{"id":1886959,"date":"2023-03-14T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T19:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-at-new-college-of-florida-offered-escape-from-desantis-takeover-to-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T15:48:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T19:48:24","slug":"students-at-new-college-of-florida-offered-escape-from-desantis-takeover-to-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/students-at-new-college-of-florida-offered-escape-from-desantis-takeover-to-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Students at New College of Florida offered escape from DeSantis takeover to Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fstudents-at-new-college-of-florida-offered-escape-from-desantis-takeover-to-massachusetts%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=1886959&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 class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78817573\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Hunter Biden suspicious activity reports can now be reviewed by House GOP Oversight Committee\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Treasury Department will allow the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to review suspicious activity bank reports generated by Hunter Biden and his associates, according to its chairman Rep. 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They have taken many steps towards this goal. Soon after being elected to the board, the new trustees fired the president of the college, as well as dissolved diversity, equity, inclusion efforts at the college. <\/p>\n<p>The New College&#8217;s shift to a more conservative orientation is a dramatic reversal. It was previously recognized as one of the most liberal colleges in America and was consistently rated among the best. &#8220;gay-friendly&#8221; Schools across the nation This school has been able to build a reputation that is well-known. However, it has struggled to attract students over the years. Last month, the <i>New Yorker <\/i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/the-political-scene\/what-is-ron-desantis-doing-to-floridas-public-liberal-arts-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> The words are often associated with consultants. &#8220;politically correct,&#8221; &#8220;druggies,&#8221; And &#8220;weirdos&#8221; The college&#8217;s culture and student body are very impressive. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is happening at New College of Florida is merely the most radical example of increasingly aggressive efforts to suppress meaningful examination of the realities of our society and curb the advancement of democratic ideals, aspirations that should be the mission of higher education,&#8221; Hampshire College stated this in a press release. &#8220;Increasingly, public institutions are a target for those trying to censor discussions of racism, white supremacy, gender identity, structural barriers to equity, and the reproduction of oppressive hierarchies. This doesn&#8217;t serve the students, it doesn&#8217;t serve democracy, and it certainly doesn&#8217;t serve the world those students seek to improve.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>New College students who want to transfer to Hampshire College will only need to submit a transcript and a copy their financial aid awards. Then they can be off to another Northeast school in 2023-2024. Hampshire has promised to match any New College student&#8217;s tuition costs.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/massachusetts-college-students-new-college-florida-desantis\">New College of Florida students offered an escape from the DeSantis takeover in Massachusetts<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small Massachusetts liberal arts college is offering students at the New College of Florida an easy path to transfer after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) stacked the college&#8217;s board of trustees with conservative activists and intellectuals. 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