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The lawsuit is one of numerous cases filed in Florida and other states alleging that colleges and universities breached contracts and should be required to refund money to students.

His administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria.

A college administrator says many students seeking mental health care prefer the privacy of teletherapy over an in-person appointment — even when they call in from an on-campus location.

On Sundial, a panel of enrollment administrators from colleges and universities across South Florida discuss the state of higher education.

In a letter to students, faculty and staff, university system Board of Governors Chairman Syd Kitson and system Chancellor Marshall Criser promised in-person learning will continue on all campuses.

The new strategy is called "postvention." It means having a plan built on truth, compassion and counseling that quickly addresses the mental health needs of friends and classmates after a suicide.

Public universities expect to increase classroom occupancy to pre-COVID capacity by the 2021-22 academic year, and resume full participation in social and sporting events.

A Senate committee will take up a bill that would protect Florida universities from lawsuits over decisions to close campuses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

When the coronavirus hit the state a year ago, students were left to navigate coursework online. Some say they were lost for a while. A year later, many are back in classrooms and reflecting on time lost.

As of Nov. 22, the 15-to-24 age group comprised about 16% of Florida's cases. The impact was evident in counties that are home to three of the state's largest campuses.