As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2001
                                                      Registration No. 333-
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                --------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                ---------------
                          WHITMAN EDUCATION GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
                                  ------------
             Florida                                         22-2246554
   --------------------------                           --------------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction                             (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation or                                Identification No.)
       Organization)

                             4400 Biscayne Boulevard
                              Miami, FL 33137-3227
                                 (305) 575-6510
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
                                ---------------
                             1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                            Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
                             Chief Executive Officer
                         and Vice Chairman of the Board
                          Whitman Education Group, Inc.
                       4400 Biscayne Boulevard, 6th Floor
                              Miami, FL 33137-3227
                                 (305) 575-6510
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                 With Copies to:
                            Geoffrey MacDonald, Esq.
            Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                         150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200
                                 Miami, FL 33130
                                 (305) 789-3522

                         Calculation of Registration Fee
===================  ============== =============== ==============  ============
                                      Proposed         Proposed
Title of securities    Amount         maximum          maximum        Amount of
to be registered       to be          offering         aggregate    registration
                       registered     price per        offering          fee
                                      share (1)        price (1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
no par value         750,000 shares     $3.44         $2,580,000        $645
===================  ============== =============== ==============  ============
(1)  Estimated solely for purpose  of  calculating the registration fee pursuant
     to Rule 457(h)(1)  under the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average
     of the high and low price  of such  Common Stock on  August 13, 2001 on the
     American Stock Exchange.

(2)  This Registration Statement  also relates to such  indeterminate  number of
     additional  Common  Shares  of  the  Registrant  as  may  be  issuable as a
     result of  the  stock  splits, stock  dividends, recapitalization, mergers,
     reorganizations,combinations or exchange of shares or other similar events.
================================================================================


<PAGE>


                                Explanatory Note
                                ----------------

     On June 12, 2001, the Board of Directors of Whitman  Education Group,  Inc.
(the  "Company"),  approved an amendment to the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") to increase the maximum  number of shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock, no par value (the "Common  Stock"),  that may be issued under the Plan by
750,000  shares.  The  Company's  shareholders  approved  the  amendment  at the
Company's  Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 9, 2001.  This  Registration
Statement  has been filed to register the  additional  750,000  shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to options to be granted under the Plan, as amended.

     The additional shares to be registered by this  Registration  Statement are
of the same class as those securities covered by the Company's  previously filed
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 filed on  November  13,  1996,  amended  by
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on January 20, 1998  (Registration
No. 333-16007),  and amended by a subsequent  Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed  on  November  18,  1998   (Registration   No.  333-67477)  (the  "Earlier
Registration  Statements").  Pursuant to General  Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the  Earlier  Registration  Statements  are  incorporated  herein by
reference.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
               --------------------------------------------------

Item 8.  Exhibits.

    The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit
Number  Description
------- -----------
5       Opinion of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

23.2    Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
        (included in Exhibit 5)

24      Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)



<PAGE>
                                   SIGNATURES
                                   ----------

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the city of Miami,  State of  Florida  on the 17 day of  August,
2001.

                                                 WHITMAN EDUCATION GROUP, INC.


                                               By:/s/ Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                   Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
                                                   Chief Executive Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below   constitutes  and  appoints  Richard  C.  Pfenniger,   Jr.  and  Fernando
L.Fernandez,  and each of them, his or her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and
agent,  for him or her and in his or her name,  place and stead,  in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments,
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  granting  unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done,  as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and
agents or their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements   of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.




<PAGE>


Signature                           Title                               Date
---------                           -----                               ----

/s/ Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.     Chief Executive Officer and   August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.         Vice Chairman of the Board
                                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Fernando L. Fernandez         Vice President -Finance and   August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Fernando L. Fernandez             Chief Financial Officer
                                  (Principal Financial and
                                  Accounting Officer)

/s/ Phillip Frost, M.D.           Chairman of the Board         August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Phillip Frost, M.D.

/s/ Jack R. Borsting              Vice Chairman of the Board    August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Jack R. Borsting

/s/ Neil Flanzraich               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Neil Flanzraich

/s/ Peter S. Knight               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Peter S. Knight

/s/ Richard M. Krasno             Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Richard M. Krasno

/s/ Lois F. Lipsett               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Lois F. Lipsett

/s/ Percy A. Pierre               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Percy A. Pierre

/s/ A. Marvin Strait              Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
A. Marvin Strait




<PAGE>


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number      Description
-------     -----------
5           Opinion of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

23.1        Consent of Ernst and Young LLP

23.2        Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
            (included in  Exhibit 5).

24          Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
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{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "WHITMAN EDUCATION GROUP INC", "cik": "0000352183", "assigned-sic": "8200", "irs-number": "222246554", "state-of-incorporation": "FL", "fiscal-year-end": "0331"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-67834", "film-number": "1718121"}, "business-address": {"street1": "4400 BISCAYNE BLVD", "street2": "6TH FLOOR", "city": "MIAMI", "state": "FL", "zip": "33137", "phone": "3055756510"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "4400 BISCAYNE BLVD", "street2": "6TH FLOOR", "city": "MIAMI", "state": "FL", "zip": "33137"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "WHITMAN MEDICAL CORP", "date-changed": "19920703"}}
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2001
                                                      Registration No. 333-
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                --------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                ---------------
                          WHITMAN EDUCATION GROUP, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
                                  ------------
             Florida                                         22-2246554
   --------------------------                           --------------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction                             (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation or                                Identification No.)
       Organization)

                             4400 Biscayne Boulevard
                              Miami, FL 33137-3227
                                 (305) 575-6510
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
                                ---------------
                             1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                            Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
                             Chief Executive Officer
                         and Vice Chairman of the Board
                          Whitman Education Group, Inc.
                       4400 Biscayne Boulevard, 6th Floor
                              Miami, FL 33137-3227
                                 (305) 575-6510
            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                 With Copies to:
                            Geoffrey MacDonald, Esq.
            Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
                         150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200
                                 Miami, FL 33130
                                 (305) 789-3522

                         Calculation of Registration Fee
===================  ============== =============== ==============  ============
                                      Proposed         Proposed
Title of securities    Amount         maximum          maximum        Amount of
to be registered       to be          offering         aggregate    registration
                       registered     price per        offering          fee
                                      share (1)        price (1)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,
no par value         750,000 shares     $3.44         $2,580,000        $645
===================  ============== =============== ==============  ============
(1)  Estimated solely for purpose  of  calculating the registration fee pursuant
     to Rule 457(h)(1)  under the Securities Act of 1933, based upon the average
     of the high and low price  of such  Common Stock on  August 13, 2001 on the
     American Stock Exchange.

(2)  This Registration Statement  also relates to such  indeterminate  number of
     additional  Common  Shares  of  the  Registrant  as  may  be  issuable as a
     result of  the  stock  splits, stock  dividends, recapitalization, mergers,
     reorganizations,combinations or exchange of shares or other similar events.
================================================================================
Explanatory Note
                                ----------------

     On June 12, 2001, the Board of Directors of Whitman  Education Group,  Inc.
(the  "Company"),  approved an amendment to the Company's 1996 Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan") to increase the maximum  number of shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock, no par value (the "Common  Stock"),  that may be issued under the Plan by
750,000  shares.  The  Company's  shareholders  approved  the  amendment  at the
Company's  Annual Meeting of Shareholders on August 9, 2001.  This  Registration
Statement  has been filed to register the  additional  750,000  shares of Common
Stock issuable pursuant to options to be granted under the Plan, as amended.

     The additional shares to be registered by this  Registration  Statement are
of the same class as those securities covered by the Company's  previously filed
Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 filed on  November  13,  1996,  amended  by
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 thereto filed on January 20, 1998  (Registration
No. 333-16007),  and amended by a subsequent  Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed  on  November  18,  1998   (Registration   No.  333-67477)  (the  "Earlier
Registration  Statements").  Pursuant to General  Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the  Earlier  Registration  Statements  are  incorporated  herein by
reference.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
               --------------------------------------------------

Item 8.  Exhibits.

    The following exhibits are filed herewith:

Exhibit
Number  Description
------- -----------
5       Opinion of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

23.2    Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
        (included in Exhibit 5)

24      Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)
SIGNATURES
                                   ----------

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the city of Miami,  State of  Florida  on the 17 day of  August,
2001.

                                                 WHITMAN EDUCATION GROUP, INC.

                                               By:/s/ Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
                                                  ------------------------------
                                                   Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.
                                                   Chief Executive Officer

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature  appears
below   constitutes  and  appoints  Richard  C.  Pfenniger,   Jr.  and  Fernando
L.Fernandez,  and each of them, his or her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and
agent,  for him or her and in his or her name,  place and stead,  in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments,
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange
Commission  granting  unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done,  as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
in person,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and
agents or their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements   of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                           Title                               Date
---------                           -----                               ----

/s/ Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.     Chief Executive Officer and   August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Richard C. Pfenniger, Jr.         Vice Chairman of the Board
                                  (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Fernando L. Fernandez         Vice President -Finance and   August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Fernando L. Fernandez             Chief Financial Officer
                                  (Principal Financial and
                                  Accounting Officer)

/s/ Phillip Frost, M.D.           Chairman of the Board         August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Phillip Frost, M.D.

/s/ Jack R. Borsting              Vice Chairman of the Board    August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Jack R. Borsting

/s/ Neil Flanzraich               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Neil Flanzraich

/s/ Peter S. Knight               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Peter S. Knight

/s/ Richard M. Krasno             Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Richard M. Krasno

/s/ Lois F. Lipsett               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Lois F. Lipsett

/s/ Percy A. Pierre               Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
Percy A. Pierre

/s/ A. Marvin Strait              Director                      August 17, 2001
------------------------------
A. Marvin Strait
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number      Description
-------     -----------
5           Opinion of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

23.1        Consent of Ernst and Young LLP

23.2        Consent of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.
            (included in  Exhibit 5).

24          Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto)