Here’s Why the Left Is So Determined
to Destroy the New College of Florida
Posted By: Judy W., 9/19/2023 8:20:11 AM
The Biden administration is attempting to crush a small Florida liberal arts school for not being left-wing. The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently announced that it would launch an investigation into the New College of Florida. The school, which previously had been known for its liberal politics, is being transformed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and a notable trustee, Christopher Rufo. (Snip) He said it began with a complaint from ACLU attorney Jennifer Granick. She said that the school’s board and trustees violated civil rights law by “removing ‘gender neutral’ signage from bathrooms, defunding the [diversity, equity, and inclusion] and gender studies programs, and ‘misgendering’
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This is where DeSantis really shines -- fighting the culture war. And Rufo is the one to implement it. This was a failing college in the grip of the ultra-radical left. Now enrollment is up and I've read elsewhere that applications for teaching jobs are way up too.