The retiring Mike Martin and his strong team at FGCU have helped it become an international powerhouse.

The Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities intends to double the number of Hispanics earning doctorates and substantially increase the ranks of Hispanic professors.

She says, 'I just decided to shoot my shot at all of them and see if it would land. I had no idea that I would get accepted into all of them.'

Forbes' annual list of the Top 300 businesses for the next wave of college degree holders includes 25 higher ed institutions.