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Students, professors report chaos as semester begins at New College of Florida (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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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.

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

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[–] MicroWave@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

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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.

[–] pseudorandom@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Resignations were by design.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone from team “R” able and willing to articulate how any of this is good for anyone?

[–] Tedesche@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are virtually no conservatives on Lemmy. I tried getting a conservative perspective on c/conservative and all but one of the responses I got were from other liberals.

[–] some_designer_dude@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Well then. That’s not ideal…

[–] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.