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DeSantis has railed against the process by which tenure is awarded and GOP lawmakers have imposed conservative education reforms across the state.

Many professors are giving up coveted tenured positions and blaming their departures on Governor Ron DeSantis and his effort to reshape the higher education system to fit his conservative principles.

The DeSantis crackdown on academic freedom is having its desired effect.

"They have shown in every way possible that they want to get rid of people like me," one professor said

Liberal-leaning professors are leaving coveted jobs with tenure. And there are signs that recruiting scholars has become harder.

Gov. Ron DeSantis had just taken office in 2019 when the University of Florida lured Neil H. Buchanan, a prominent economist and tax law scholar, from George Washington University. Now, just four years after he started at the university, Buchanan has given up his tenured job and headed north to teach in Toronto. In a recent column on a legal commentary website, he accused Florida of “open hostility to professors and to higher education more generally.” He is not the only liberal-le...

Turnover has jumped by a quarter in the last two years at the University of Florida after a slew of new laws cracked down on diversity, trans rights and jobs for life.

By Steve Contorno, CNN

In his yearlong battle with Disney, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly leaned on the element of surprise in his attempts to outmanoeuver the entertainment giant and its army of executives, high-priced lawyers and politically connected lobbyists.

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