University of South Florida

USF St. Petersburg, and USF Sarasota-Manatee. Each institution was separately accredited, had a distinct mission, and its own strategic plans.
The USF System once included three other member institutions: one in Fort Myers, one in Lakeland, and a second Sarasota campus.
USF Fort Myers opened in 1982 and closed in 1997 with the opening of Florida Gulf Coast University.
The Sarasota institution was originally a private college called New College which sold itself to USF in 1975 to pay off debt, and became New College of the University of South Florida. As part of the deal, New College was allowed to keep its unique grading system. It shared a campus with USF Sarasota-Manatee, which opened in 1975, but was accredited differently as USFSM was considered a branch campus rather than a member institution at the time. New College became the independent New College of Florida in 2001, but continued to share a campus with USFSM until a new one was built for USFSM in 2006.
USF Lakeland opened in 1988 and split off from …