Students, professors report chaos as semester begins at New College of Florida | CNN
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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.

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.

    • @some_designer_dude
      2•1 year ago

      Anyone from team “R” able and willing to articulate how any of this is good for anyone?

      • TedescheEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        There are virtually no conservatives on Lemmy. I tried getting a conservative perspective on c/conservative and all but one of the responses I got were from other liberals.

  • @dragonflyteaparty
    10•1 year ago

    “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.