Category: Higher Education
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Ex-UF president Ben Sasse could repay ‘best dang university’ for its losses in spending scandal. Will he?
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
One year later, the stink from Ben Sasse’s spending scandal during his 541-day tenure as president of the University of Florida hasn’t gone away. -
Ex-Florida ACLU board members who are suing national ACLU slam its Palestinian-leaning letter to educators
By Noreen Marcus
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DeSantis war on ‘woke’ leads to faculty brain drain at Florida public universities
By Francisco Alvarado
FloridaBulldog.org
Campuses at Florida public universities are experiencing an exodus of faculty members, while out-of-state professors searching for new jobs are saying “no thanks” to working in the Sunshine State under the rule of Gov. Ron DeSantis. -
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Koch foundation sought control at FSU: Teach our curriculum, get millions
By David Levinthal
Center for Public Integrity
In 2007, when the Charles Koch Foundation considered giving millions of dollars to Florida State University’s economics department, the offer came with strings attached. -
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Inside the Koch brothers’ campus crusade; Billionaire industrialists investing in students
By Dave Levinthal
Center for Public Integrity
Billionaire industrialists David and Charles Koch may rank among the nation’s biggest bankrollers of conservative causes and Republican campaign vehicles. But Koch proselytizing of government deregulation and pro-business civics is increasingly targeted not just at creatures of Capitol Hill, or couch sitters in swing states, but at the hearts and minds of American college students, as well. -
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Breaking away: Top public universities push for ‘autonomy’ from states
By Marian Wang
ProPublica
The chancellor of Oregon’s higher-education system currently oversees all seven of the state’s public colleges and universities. But as of July next year, she’ll be chancellor of four. The schools aren’t closing. Rather, Oregon’s three largest state schools are in the process of breaking away from the rest of the public system.
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