It's the first move to reshape the liberal arts school into a more conservative college after 6 new trustees were seated.
For many students and faculty, the overhaul is becoming disruptive to their lives and education.
For DeSantis, the effort to transform one Florida college will be a test with political implications playing out under theHours into an emotional meeting, New College President Patricia Okker apologized to students for what she called a "hostile takeover" before the board voted to fire her and appoint Corcoran as interim president, starting in March. An administrator will serve as interim president until then.
The move was met with shouts of protest from New College students, faculty and alumni, who blasted what they see as an attack on educational freedom."This college is languishing. It needs to be revived," said new trustee Matthew Spalding, a former vice president of the conservative Heritage Foundation.Several of the new trustees, including Spalding, are not from Florida nor are they residents of the state.
These include professors and right-leaning authors Charles Kesler and Mark Bauerlein and Christopher Rufo — an activist who has spoken out againstRufo has promised to quickly revamp New College with a "top-down restructuring" and "a new core curriculum from scratch," heAnother trustee, Eddie Speir, who founded a Bradenton school that teaches a biblical worldview, proposed ending faculty tenure, terminating all employee contracts and rehiring anyone who fits into the...
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