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Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida.

Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida.

Amy Reid, a member of the school’s Board of Trustees, said course options have dwindled after nearly 40% of faculty members have resigned.

  • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOP
    44·
    11 months ago

    You have to read the article for all the shenanigans happening at this college, but here are a few

    Leffler is an urban studies major, but he said most of his professors have resigned.

    …

    Once heralded as a progressive liberal arts school, New College of Florida has found itself at the center of the state’s culture war over education.

    In January, Gov. Ron DeSantis replaced six of the 13 members on the college’s Board of Trustees. New members include Christopher Rufo, who who has been at the forefront of the conservative movement against critical race theory.

  • dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world
    111·
    11 months ago

    “When you start banning terms and banning fields of study and arguing that the state has the right to tell faculty what they can and can’t say in the classroom that really hampers the learning environment,” Clarkson told CNN.

    They’re banning CRT and gender studies courses. DeSantis also says that these changes are because it’s a publicly funded school and specifically mentioned because it’s not a private school, but then says that this one should be more like a private school mentioned in the article.