The St. Petersburg Times recently ran an editorial highlighting the "New Florida" campaign, a Florida Council of 100-backed campaign that aims to persuade the state to double its investment in higher education in Florida to $4 billion by 2015.
This, supporters believe, will help offset the economic losses caused by the fall of development and real esate industries.
North Carolina was cited as an example of how this could work. Fifty years ago, the state invested heavily in higher education when it became apparent that agriculture was on the decline in the state. The move resulted in the Research Triangle, which is now one of the biggest innovation centers in the world.
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