Hostile Takeover | The Dramatic Reshaping of New College of Florida
Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities
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🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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The story of the New College of Florida becoming a pawn in Ron Desantis' campaing for president, and what happens when a school is reshaped by force and against the will of students and faculty.
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| 0:56.4 | In 2024, Ron DeSantis announced his campaign for president. |
| 1:02.6 | Our border is a disaster. Crime infests our cities. The federal government makes it harder for |
| 1:08.9 | families to make ends meet and the President flounders. |
| 1:12.6 | To build credentials for his campaign, DeSantis launched an aggressive effort to reshape one of Florida's public colleges. |
| 1:19.6 | He targeted new college, a small school of only about 700 students, right on the waters of Florida's western coast. |
| 1:26.6 | It's another bold move, and I'm cheering it on. |
| 1:30.3 | Florida's Governor DeSantis has launched the takeover, I'd call it a hostile takeover, |
| 1:35.3 | of a college known for its ultra-progressive policies. |
| 1:39.3 | He has appointed six new members to the board of the new college in Sarasota. |
| 1:45.0 | For the last two years, a remade board of trustees, a new president, and a reworked administration |
| 1:51.0 | has openly attempted to reshape the school in the image of a conservative Christian university. |
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