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In Florida, DeSantis's plans for colleges rattle some academics
The Washington Post (via MSN.com) ^ | 01 July 2022 | Susan Svrluga, Lori Rozsa

Posted on 07/01/2022 11:33:25 PM PDT by zeestephen

In his efforts to remake higher education in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed laws that alter the tenure system, remove Florida universities from commonly accepted accreditation practices, and mandate annual "viewpoint diversity surveys" from students and faculty.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: academia; desantis; education; fl; florida; onaroll; rattled; stopwokeact; winning
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1 posted on 07/01/2022 11:33:25 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: zeestephen

There needs to be a fundamental transformation.


2 posted on 07/01/2022 11:47:05 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: zeestephen

Academic leaders: OMG. Outta my way. Where’s the safe space? Where’s the calming puppy?


3 posted on 07/01/2022 11:50:05 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: zeestephen

“… an existential threat to higher education in Florida.”
Yep. And couldn’t happen to nicer people


4 posted on 07/01/2022 11:59:13 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: zeestephen

If this did take off...I could see twenty states signing up over the next year. But the question is...as you lay-off these professors, where can they go next? It’s not like the blue-states can quickly pick them up and give them future employment.


5 posted on 07/02/2022 12:00:23 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: zeestephen

More states need to push in this same direction.


6 posted on 07/02/2022 12:04:13 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: zeestephen
“It is no exaggeration to say that the DeSantis administration represents an existential threat to higher education indoctrination in the state of Florida,”

Fixed it. Now it's a good thing IMO.

7 posted on 07/02/2022 12:06:09 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: zeestephen

4 more years...

desantis for florida governor 2022...

florida first!...


8 posted on 07/02/2022 12:35:19 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: pepsionice
"It’s not like the blue-states can quickly pick them up and give them future employment."

There is always Starbucks, working for their grads. Or they could learn to code?

Alternately, they could try to start a Woke business, with a proper Socialist foundation. Every employee could be precisely equal, as co-owners, and their customers could pay just what the labor is worth. Show how a PHD in PolySci Theory translates into a wildly successful lawn care business.

9 posted on 07/02/2022 12:37:25 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: zeestephen

The tenure system must be abolished. It gives the crazy far left academics protection to act crazy and anti American without fear of consequences.


10 posted on 07/02/2022 12:45:11 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: pepsionice

They can go get real jobs.


11 posted on 07/02/2022 1:01:38 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I would sell my family for a billion dollars and then buy them back when go on clearance.)
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To: Jonty30

Problem is, if they could hold a real job, they’d have one and not be a “professor”


12 posted on 07/02/2022 1:10:08 AM PDT by SPDSHDW (Buy JHP ammo, Level 3/4 armor and rifles. Won’t be able to for much longer, and we’re gonna need em)
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To: zeestephen

UF needs this bad, it was bad even when I was there.


13 posted on 07/02/2022 1:30:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SmokingJoe

NOT even the Pope has tenure.


14 posted on 07/02/2022 1:41:19 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: zeestephen

Just stop funding them with government money.

That’s the only way they can afford to keep the crap degrees and seditious coursework.


15 posted on 07/02/2022 1:42:01 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: j.havenfarm
"… an existential threat to higher education in Florida."

Drama queens.

16 posted on 07/02/2022 1:52:06 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: zeestephen

NICE!


17 posted on 07/02/2022 2:36:19 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives. Leftists are genocidal. )
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To: pepsionice

But the question is...as you lay-off these professors, where can they go next? It’s not like the blue-states can quickly pick them up and give them future employment.


Who cares?


18 posted on 07/02/2022 2:37:38 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives. Leftists are genocidal. )
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To: ifinnegan

Fundamental transformation of Leftist ideological indoctrination.


19 posted on 07/02/2022 2:45:25 AM PDT by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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