The liberal faculty members of the New College of Florida are reportedly in a hurry to leave the school and find new jobs after Gov. RonDeSantis's takeover.
As much as one-third of the school's faculty are leaving their jobs at the Florida college as a new crop of conservative trustees appointed by DeSantis continues to press forward with their plans to turn the school into a classical liberal arts institution in the model of the renowned conservative institution of Hillsdale College in Michigan.As many as 36 faculty members have packed up their offices and quit their jobs, the Tampa Bay Times reported this week.
In a series of tweets, Leininger, who taught neurobiology and gender studies at New College, said she has taken a job as the chairwoman of the neuroscience department at St. Mary's College in Maryland and that her career move was not planned.
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