New College of Florida Is Dumping Books—and Losing Professors
Ryan Quinn | 20 August 2024 | Inside Higher Ed
This past week provided plenty of reminders that Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s conservative overhaul of public higher education in his state still isn’t over—especially not at New College of Florida, where the Republican stacked the Board of Trustees with conservative members back in January 2023.
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Thursday that New College was throwing out books that had been housed in its now-shuttered Gender and Diversity Center. “Putting gender studies books in the garbage? Great job, @NewCollegeofFL,” DeSantis press secretary Jeremy Redfern posted approvingly on X, alongside an applause emoji…