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>“I don’t see how this experiment can ever be successful,” says former professor Matt Lepinski, noting that, despite the headlines such stunts garner, even conservatives have little interest in taking classes taught by extremists. ​“For ideological reasons they are creating a product there is no demand for, and they destroyed my school to do it.”<

inthesetimes.com/article/new-c

#NewCollegeofFlorida
#YourCampusIsNext

In These TimesThe New College GambitThe right-wing takeover of Florida’s public honors college blurs the line between tragedy and farce, but attacks on universities are about to get worse.
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[thread] Christopher / Chris Rufo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christop

* conservative activist
* New College of Florida board member
* senior fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
* opponent of critical race theory
* opposes 2SLGBTQIA+ education
* contends public schools "hunting grounds for sexual predators"

#education #CriticalTheory #CriticalRaceTheory
#ChrisRufo #ManhattanInstitute #FarRight #Trumpism #GOP #fascism #racism #antiCRT
#antiLGBT #transphobia
#DeSantis #NewCollegeOfFlorida

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Universities the Enemy: Dark Belief Behind Project 2025’s Higher Education Agenda
msmagazine.com/2024/10/18/flor

* infamous 887-page policy manual linked to Trump/JD Vance aims to take DeSantis’ war against liberal arts education nationwide

Protofascism: suppress free speech | historical revisionism | scapegoating | propaganda | persecution | police state | attack intellectuals

Ms. Magazine · 'Universities Are the Enemy': The Dark Belief Behind Project 2025’s Higher Education AgendaThe infamous 887-page policy manual linked to Donald Trump and JD Vance aims to take Ron DeSantis’ war against liberal arts education nationwide.
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New College of Florida Destroys Gender Studies Books
msmagazine.com/2024/08/29/new-

* 2023-Jan FL Gov. Ron DeSantis overthrows New College of Florida
* appointed 6 new members to board trustees: right-wing activists in culture wars over education
* Christopher Rufo, architect of anti-“critical race theory” movement
* Charles Kesler, Claremont Institute ( built Trump’s 1776 Commission)
* promptly eliminated DEI office/gender studies ...

Ms. Magazine · New College of Florida Destroys Gender Studies BooksOn Jan. 6, 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis orchestrated a rightwing takeover of New College of Florida in Sarasota, the state’s only public liberal honors arts college. DeSantis appointed six new