Professors from across the country have long been lured to Florida’s public colleges and universities, with the educators attracted to the research opportunities, student bodies, and the warm weather.
But for a swath of liberal-leaning professors, many of them holding highly coveted tenured positions, they’ve felt increasingly out of place in the Sunshine State. And some of them are pointing to the conservative administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as the reason for their departures, according to The New York Times.
DeSantis, who was elected to the governorship in 2018 and was easily reelected last fall, has over the course of his tenure worked to put a conservative imprint on a state where moderation was once a driving force in state politics. In recent years, DeSantis has railed against the current process by which tenure is awarded, and with a largely compliant GOP-controlled legislature, he’s imposed conservative education reforms across the state.
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…what. I genuinely don’t know how we got into a discussion about gerrymandering from the original topic. If you want to yell at someone for that, I think you replied to the wrong person - I don’t really care. Gerrymandering can be overcome with higher voter turnout - something I’ve been trying to tell the people here to do.
Outside of that, I don’t really know what point you’re trying to make so … good luck with w/e you’re dealing with.
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It’s funny. If you and your neighbors got your preferred representatives, then would I have to read this VoTINg DoESn’T MaTTEr garbage from the other party?
Edit: Oh wait, nvm. Other side also bitches when they lose elections. No idea how I forgot.