When Lawmakers Purged 'Immorality' From Florida Universities
State intrusion in higher ed is nothing new.
Source: chronicle.com
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State intrusion in higher ed is nothing new.
<p>Florida legislators convened an investigative committee in the late 1950s to root out faculty whose political or sexual lives were deemed "subversive." One college president stood aside, and another fought back in public. </p>