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After the police murder of George Floyd, Florida's university system recommitted to campus diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. What happened?

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has a plan for freeing public universities from the stranglehold of their diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucracies. Before DeSantis launched this effort, it was widely believed, even among those who recognized the dangers of DEI, that there was really nothing public officials could do about the problem. Just like the weather, it was simply something we would all have to learn to live with. Public universities were thought to be outside of political control, and academic culture was thought to be too committed to DEI goals.

See live coverage as New College of Florida holds its first Board of Trustees meeting after Gov. Ron DeSantis promised a transformation of the school.

Gov. DeSantis overhauled the New College board, which voted Tuesday to replaced President Patricia Okker with Richard Corcoran, a DeSantis ally.

University DEI enforcers are unloved on campus.