By Lindsay Peterson
For universities and colleges across Florida, the bad times started two years ago. And like nearly everyone these days, higher education officials see their finances going from bad to worse.
This week, Florida lawmakers took 4 percent from the state's college and university budgets for 2008-09. That amounts to $93.5 million for the State University System's 11 institutions.
Add that to the $259 million lost since 2007 and fears of more cuts when the Legislature goes into its regular session this spring.
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