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'The very aim of liberal arts education is to liberate the mind ... by inviting students to [pursue] what it means to be fully human.'

On the plan to transform New College of Florida into a classical liberal arts institution

Gov. Ron DeSantis' hostile takeover of New College of Florida is his most brazen and arrogant action yet to make higher education a captive of his narrow right-wing ideology. All Floridians should take notice. So should the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), which accredits Florida schools.

Six new trustees were appointed at New College of Florida, including a cadre of controversial conservatives. The board aims to reshape the public NCF in the image of a private Christian college.

The Florida governor will appoint six new members to New College's board of trustees in an effort to direct the college away from woke ideology.

Some students and alumni are concerned about Ron DeSantis’s plans to revamp New College of Florida.

Liberal students interviewed by the Daily Beast Tuesday are unhappy with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointing conservatives to the school's board. 

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New board members seek to reshape the public, progressive liberal arts college in the image of Hillsdale, a Christian college in Michigan that is prominent among conservatives

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed six new members to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees, which could radically change the public college.