The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s public universities, is expected next week to approve the Classical Learning Test for college admission – part of Gov. DeSantis’ effort to move the state’s universities away from accreditation boards, college entrance exams, and other national institutions that may differ with his political agenda.
- The Classical Learning Test (CLT) is accepted by only 6% of the nation’s universities and colleges – most of which are small liberal arts, private or religious schools.
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- No SEC or Big 10 schools accept the CLT.
- FSU is the only ACC school that does.
- Though many Catholic universities accept the CLT, Notre Dame and Boston College do not.
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Colleges in our region that accept the CLT
Alabama: Faulkner University, Kingdom College, and Samford University
Georgia: Truett McConnell University, Covenant College, Toccoa Falls College, Brewton-Parker College, Emmanuel College, Holy Spirit College, Impact 360, Global U, and Shorter University
Mississippi: Blue Mountain College, Belhaven University, Mississippi College, and Southeastern Baptist College
Louisiana: Louisiana Christian University, University of New Orleans Honors College
And then there’s the Sunshine State
Florida is the only state in our region with Division I universities – FSU, USF, UCF, FAU, Florida A&M, Florida Gulf Coast University – that accept the CLT.
Here are the others: Reformation Bible College, Ave Maria University, Saint Leo University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Florida State University, Southeastern University, Pensacola Christian College, Trinity Baptist College, Florida College, Stetson University, Trinity College of Florida, Warner University, New College of Florida, University of South Florida, Christian Leaders College, Florida A&M University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Florida Atlantic University, University of Central Florida, University of North Florida, Florida State College at Jacksonville, College of the Florida Keys, Gulf Coast State College, Hillsborough Community College, Indian River State College.
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Jello Shot Lottery
Monday marked the opening of the 2023 entry period for the drawing for new liquor licenses. For every 7,500 new residents, a county gets one new liquor license. Escambia and Santa Rosa will each have one new beverage license available for issuance.
- The application fee is $100, and the deadline is 4 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The drawing will be in 2024.
The licenses are valuable because they are transferable and can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Read more.
89 Quota Beverage Licenses in 30 Counties
Quota Beverage Licenses are available in the next license drawing in the counties identified below. The parenthetical listed with each county indicates the number of licenses available in each county:
ALACHUA (1), BREVARD (3), BROWARD (3), CHARLOTTE (1), CLAY (1), COLLIER (1), DADE (2), DUVAL (7), ESCAMBIA (1), FLAGLER (1), HERNANDO (1), HILLSBOROUGH (6), LAKE (4), LEE (6), LEON (1), MANATEE (3), MARION (2), ORANGE (7), OSCEOLA (5), PALM BEACH (4), PASCO (4), POLK (11), SANTA ROSA (1), SARASOTA (2), SEMINOLE (1), ST JOHNS (3), ST LUCIE (2), VOLUSIA (3), WAKULLA (1), WALTON (1)
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Bye, Bye, Boutwell…Again
NorthEscambia.com reports that Mayor Ben Boutwell has resigned for the second time in the past week. Read more.
Because more than six months remain the mayor’s current term, the charter calls for the town council to hold a special election to fill the office for the unexpired portion of the term through 2024.
- That election must be completed within 90 days from Boutwell’s resignation on Tuesday.
