The Florida Board of Control (1905-1965) was the statewide governing body for the

State University System of Florida 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. Together with the Florida College Syst ...

, which included all

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in the state of

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. It was replaced by the

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in 1965.Florida Department of State: State Library & Archives-Florida. Board of Control

History

The Florida Board of Control was created by the 1905 legislation known as the

Buckman Act The Buckman Act was a Florida law passed by the state legislature in 1905. It reorganized the state's institutions of higher learning and created a Florida Board of Control to govern the system. The act, named for legislator Henry Holland Buckman ...

. The act reorganized Florida's public higher education system into three institutions, segregated by

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and

gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most culture ...

, as follows: *

State Normal College for Colored Students Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the Un ...

(now known as Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) for

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Florida State College for Women Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the sta ...

(now known as Florida State University) for

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* University of the State of Florida (now known as the University of Florida) for Caucasian

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The gender separation aspect of the Buckman Act was overturned by the

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in 1947, when it was necessary to make room for the

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veterans who wished to use the GI Bill of Rights to pursue their educational endeavors. Florida State College for Women became the much larger, coeducational

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...

, and the University of Florida was made coeducational. While the racial segregation aspect of the Buckman Act was overturned by the

Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 () is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requi ...

, Florida State University and the University of Florida began accepting African-American undergraduates in 1961–1962. The State Normal College for Colored Students changed its name to

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a public historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida. Founded in 1887, It is the third largest historically black university in the Un ...

in 1909, and in 1953 the name was again changed to Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

Institutions founded

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, and other campuses in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. It is one of 12 members of the State University System of Florida. USF i ...

(1956) *

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, and Fort Pierce. FAU belongs to the 12-c ...

(1961) * Florida Technological University (1963) *

University of West Florida The University of West Florida (West Florida or UWF) is a public university in Pensacola, Florida. Established in 1963 as part of the State University System of Florida, the university sits on the third largest campus in the State University Sys ...

(1963)

References

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History

Institutions founded

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