{"id":1997762,"date":"2023-08-11T12:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T16:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-new-college-of-florida-trustees-move-to-eliminate-gender-studies-department\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T16:23:54","slug":"desantiss-new-college-of-florida-trustees-move-to-eliminate-gender-studies-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-new-college-of-florida-trustees-move-to-eliminate-gender-studies-department\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis&#8217;s trustees aim to remove gender studies department at New College of Florida."},"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%2Fdesantiss-new-college-of-florida-trustees-move-to-eliminate-gender-studies-department%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=1997762&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--><h2>The New College of Florida Votes to Abolish Gender Studies Department<\/h2>\n<p>The board of trustees at the New College of Florida made a significant decision on Thursday, voting to abolish the school&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-8\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 8)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christian-college-hosts-event-blaming-evil-white-evangelicals-for-electing-the-least-christian-president-in-american-history\/\" title=\"Christian College Hosts Event Blaming Evil \u2018White Evangelicals\u2019 For Electing The \u2018Least-Christian President In American History\u2019\">gender studies<\/a> department<\/a>. This move, orchestrated by conservative trustees appointed by Gov. Ron\u200c DeSantis (R-FL), marks a shift in the college&#8217;s mission.<\/p>\n<p>The gender studies department, established\u2062 in 1995, was eliminated with a 7-3 vote \u2062by the board. Chris Rufo, a \u200bsenior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a member of the\u200c New College board, hailed this decision\u2062 as a groundbreaking step towards \u2062rolling back what he referred to as the &#8220;encroachment of queer theory and gender pseudoscience&#8221; in academia.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The decision of \u200bthe New College board of trustees to initiate the termination of the university\u2019s gender studies program sets a new historical precedent,&#8221; Rufo\u200d wrote. &#8220;Academia\u2019s continued decline is not inevitable. Civic-minded leaders, deriving their power from the people, can use legislation, appointments, \u200cand board governance to reorient\u200b public universities away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dennis-prager-twelve-hundred-synagogues-desecrated-judaism-this-past-shabbat\/\" title=\"Dennis Prager: Twelve Hundred Synagogues Desecrated Judaism This Past Shabbat\">left-wing nihilism<\/a> and, once again, toward \u2063higher principles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rufo further explained in an op-ed for City Journal that the elimination of the \u2064department\u2062 aligns \u200bwith the board&#8217;s goal of refocusing the college&#8217;s mission on a &#8220;classical liberal \u200carts education.&#8221; According to Rufo, the concepts presented in gender studies contradict the classical conceptions of truth, goodness, and beauty.<\/p>\n<p>Since their appointment, Rufo and other board members \u200bappointed by DeSantis have taken \u200dvarious \u2064steps to steer the\u2064 college away from its left-wing reputation. They swiftly replaced\u2062 the university \u2062president with former Florida Education commissioner Richard Corcoran, a DeSantis ally. As a \u200bresult, several faculty \u2063members have \u2064chosen to leave the institution.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to abolish the gender studies department has drawn criticism from PEN America, a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-new-college-of-florida-trustees-move-to-eliminate-gender-studies-department\/\" title=\"DeSantis's trustees aim to remove gender studies department at New College of Florida.\">liberal free speech advocacy group<\/a>. Jeremy Young, the Freedom to Learn Program Director at PEN America, likened the trustees&#8217; vote \u200cto \u200bthe actions of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who \u200dpreviously sought to eliminate gender studies departments in Hungarian institutions.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe New College board\u2019s abolition of gender studies is a repressive act that echoes the \u200bactions of\u2063 a repressive foreign government,&#8221; Young said. &#8220;Indeed, it is\u2063 an exact copy\u2063 of what Hungary did in 2018,\u2062 in a \u200cban that irreparably damaged intellectual freedom in Hungarian universities. Banning academic departments for the viewpoints \u2063they reflect is the ultimate violation of academic freedom. Gender studies has \u2062been part of American higher education for\u200c decades, and the program received a statement \u2064of unanimous support today from every member of the New College faculty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This decision has sparked a debate about academic freedom and the direction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-expected-to-follow-up-race-based-admissions-decision-with-new-case-on-huge-issue-at-high-schools\/\" title=\"SCOTUS to tackle major high school issue after race-based admissions ruling.\">higher \u2063education institutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Articles:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Inflation \u200dTicked Up to 3.2% in\u2062 July in Setback for Biden and Fed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click Here to Read More from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New College of Florida&#8217;s board of trustees, appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), voted 7-3 to abolish the gender studies department. 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