmen we talked to had no idea they’ll be paying thousands more for tuition by the time they graduate than they do for Summer B classes right now. A few weeks ago, UCF leaders announced their plan to hike tuition 15 percent each year for the next seven years, bringing the average annual...
July 12th, 2009 | Tuition, Videos | Read More
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