Q: I have recommendations from my teachers, but also from my tennis coach and the National Honor Society advisor. I alreadyhave two teacher recommendations, and I know my counselor plans to write a letter. Can I also send these other letters? I feel these other people really know me and that admissions people will be impressed if they read them.
The University of Miami School of Law offers free legal help to homeowners in trouble while giving newly-minted lawyers caseload experience.
An Urban Search and Rescue program in Broward County trains firefighters to respond to earthquakes, hurricanes, fallen buildings and other disasters.
In addition to quarantine rooms and on-campus vaccines, some colleges are banning drinking games, delivering boxed meals and putting roommates in hotels to curb the spread of the swine flu.
Be wary of ads that promise the sky, but there is new financial aid in President Barack Obama's stimulus plan for moms -- and dads -- who need to go back to school to improve their standing in the workforce.
Engineering schools are seeing a surge of interest, spurred in part by reports that engineering grads earn higher starting salaries than their classmates.
The UM medical school hired a psychiatrist who has been criticized for taking millions of dollars from drugmakers.
A judge ruled against a group of Broward teachers who had sued the school district.
Teachers in Pembroke Pines' charter schools will be getting their annual salary increases based on years of experience, after the Broward Teachers Union and city negotiators reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday night.
Two years into her post as dean of the University of Miami's business school, Barbara Kahn is out to make her vision for the school a reality.
A Broward School Board meeting on extra classroom space as a result of overbuilding turned into a discussion about how empty seats should be counted.
On Tuesday, board members will unravel how the district ended up with so much extra space that the state has told it to stop building. The issue could prompt controversial boundary changes down the road.
The Miami-Dade school district ranks seventh in the country in charter school enrollment, according to a study released Thursday by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
With the competition removed, Broward school district's insurance provider is increasing its rates by up to 45 percent.
Hoping to regain the public's trust after a corruption scandal, Broward school district officials announced Wednesday morning they had selected a panel to delve into the school system's practices and come up with fixes.
The Broward school district approved the first in what could be a series of boundary changes that will affect which schools kids attend.
Broward school officials do not yet know if they will try to get more than $765,000 back after an audit said contractors overbilled for repairs.
A contractor accused by auditors of overbilling for Broward classroom repairs plans to sue the school district.
Parents are getting sticker shock as the Florida Prepaid College Plan sends its rates skyward.
Former Broward GOP chairman Kevin Tynan will replace Beverly Gallagher, who is charged in a bribery and extortion case, on the Broward School Board.
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