The Tiny Liberal Arts College At The Heart Of The Culture War

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🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

New College of Florida is a public college on the state's west coast with fewer than a thousand students known for its focus on sustainability and lack of traditional grading. Lately, it has become the primary target of Governor Ron DeSantis's effort to reshape higher education to better align with his brand of Republican ideology. He has banned public institutions from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs and faculty have quit in droves.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, political correspondent Kelsey Snell, and WUSF reporter Cathy Carter.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Katrina from Santa Utah. I'm heading to my piano race
0:05.0	slide, all after my first year piano lessons. This podcast was recorded out.
0:10.0	One 10 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, July 26th of 2023.
0:16.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but all we will still be
0:20.0	taking piano lessons and teaching my kids, you're never too old until they're new
0:24.0	things. Thanks, enjoy the show!
0:31.0	That's super fun. I know it's lovely. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics
0:37.0	podcast. I'm Asma Khalid. I cover the White House. I'm Kelsey Snally, cover
0:40.0	politics. And we have got a special guest with us today, Kathy Carter. She's
0:45.0	with Member Station W. USF in Tampa Bay, Florida. And Kathy, it is wonderful to
0:50.0	have you with us. It is good to meet you. So today on the show, we're going to dive
0:54.0	into Governor Ron DeSantis's Education Culture War. We're going to specifically look
0:59.0	at this key fight in the Florida Governor's effort to reshape education. In
1:03.0	particular, a small public liberal art school on the state's west coast between
1:08.0	Tampa and Fort Myers. It's called New College. DeSantis has specifically targeted
1:13.0	the school as an example of liberal bias in academia. And Kathy, I want to start
1:19.0	with you because it appears the governor is trying to reshape education across
1:24.0	the board K through 12 classrooms all the way up to higher ed. What is he trying
1:29.0	to do? Yep, you're right since becoming governor in 2019. Governor Ron DeSantis has
1:35.0	really reshaped education here in the state of Florida, both K through 12 and in
1:41.0	higher education on the K through 12 side. We have the parental bill of rights,
1:46.0	rolling back higher education policies. There was a high profile feud with the
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