State University System of Florida

Short description: Public university system in Florida

State University System of FloridaType| Public university system

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Established| 1905; 121 years ago (1905)
Chancellor| Ray Rodrigues
Students| 430,000 (2023)
Location|

Tallahassee

Florida

U.S.

Campus| 12 member institutions
|u}}rs| Blue and gold
Website| www.flbog.edu

The State University System of Florida (SUSF or SUS) is a system of twelve public universities in the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2018, over 341,000 students were enrolled in Florida's state universities.[1] Together with the Florida College System, which includes Florida's 28 community colleges and state colleges, it is part of Florida's system of public higher education. The system, headquartered in Tallahassee,[2] is overseen by a chancellor and governed by the Florida Board of Governors.

The Florida Board of Governors was created in 2003 to centralize the administration of the State University System of Florida. Previously, Florida's State University System had been governed by the Florida Board of Regents (1965–2001) and the Florida Board of Control (1905–1965).

## Contents

* 1 History and governance
* 2 Member institutions
* 3 Gallery
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History and governance

Prior to 1905, Florida's state institutions were governed by a Board of Education and even earlier variations thereof, reaching back to the Florida Constitution of 1838 wherein higher education and normal education was established, based on grants of land from the U.S. Congress. From 1905 to 1965, the few universities in the system were governed by the Florida Board of Control. The Board of Control was replaced by the Florida Board of Regents in 1965, to accommodate the growing university system.

The Board of Regents governed until it was disbanded by the Florida Legislature in 2001, and its authority was divided between the Florida Board of Education (which was given some authority over all levels of public education in the state), and appointed university boards of trustees, which operated independently for each separate institution. In 2002, Floridians led by U.S. senator Bob Graham passed an amendment to the Florida Constitution establishing a new statewide governing body, the Florida Board of Governors.

In early 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a ban in Florida public universities on any diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, as well as any teaching of "critical race theory". This announcement came on the heels of similar changes being implemented in the Florida College System, and DeSantis appointing a new, conservative majority to the New College of Florida board of trustees, most notably including Christopher Rufo.[3]

Chancellors

Term | Chancellor

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1954–1968  | J. Broward Culpepper
1968–1975  | Robert B. Mautz
1975–1980  | E.T. York
1981–1985  | Barbara W. Newell
1985–1998  | Charles B. Reed
1998–2001  | Adam W. Herbert
2001  | Judy G. Hample
2003–2005  | Debra D. Austin
2005–2009  | Mark B. Rosenberg
2009–2013  | Frank T. Brogan
2014–2022  | Marshall Criser III
2023–present  | Ray Rodrigues

Template:SUSF Chancellors Timeline

SUS Student Enrollment

SUS Student Enrollment

Year | Students | %±
1905 | 620 | —
1910 | 835 | +35%
1915 | 1,341 | +61%
1920 | 1,882 | +40%
1925 | 3,688 | +96%
1930 | 4,655 | +26%
1935 | 5,550 | +19%
1940 | 6,395 | +15%
1945 | 7,020 | +10%
1950 | 19,015 | +171%
1955 | 19,847 | +4%
1960 | 27,053 | +36%
1965 | 43,849 | +62%
1970 | 73,676 | +68%
1975 | 115,334 | +57%
1980 | 128,578 | +11%
1985 | 146,692 | +14%
1990 | 179,775 | +23%
1995 | 208,493 | +16%
2000 | 240,753 | +15%
2005 | 287,375 | +19%
2010 | 321,503 | +12%
2015 | 345,672 | +8%
2020 | 353,041 | +2%
2021 | 354,186 | +0%
Sources:[4][5][6]

## Member institutions

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State University System of Florida

Institution  | Location  | Established  | Enrollment (2021)
Florida State University | Tallahassee  | 1851[lower-alpha 1] | 45,130[7]
University of Florida | Gainesville  | 1853[lower-alpha 1] | 61,112[8]
Florida A&M University  | Tallahassee  | 1887[lower-alpha 1] | 9,000[11]
University of South Florida | Tampa  | 1956  | 44,322[12]
Florida Atlantic University | Boca Raton  | 1961  | 30,155[13]
University of West Florida | Pensacola  | 1963  | 13,317[14]
University of Central Florida | Orlando  | 1963  | 70,406[15]
Florida International University | Miami  | 1965  | 56,732[16]
New College of Florida | Sarasota  | 1960 (Joined SUSF in 2001)  | 659[17]
University of North Florida | Jacksonville  | 1972  | 16,594[18]
Florida Gulf Coast University | Fort Myers  | 1991  | 15,370[19]
Florida Polytechnic University  | Lakeland  | 2012  | 1,563[20]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 In 1836, the United States Congress authorized the establishment of a University of Florida in the Florida Territory, to be located on lands reserved in both East and West Florida. In 1851, the Florida legislature voted to establish two seminaries of learning: West Florida Seminary (which later became Florida State University) and East Florida Seminary (which later became the University of Florida).[9] In 1905, when the Buckman Act reorganized higher education in Florida, the three resulting state institutions (Florida, Florida State, and Florida A&M) all adopted 1905 as their founding date. In 1935 the Florida Board of Control changed the founding dates of Florida and Florida State to the years their predecessor Seminaries opened: 1853 and 1857, respectively. In 2000, Florida State declared 1851 to be its founding date, reflecting the date the legislature authorized both seminaries. Florida A&M later declared its founding date to be 1887 to reflect when its predecessor, the State Normal College for Colored Students, was founded.[10]

## Gallery

* Florida A&M University

* Florida Atlantic University

* Florida Gulf Coast University

* Florida International University

* Florida Polytechnic University

* Florida State University

* New College of Florida

* University of Central Florida

* University of Florida

* University of North Florida

* University of South Florida

* University of West Florida

## See also

* Florida College System
* Florida Student Association
* Florida Department of Education
* Advisory Council of Faculty Senates
* List of colleges and universities in Florida

## References

1. ↑ "System Accountability Report Summary". http://flbog.edu/documents_meetings/0199_0974_7281_4.3.2 SPC 2014-15_System_Accountability_Report_Summary.pdf.
2. ↑ "Contact Us." State University System of Florida. Retrieved on August 26, 2011. "Florida Board of Governors State University System 325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1614 Tallahassee, Fl 32399-0400"
3. ↑ Izaguirre, Anthony (Feb 1, 2023). "DeSantis pushes ban on diversity programs in state colleges". Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-florida-state-government-race-and-ethnicity-b1d847ddc5e1f136b17f254f71fd15dc?.
4. ↑ "State University System of Florida | Board of Governors : Resources". Flbog.edu. http://www.flbog.edu/resources/iud/enrollment_results.php.
5. ↑ "Enrollment data". http://www.flbog.edu/resources/_doc/factbooks/quickfacts/200804SUS_Headcount_Enrollment_1905-present.xls.
6. ↑ "Data Dashboard FL Universities". https://www.flbog.edu/resources/data-analytics/dashboards/headcount-enrollment-by-student-type/.
7. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set FAMU". https://ir.fsu.edu/commondataset.aspx.
8. ↑ "UF Data". https://ir.aa.ufl.edu/facts/enrollment/.
9. ↑ "Timeline". The Florida Memory Project. State Library and Archives of Florida. 1851. http://www.floridamemory.com/exhibits/timeline/index.cfm.
10. ↑ Memorial of the Trustees of the University of Florida (R.K. Call, John G. Gamble, Thomas Randall, Louis M. Goldsborough, Thos. Eston Randolph, F. Eppes, E. Loockerman, Benjamin Chaires, Turbutt R. Betton, Fitch W. Taylor, J. Loring Woart, Ashbeel Steele, J. Edwin Stewart), p. cxxiii. United States Congress. December 7, 1835. https://books.google.com/books?id=jpVHAQAAIAAJ&q=university+florida&pg=PR123. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
11. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set FAMU". https://www.famu.edu/administration/strategic-planning-analysis-and-institutional-effectiveness/institutional-research/surveys/pdf/cds/CDS_2021-2022.pdf.
12. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set USF". https://www.usf.edu/ods/documents/cds/cds-2021-2022-usf.pdf.
13. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set FAU". https://www.fau.edu/iea/documents/pdf/cds/cds-2021-2022.pdf.
14. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set UWF". https://uwf.edu/media/university-of-west-florida/academic-affairs/departments/institutional-research/cds/CDS_2021-22.pdf.
15. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set UCF". https://ikm.ucf.edu/storage/2022/07/Common-Data-Set-2021-2022.pdf.
16. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set FIU". https://opir.fiu.edu/CDS/CDS2021.pdf.
17. ↑ "New College Data". https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/new.college.of.florida.institutional.research/viz/IPEDSEnrollmentPart1/EnrollmentHeadcounts.
18. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set UNF". https://www.unf.edu/ir/common-data-set/2021.html.
19. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set FGCU". https://www.fgcu.edu/planning/institutionalresearch/files/CDS-2020-2021-ada.pdf.
20. ↑ "2021-22 Common Data Set FPU". https://floridapoly.edu/institutional-research-and-effectiveness/publications/commondataset-2021-22.pdf.

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