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Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

March 29, 2023 · Education

The governing board overseeing Florida’s public universities on Wednesday approved a post-tenure-review process that allows for poorly performing professors to be fired. About 10 Florida professors and students…

DeSantis’s Higher-Ed Push Just Got Bigger. Fresh Resistance Is Starting to Bubble Up.

January 31, 2023 · Education

Standing at a podium labeled “Higher Education Reform,” Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging plan to shake up the state’s colleges. The plan includes…