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Revealed: Florida liberal arts college in rightwing hiring spree after takeover (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Summary

New College of Florida, once a liberal arts institution, has undergone a conservative overhaul driven by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and allies, who installed a right-leaning board and administration.

Led by Richard Corcoran, the college has hired faculty with connections to rightwing media and think tanks, sidelining traditional hiring protocols, according to an internal letter.

This transformation, viewed by some Republicans as a model for conservative reform in higher education, has sparked controversy, faculty pushback, and a significant drop in national rankings amidst a shift in curriculum and institutional focus.

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[–] [email protected] 100 points 6 days ago (13 children)

This is so fucking depressing. My brother went to New College. He's neurodivergent, so it was a perfect place for him since it allowed him to structure his education in a way that fit his learning style.

All that is over.

What's left for people like him of college age today? Evergreen? Maybe a Quaker college?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There are other public liberal arts colleges, and private liberal arts colleges as well though they're much more expensive, obviously.

Crazy that 40% of the faculty at New College have resigned in the last year - it's mass exodus

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

What's doubly sad here is that New College was not "just" a public Liberal Arts college. It was an educational laboratory and countercultural bastion in a state that has always had a pretty wide conservative streak. There were no set majors, and there were no traditional grades, just granting credit or not and then a narrative statement on your performance. It was so small it didn't make any significant dent in the Florida educational scene, but it was an important place for its community and an important symbol about the state's relationship to education. It was always known as a place for kids who were bright-to-brilliant but didn't fit the mold.

I went to a different public university in Florida (which has been dealing with its own meddling from DeSantis's ghouls), but I was low-key proud New College was there. This is like shoving a needle under somebody's fingernails, intentional torture that's painful out of all proportion to the measurable damage.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That's not crazy at all, in fact I'm surprised it's only 40% considering conservative leaders have gutted, stripped and replaced everything the school stands for as well as rocketing down the school ranking lists because of it. I'd be more concerned about the 60% of faculty that remain, personally.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Many are probably trying to find other jobs but may be location locked due to their partner/family. Or jobs may be hard to find because professorships aren't exactly easy to come by. Some may hope to somehow limit damage and protect at least some students.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Some may hope to somehow limit damage and protect at least some students.

Even something as simple as defending the idea that "tenure means tenure," and riding it out until DeSantis makes that a lie would be laudable IMO.

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