Professors at Florida International University, the University of Florida and Florida State University are plaintiffs in the new lawsuit.
Plaintiffs in this lawsuit say they're now being punished, and they argue more is at stake than Florida's higher education system.
Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his appointment to the University of West Florida (UWF) Board of Trustees of a political scientist who claims that encouraging women to prioritize their careers has led to the decline of family life.
Six faculty members argue that a 2023 law mandating that general-education courses not teach “identity politics” violates their First Amendment rights.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed five new members to the board overseeing the University of West Florida in Pensacola, including two people affiliated with The Heritage Foundation.
For years, political scientist Scott Yenor has advocated for overhauling colleges and universities, which he has argued undermine traditional American families by encouraging women to pursue careers and put off childbirth.
Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed five members to the University of West Florida’s board of trustees Monday, adding two controversial higher-ed reformers to the body that oversees the Pensacola public university.
Ron DeSantis, for feeling our pain ... for fighting “cancerous DEI programs” in public universities. “Florida’s university system was beginning to rot from DEI sickness.
For the better part of a decade, Dewhirst skipped around the U.S. and across the pond for high-ranking public and advocacy jobs. In May 2023, he left his then-post as Chief Deputy Attorney General of Idaho to work as a senior adviser to DeSantis.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has a new pitch for Florida: bring NASA headquarters to the Sunshine State. Speaking at the Kennedy Space Center, he laid out a case that's as bold as practical. According to DeSantis,
The program allows companies to bring in educated foreign professionals for “specialty” occupations that are hard to fill with U.S. workers, but critics say it costs Americans jobs.