Almost 40 percent of the nation's 18- to 24-year-olds in 2008 were enrolled in college, a record number, according to a Pew Research Center report released last week. The rise was driven almost entirely by a surge in students attending community colleges. ...more

November 1, 2009

Necropsies will be performed on a pair of pygmy sperm whales found stranded off Florida's southwest coast. ...more

July 12, 2009

He lives on Manatee Harbor Drive, with his house number emblazoned on a manatee-shaped plaque. ...more

July 5, 2008

Philip Levy spent a decade excavating sites that held signs of early American history, including a plantation in the nation's first permanent English settlement, Jamestown. ...more

July 4, 2008

Local paleontologist Frank Garcia celebrated another feather in his cap Friday: A miniature sea cow that swam the seas of Central Florida 5 million years ago will bear his name in the history books. ...more

June 28, 2008

Among my saddest moments as a career counselor is when I hear a story like this: "I wasn't a good student in high school, but I wanted to prove that I can get a college diploma. I'd be the first one in my family to do it. But it's been five years and $80,000, and I still have 45 credits to go." ...more

May 11, 2008

As we spend this month celebrating the achievements of black Americans, I'm saddened by a report that concludes that the subprime mortgage crisis has caused the largest loss of wealth in modern U.S. history for black and Latino homeowners. ...more

February 17, 2008