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.

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    “When you start banning terms and banning fields of study and arguing that the state has the right to tell faculty what they can and can’t say in the classroom that really hampers the learning environment,” Clarkson told CNN.

    They’re banning CRT and gender studies courses. DeSantis also says that these changes are because it’s a publicly funded school and specifically mentioned because it’s not a private school, but then says that this one should be more like a private school mentioned in the article.