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 Sy ...

, 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 Buckma ...

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

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, as follows: * State Normal College for Colored Students (now known as Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) for

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

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veterans who wished to use the

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to pursue their educational endeavors. Florida State College for Women became the much larger, coeducational

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU or Florida State) is a Public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida and a preeminent university in the s ...

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

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, 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 in 1909, and in 1953 the name was again changed to

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

Institutions founded

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States, and other campuses in St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, ...

(1956) *

Florida Atlantic University Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The university is a member of the State University System of Florida and has s ...

(1961) *

Florida Technological University The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university with its main campus in unincorporated Orange County, Florida, United States. It is part of the State University System of Florida. With 68,442 students as of the fall 20 ...

(1963) *

University of West Florida The University of West Florida (West Florida or UWF) is a public university in Pensacola, Florida, United States. Established in 1963 as a member institution of the State University System of Florida, the University of West Florida is a comprehe ...

(1963)

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