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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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To: dynachrome
--- "Snowflakes roasting on an open fire..."

It's August, so nope. Roasting balloons filled with hot air....

CNN trots out Amy Reid, as a "trustee," in an article which it took two journalism majors and a politcal science major to scribble. Not much to identify her? Easily availble info, and easy to ignore....

Amy Reid
Professor of French Language and Literature
Director of Gender Studies
https://www.ncf.edu/directory/amy-reid/
This is pertinent to her itsy-bitsy mention because....

"New College of Florida trustees move to end gender studies major"

https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/08/10/new-college-florida-trustees-move-end-gender-studies/

This explains her appearance to "testify" to CNN.

21 posted on 08/26/2023 1:23:00 PM PDT by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: dynachrome

Any course with “studies” in its name is leftist garbage.


22 posted on 08/26/2023 2:24:56 PM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: dynachrome

Leffler is an urban studies major,

AKA: Communist Community Organizer.


23 posted on 08/26/2023 2:40:51 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: Responsibility2nd

Except
this college went conservative and the woke leftists profs resigned.
but You should want this college to succeed


24 posted on 08/26/2023 3:19:36 PM PDT by RWGinger (LGB)
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To: Responsibility2nd

New college is a state run small liberal arts college. Before Chris Ruffo set about making the school balanced, it was similar to the ever so liberal Reed, Evergreen and Oberlin colleges. I heard they got a number of conservative transfers coming in to replace the libs transferring out.


25 posted on 08/26/2023 3:29:54 PM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: dynachrome

“Leffler is an urban studies major”

Grievance studies majors are worse than useless, so if he has to switch to a real major, it will be to his benefit.


26 posted on 08/26/2023 3:31:23 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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