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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
After studying the report, AAUP’s top leaders, known as the governing council, voted to speak out against, or sanction what it called “an unprecedented
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
politically motivated takeover” of the school. The group has only sanctioned 12 other universities in its history.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The December report said DeSantis targeted New College of Florida because he believed it was too “woke.”
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The report says conservatives now define the word as: “politically liberal or progressive…especially in a way that is considered unreasonable or extreme.”
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The governor appointed a group of six new people to the college’s board of trustees. The board is a college or university’s top leadership group.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
That group pushed out New College of Florida’s president and worked to restrict the kinds of study programs the school could offer.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The new trustees also worked to change the way professors applied for tenure, which guarantees those who have it a job for life.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
Many of the new trustees had written papers and made comments criticizing critical race theory (CRT).
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The theory centers on the idea that racism is systemic in the country’s institutions and that most social interactions can be explained by race.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The board members also spoke against DEI, or diversity, equity and inclusion, a movement aiming to change how society is made up.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
Pernell teaches law at Florida A&M University. That term was first used to describe the French Revolution, which took place more than 225 years ago.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
New College is a state school, which means Florida provides part of its budget and it is governed under state laws.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
That means it welcomed students and professors who had unusual interests and wanted to follow study programs outside of normal ones.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
Many students who felt uncomfortable at more traditional colleges went to New College of Florida and said they felt happy and safe.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
LBGTQ students say they chose the school because it was open to those who did not follow traditional sexual or gender ideas.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
Elizabeth Leininger is a science professor. In a 2023 story, she called New College “one of the most unique places that exists in American higher education.”
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The AAUP talked with professors at other Florida universities who said they were concerned about the changes at New College of Florida.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
They said professors are worried about their own ability to seek academic freedom. Some are looking for jobs in other states.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
Carolyne Ali-Khan is an education professor at the University of North Florida.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
“These governmental attacks from the State of Florida have made us unsafe,” she told the AAUP.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
Kenneth Nunn is a former law professor at the University of Florida.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
He said good job candidates who are Black are no longer considering Florida schools, “because they see attacks on CRT as attacks on what they do.”
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
In its report, the AAUP said it offered the chancellor, or top leader, of the Florida College System a chance to present Florida’s side of the story.
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
The chancellor, Kathy Hebda, said no because, she said, the AAUP would not “fairly and fully consider any testimony.”
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Professors’ Group Speaks Out about Changes at Florida College
When the sanction came out, a representative from New College of Florida noted that the AAUP’s decision has no ability to force changes or prevent a
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