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Pro-woke professors leave Florida universities in protest
Campus Reform ^ | 7 Aug 2023 | John Gigolizzo

Posted on 08/09/2023 8:04:19 AM PDT by Rummyfan

University professors in Florida are leaving in droves, and blaming the state’s fight against woke policies.

The Tampa Bay Times reported on a July meeting of the Florida Board of Governors. During the meeting, a number of professors expressed concern about the political climate in Florida. Professors and administrators said they were having difficulty hiring and retaining new teachers, in part because of Florida lawmakers dismantling CRT, DEI, and other planks of the leftist agenda from higher education.

Florida State University music professor Matthew Lata, told the Florida Board of Governors that new hires have rejected offers “because of the perceived anti-higher education atmosphere in the state.”

“More and more often we are hearing ‘Florida? Not Florida. Not now. Not yet,’” he reportedly said.

One employee at University of Florida reportedly said that a half dozen candidates who toured the campus “expressed mixed feelings about moving to Florida in the current political climate.” A candidate who applied to the philosophy department at the University of South Florida reportedly took a job at a lower-ranked school in another state over political concerns.

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TOPICS: Education; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: college; education; fl; florida
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No one is going to miss a few Chicanx and Latinx literature professors. Adios muchacha!
1 posted on 08/09/2023 8:04:19 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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Who knew it was so easy ?


2 posted on 08/09/2023 8:05:29 AM PDT by _longranger81
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To: Rummyfan

More good news! 👍🏻👍🏻


3 posted on 08/09/2023 8:05:43 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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Yep, I’m trying to understand the downside of this.


4 posted on 08/09/2023 8:06:03 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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Good. Leave, and stay gone.


5 posted on 08/09/2023 8:06:54 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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Awesome!- the stink is leaving florida!


6 posted on 08/09/2023 8:07:40 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Rummyfan

“So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Night!


7 posted on 08/09/2023 8:08:00 AM PDT by lee martell
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They will be easily replaced by sane professors from around the country laboring under insane woke constraints and needing an escape route. Ideological sorting you might say.


8 posted on 08/09/2023 8:08:21 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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Who knew it was so easy ?

This strategy should be deployed in all sane state.

9 posted on 08/09/2023 8:10:06 AM PDT by fwdude
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Average IQ of staff went up 20%


10 posted on 08/09/2023 8:10:35 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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Outstanding!


11 posted on 08/09/2023 8:11:14 AM PDT by GizzyGirl
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To: Rummyfan

That was the goal.


12 posted on 08/09/2023 8:13:57 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Rummyfan

That’s the fastest way to improve education.


13 posted on 08/09/2023 8:14:30 AM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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Are the positions going unfilled? No? Than WTF are you whining about? That your loser buddies get geklempt when a state tells them that there are only two sexes and you don’t get to pick? Shut up and go do a lesson plan, idiot.

Are the positions going unfilled? Yes? OK - Raise the salary without adjusting the environment.
Continue until you have sane people lecturing to young adults that are still in mindless knowledge absorption mode.


14 posted on 08/09/2023 8:16:14 AM PDT by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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They sure twisted that headline around to make it seem like a bad thing.


15 posted on 08/09/2023 8:17:54 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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I cared not much about this until I saw it upset a male music professor. Now I’m happy and thankful.


16 posted on 08/09/2023 8:20:14 AM PDT by FLNittany (Autotune is jealous of Karen Carpenter)
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Briar patch!


17 posted on 08/09/2023 8:21:09 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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They will be easily replaced by sane professors from around the country laboring under insane woke constraints and needing an escape route. Ideological sorting you might say.

Strange how the article didn't explore that side of the issue, LOL

18 posted on 08/09/2023 8:22:54 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
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To: _longranger81

It just gets better and better.


19 posted on 08/09/2023 8:23:31 AM PDT by D Rider ( )
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And this sounds to me like a very good thing.

More, please!


20 posted on 08/09/2023 8:24:49 AM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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