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>“I don’t see how this experiment can ever be successful,” says former professor Matt Lepinski, noting that, despite the headlines such stunts garner, even conservatives have little interest in taking classes taught by extremists. ​“For ideological reasons they are creating a product there is no demand for, and they destroyed my school to do it.”<

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In These TimesThe New College GambitThe right-wing takeover of Florida’s public honors college blurs the line between tragedy and farce, but attacks on universities are about to get worse.


Indeed.

tampabay.com/news/education/20

>>House Bill 999, filed by Rep. Alex Andrade, R-Pensacola, proposes leaving all faculty hiring to boards of trustees, allowing a faculty member’s tenure to be reviewed “at any time,” and removing majors or minors in subjects like critical race theory and gender studies. It would also prohibit spending on activities that promote diversity, equity and inclusion and create new general education requirements.
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Tampa Bay TimesFlorida bill would end diversity programs, ban majors, shift power at universitiesBy Divya Kumar

“Republican politicians are now openly calling for the termination of every public university president in Florida without cause and against the will of the students and faculty.

What happened at @NewCollegeofFL yesterday should shock every Floridian.
Carlos G Smith

Republicans clearly state their goal: to abolish Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).

Republicans don’t want to include all the members of our country’s diverse population… only the white, straight ones.