I am a New College alum from the private college days. I was so disturbed by the faux reporting of the NYT piece that I submitted a comment calling the article under-researched. The NYT did not publish my comment. Reading your post I can see why.
I wanted to post, but the comment section is closed after only 500ish comments. Many articles get more comments. I suspect they closed it after the comments turned heavily negative.
I’m no longer impressed by an Ivy League education. Especially those followed by an honorary degree from Liberty University.
"Despite his public disdain for “elite” universities, the Florida governor earned two degrees from Ivy League institutions himself. DeSantis earned his undergraduate degree in history from Yale University and tacked on a second Ivy League degree when he graduated from Harvard Law School… DeSantis received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Liberty University.”
It will be interesting to see how New College fairs as FL revenue decreases (decreases in tourism, agriculture, problems with homeowners getting and keeping insurance, climate change, etc due to Trump policies). I'm certain that many faculty have to be very careful about what they say in (and out of) the classroom, but DEI issues don't normally crop up in business, scientific, engineering, medical and other classrooms. That may be why some faculty don't see an issue with the new ideological changes on campus. It's also true that some fields have more PhDs graduate than there are available positions, regardless of the school they graduate from. When we ran a search for an economist we'd get around 300 applications; a search for an accounting PhD would produce about 10-15 applications.
I am a New College alum from the private college days. I was so disturbed by the faux reporting of the NYT piece that I submitted a comment calling the article under-researched. The NYT did not publish my comment. Reading your post I can see why.
what a surprise - glad you are here!
I wanted to post, but the comment section is closed after only 500ish comments. Many articles get more comments. I suspect they closed it after the comments turned heavily negative.
I’m no longer impressed by an Ivy League education. Especially those followed by an honorary degree from Liberty University.
"Despite his public disdain for “elite” universities, the Florida governor earned two degrees from Ivy League institutions himself. DeSantis earned his undergraduate degree in history from Yale University and tacked on a second Ivy League degree when he graduated from Harvard Law School… DeSantis received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Liberty University.”
https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/where-did-ron-desantis-go-to-college/
Such a good piece! Everything we need to know about good journalism and how it was completely ignored by the NYT article!
It will be interesting to see how New College fairs as FL revenue decreases (decreases in tourism, agriculture, problems with homeowners getting and keeping insurance, climate change, etc due to Trump policies). I'm certain that many faculty have to be very careful about what they say in (and out of) the classroom, but DEI issues don't normally crop up in business, scientific, engineering, medical and other classrooms. That may be why some faculty don't see an issue with the new ideological changes on campus. It's also true that some fields have more PhDs graduate than there are available positions, regardless of the school they graduate from. When we ran a search for an economist we'd get around 300 applications; a search for an accounting PhD would produce about 10-15 applications.
And I think the end of the DeSantis term in office will be a big moment of reckoning. They have been dependent upon him.