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The university’s president came on stage next, noting there were “a lot of gay jokes” in his colleague’s routine.

YouTubeThe newly installed dean of students at the New College of Florida cracked homophobic jokes and made a series of bizarre comments as part of a recent stand-up comedy routine—a bit that’s managed to enrage some students and alumni even as the university continues to stand behind him. The man behind the tasteless jokes was David Rancourt, an ex-lobbyist who was part of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ overhauling of the New College of Florida last year, which saw its old leadership stripped and f

DeSantis is obsessed with remaking education according to his authoritarian tendencies, forbidding honest discussions and debate.

Diane Roberts ( Florida Phoenix ) - The American Association of University Professors recently conducted a survey of faculty in …

Since February, Florida’s public liberal arts college has hired numerous employees with little or no experience in higher education but deep ties to the Republican Party. As the old adage goes, it’s not what you know but who you know that matters. And at New College of Florida, that cliché seems to be playing out in a number of recent hiring decisions.