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Students, professors report chaos as semester begins at New College of Florida
cnn ^ | 8-26-23 | Carlos Suarez, Denise Royal and Nicquel Terry Ellis,

Posted on 08/26/2023 11:25:22 AM PDT by dynachrome

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.

Reid said the situation is quickly becoming “untenable.”

“Just before I came to this meeting, I received word that one more faculty member in biology is leaving,” she told CNN. “That’s going to make a challenge for students to complete their areas of studies here.”

Classes are scheduled to begin on August 28, but Chai Leffler is already struggling to navigate his fourth year at the school.

Leffler is an urban studies major, but he said most of his professors have resigned.

In order to graduate, Leffler said he has asked faculty in other subject areas to sponsor his thesis.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: college; conservatives; florida; takeover
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1 posted on 08/26/2023 11:25:22 AM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Ten bucks says.most of the cancelled courses were useless.bs.


2 posted on 08/26/2023 11:29:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: dynachrome

I have no knowledge of anything - good or bad about the New College of Florida. Not sure I’ve even heard of it before.

But if it’s like the majority of woke colleges in America - GOOD!

I hope they fail.


3 posted on 08/26/2023 11:31:11 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: dynachrome

“That’s going to make a challenge for students to complete their areas of studies here.”

Or keep your paycheck…


4 posted on 08/26/2023 11:31:22 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Responsibility2nd

So they’re searching for a college president.

“We’re Number 5! We’re Number 5!”

https://www.ncf.edu/

The No. 5 Public National Liberal Arts College - U.S. News & World Report


5 posted on 08/26/2023 11:33:55 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: BenLurkin
Ten bucks says.most of the cancelled courses were useless.bs.

Like this one;
Leffler is an urban studies major.

6 posted on 08/26/2023 11:34:18 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Well this is good news at least.

 

They abolished their DIE office.

7 posted on 08/26/2023 11:37:10 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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“Like this one;
Leffler is an urban studies major.”

His first name being “Chai” might be a clue.


8 posted on 08/26/2023 11:41:04 AM PDT by dljordan
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His first name being “Chai” might be a clue.

I say drop him in the middle of San Fran or Chitcago and he can write his "thesis" in his own blood.

9 posted on 08/26/2023 11:45:49 AM PDT by Bounced2X (Boomer - I survived childhood with no bike helmet.)
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To: dynachrome

“””Terry confirmed that there are 341 incoming freshman this year compared to 277 in the fall of 2022. The school has a total enrollment of about 800 students, he said.”””


I live in the area and I have heard that students are coming from other colleges and entering as sophomores and juniors.

So CNN is being deceitful when they only report on the increase of incoming freshmen.

No surprise there.


10 posted on 08/26/2023 11:53:11 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: dynachrome

Faculty more committed to leftism than they are to their students.


11 posted on 08/26/2023 11:55:55 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("The News” is a fake narrative promulgated by the Deep State Uniparty to control you and enrich them)
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To: dynachrome

“… Classes are scheduled to begin on August 28, but Chai Leffler is already struggling to navigate his fourth year at the school. Leffler is an urban studies major, but he said most of his professors have resigned. …”
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Chai, could I also have an order of fries with that.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chai-leffler-5804576a


12 posted on 08/26/2023 11:56:40 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-M)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Read up. The college is now conservative.


13 posted on 08/26/2023 12:01:59 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: dynachrome

The beginning of the change of New College. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2023/01/31/ron-desantis-funding-overhaul-new-college-of-florida/11154655002/


14 posted on 08/26/2023 12:04:30 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: peggybac

See post 7. Thanks Ron DeSantis!


15 posted on 08/26/2023 12:04:55 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: dynachrome

Was chatting with a guy in front of me checking out. 36 years in education. Had a student badmouth a teacher and was sent to him for discipline. Her comment to him, “Bite me.” So he did.

Back in the day.


16 posted on 08/26/2023 12:08:19 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: dynachrome
Earlier this month, the Board of Trustees began the process to eliminate the school’s gender studies program. The move prompted one gender studies professor, Nicholas Clarkson, to quit.

His last gig was repairing rotary phones...

17 posted on 08/26/2023 12:19:16 PM PDT by goo goo g'joob (When honest people say what’s true, calmly and without embarrassment, they become powerful)
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Leffler is an urban studies major, but he said most of his professors have resigned.

"Urban studies". He'll be lucky if he has to change to a real major.

18 posted on 08/26/2023 12:24:10 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: dynachrome

Oh no! Moron skulls full of mush will find it harder to fo hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt to get an absolutely worthless degree.


19 posted on 08/26/2023 12:26:33 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: House Atreides

3 whole connections!
Florida dude is killing it!


20 posted on 08/26/2023 12:29:07 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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