At New College of Florida, a 'ridiculously high' number of faculty are gone

[Eugene]

Source: Tampa Bay Times

At New College of Florida, a ‘ridiculously high’ number of faculty are gone

Ian Hodgson, Tampa Bay Times
Updated Tue, July 18, 2023 at 2:53 PM EDT·3 min read

More than one-third of New College of Florida faculty will not be returning in the fall.

That’s according to Provost Bradley Thiessen, who called the 36 departures in a single year a “ridiculously high” number for a school with fewer than 100 full-time teachers.

Some of those were retirements or sabbaticals that were planned long before the school made national headlines in January, when Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed six trustees with a mission to transform the small liberal arts school.

But many are teachers and researchers who — frustrated and dismayed by the school’s new leadership — saw no other option but to resign or take leave to look for opportunities elsewhere.

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[Chi67]

1. Also

I wonder how many students left.

[Clash City Rocker]

2. They had to go

They were actually teaching the students. Florida can’t have that.

[hildegaard28]

3. I wonder

How long it will take for their accreditation to be pulled.

[LastDemocratInSC]

4. DeSantis and his allies won't shed a tear.

Their goal has been to gut the school and rebuild it as Hillsdale south.

[xocetaceans]

7. That's a scary concept. n/t

[The Unmitigated Gall]

5. As it should be.

Whatever comes afterward should be called New College of Authoritarian Collaboration.

[rubbersole]

6. This is an unbelievable travesty.

My daughter graduated from New College in 1988. Then got a full scholarship to Smith and a masters degree in education. She believes New College was the springboard to her adult happiness. desantis is evil. Shallow and shortsighted to a fault. The karma fairy appears headed his way. Can't wait.

[riversedge]

8. I would have left also had I worked there. I realize some are not

able to leave--their kids are in local schools. etc. Hard choices for them.