>“I don’t see how this experiment can ever be successful,” says former professor Matt Lepinski, noting that, despite the headlines such stunts garner, even conservatives have little interest in taking classes taught by extremists. “For ideological reasons they are creating a product there is no demand for, and they destroyed my school to do it.”<
https://inthesetimes.com/article/new-college-florida-republicans-higher-ed
Amy Reid talks honor, respect, and #NewCollegeofFlorida on the latest Palm Court Pod.
Youtube:
https://youtu.be/rDeI7C-Ra4Y
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/palm-court-podcast/id1700372902?i=1000678883201
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0pKeazlQetL60lgVFKAn45?si=csHYH11uTTKO8Vwv5wl63A
Huysmans! Gender studies! West African lit! Rufo, DeSantis, and $$$ in higher ed!
In this episode of the Palm Court Podcast, hosts Mike Palmer, Megan Cytron, and Grant Balfour are joined by Dr. Amy Reid, a long-standing faculty member of N...
New #NewCollegeofFlorida podcast has dropped:
Conversation about the founding ideals of the school, the non-existent career guidance of the 1980s, indoctrination, and the dire mischaracterizations of the new political crowd: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/PLMD5177451124
#DeSantis #Gesamtkunstwerk #TheFloridaExperiment #YourCampusIsNext
“What faculty know that they don’t is that the accusation of ideological indoctrination is not only deeply insulting to their professional ethics, but it is also profoundly condescending to university students.”
From Trending in Ed:
When I lived in Sarasota, he was painted on the side of the police cars...
https://mastodon.social/@rauchway/110074219027996231
Now, he's naked enough to get charter school principals fired.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/23/florida-principal-fired-michelangelo-david-pornographic
#YourCampusIsNext #SaveNewCollege
The closest thing New College had to a DEI office was the outreach office that (among other things) helped veteran students.
Text messages from Bert Ellis offer a window into the thinking of the University of Virginia board newcomer who has voiced skepticism of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, been protective of the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and advocated for a new course for the flagship university.
#YourCampusIsNext
Indeed.
>>House Bill 999, filed by Rep. Alex Andrade, R-Pensacola, proposes leaving all faculty hiring to boards of trustees, allowing a faculty member’s tenure to be reviewed “at any time,” and removing majors or minors in subjects like critical race theory and gender studies. It would also prohibit spending on activities that promote diversity, equity and inclusion and create new general education requirements.
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