{"id":1810423,"date":"2023-01-19T08:34:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T13:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1810423"},"modified":"2023-01-19T08:42:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T13:42:38","slug":"following-overhaul-from-desantis-florida-colleges-vow-to-ban-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/following-overhaul-from-desantis-florida-colleges-vow-to-ban-critical-race-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Overhaul from DeSantis, Florida Colleges Vow to Ban Critical Race Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffollowing-overhaul-from-desantis-florida-colleges-vow-to-ban-critical-race-theory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1810423&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/10\/RD1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Presidents of The <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> College System released a statement pledging to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DEI<\/a>Prioritize academic freedom and follow the Governor&#8217;s lead <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) launched an overhaul of the state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">universities<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis was the first to enter a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/freedom-lives-here-ron-desantis-sworn-in-for-second-term-as-florida-governor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">second term<\/a> After a November landslide victory, the Sunshine State&#8217;s chief executive has asked for the assistance of public university administrators. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-puts-woke-colleges-on-notice-tells-them-to-hand-over-diversity-receipts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed account<\/a> As members of the Florida legislature review budget proposals, they will be able to determine expenditures related DEI programs. According to the Florida College System, DEI programs tend to promote left-wing ideologies while silence any dissent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur institutions will not fund or support any institutional practice, policy, or academic requirement that compels belief in critical race theory or related concepts such as intersectionality, or the idea that systems of oppression should be the primary lens through which teaching and learning are analyzed,\u201d A memo from officials was provided to The Daily Wire. \u201cIn the development of knowledge, research endeavors, and creative activities, a college faculty and student body must be free to cultivate a spirit of inquiry and scholarly criticism, and to examine ideas in an atmosphere of freedom and confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also made the statement. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-mounts-anti-woke-offensive-at-public-florida-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appointed<\/a> A number of conservative officials were elected to the New College of Florida Board of Trustees with the hope that the liberal arts school would eliminate this controversial ideology. Christopher Rufo, a Manhattan Institute fellow and activist who has voiced opposition to critical race theory, was among the appointees. Matthew Spalding is a Hillsdale College constitutional government professor.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida College System Presidents are still \u201ccommitted to developing campus environments that uphold objectivity in teaching and learning,\u201d The statement was continued. They also reiterated that they had received a notification. \u201ccommitment to nondiscrimination in hiring\u201d A desire to cultivate \u201cintellectual autonomy and equality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As other universities support the ideology, Florida universities reject DEI. Students at the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Wharton School, one of the nation\u2019s top business programs, are now able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/worlds-best-business-school-adds-diversity-and-woke-investing-majors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earn<\/a> Majors in DEI<\/p>\n<p>Many consultants and officials reap significant financial rewards from their advocacy of the DEI movement in postsecondary institutions. According to a study, public universities in Michigan and Maryland, Virginia, Virginia, Illinois, and Illinois have had diversity officials earning salaries between $329,000- $430,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/college-diversity-inclusion-officers-rake-sky-high-salaries-debt-saddled-students-face-rising-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> Fox News, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/education\/report\/diversity-university-dei-bloat-the-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analysis<\/a> According to the Heritage Foundation, colleges employ an average of three diversity workers for every 100 tenured professors.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis requested that university administrators include a description of each program and the amount of taxpayer funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must ensure school systems are responsive to parents and to students, not partisan interest groups, and we must ensure that our institutions of higher learning are focused on academic excellence and the pursuit of truth, not the imposition of trendy ideology,\u201d DeSantis made the following observation during his second inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2023\/01\/03\/governor-desantis-delivers-inaugural-address-sets-priorities-for-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">address<\/a>. \u201cWe will enact more family-friendly policies to make it easier to raise children and we will defend our children against those who seek to rob them of their innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidents of The Florida College System released a statement pledging to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives also known as DEIPrioritize academic freedom and follow the Governor&#8217;s lead Ron DeSantis (R-FL) launched an overhaul of the state\u2019s universities. DeSantis was the first to enter a second term After a November landslide victory, the Sunshine State&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1809906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[7008,5458,6489,5092,4980,5113,7417,5069,3819,5095,15287],"class_list":["post-1810423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-ban","tag-bongino","tag-colleges","tag-critical","tag-desantis","tag-florida","tag-overhaul","tag-race","tag-report","tag-theory","tag-vow"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1810423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1809906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1810423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1810423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1810423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}