Posted on 01/06/2023 11:49:31 AM PST by DeweyCA
Following up on his comments about "trendy ideology" and partisan interest groups in higher education, Governor Ron DeSantis has named six people with ties to conservative institutions to the Board of Trustees at New College in Sarasota. The appointments are subject to confirmation by the State Senate.
The most prominent of the six nominees is Christopher Rufo, a Senior Fellow at the New York-based Manhattan Institute. Rufo has recently led the fight, according to a release from the governor, against critical race theory in American institutions, resulting in legislation in fifteen states. Rufo said in a tweer, "my ambition is to help the new board majority into a classical liberal arts institution. We are recapturing higher education."
Other nominees include Dr. Matthew Spalding, the dean of the school of government at Hillsdale College, Charles Kesler, editor of the Claremont Review of Books, Dr. Mark Bauerlein, a professor at Emory University who wrote the book, "The Dumbest Generation Grows Up," Jason "Eddie" Speir, founder of Inspiration Academy, a Christian school in Bradenton, and Debra Jenks, a lawyer and arbitrator who graduated from New College and serves on the nominating commission for the state's Fourth District court of appeals.
The governor's Chief of Staff, James Uthmeier says they hope to make New College "a Hillsdale of the South."
Since Tuesday's inaugural, DeSantis' administration has been asking state colleges and universities for information about resources they're putting into activities related to critical race theory and DEI -- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Please disregard my post to you. I got the wrong governor
info. My bad and I lived there for many years. I’ve asked
for it to be removed.
Disgusting!
“by continuing to do a good job as the gov of fl, his stock continues to rise daily.”
As governor, DeSantis can show the nation he can get things done.
Yep. If there was ever an election that the Democrats wish they had stolen it's going to be this one.
Possibly, the most consequential election victory of the past 40 years.
Possibly, the most consequential election victory of the past 40 years.
We don't agree on much when it comes to DeSantis and Florida elections - but we agree on this.
It WAS the most consequential election in 40 years, or more.
If Gilly the Anklegrabber had "won", Florida would have gone to the Democrats in 2020, and The Vote-Stop Steal wouldn't have been necessary.
Let Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania go, and add Florida, and the JoeTatoe is at 278.
Michigan has been locked up for the Dems since 2018 - but they STILL had to rig it in 2020, but that wasn't a problem.
Instead, they had to run The Steal right in our faces, and now they have to continue lying about it FOREVER - or until the takeover is complete, at which point they can laugh about it and rub our faces in it.
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