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DeSantis kicks DEI out of Florida Higher Ed HotAir

By Thomas A. Smith

The proposal has four pillars: requiring that general education courses avoid ideological indoctrination; requiring that degree programs prepare students for the workforce; prohibiting hiring decisions be based upon DEI statements of commitment; and prohibiting these institutions from promoting DEI or CRT ideology.

To put it more succinctly, Florida colleges and universities will promote the values of liberty and the Western tradition.

Sounds good to me.

Good, but is it possible to achieve these goals given how far down the path of cultural Marxism higher educational institutions have already marched?

I guess we will find out.

Even if it is impossible to root out the worst of DEI from educational institutions, given the generations it took for the Left to co-opt and eventually take them over, the efforts should bear fruit over time. Especially if DeSantis project of turning Florida into a deep Red state becomes even more successful over time.

Cultural Marxism has been a cancer, eating away at the guts of all educational institutions from the lowest levels to the highest. And as with cancer, the treatment will be long, arduous, painful, and uncertain. But it is also necessary.

Yet if anybody expects this project to succeed in the near term they will be sorely disappointed.

As critical as I am of the current state of higher ed, I also am confident that there remains a core of smart, competent, and curious intellectuals who can staff these universities.

DeSantis anti-woke policies may inspire some of Florida s professors to seek greener pastures, allowing for the recruitment of more suitable candidates. Most, though, will stay put because mobility among academic jobs is extremely limited. There are more job seekers than jobs in academia, and any academic job is better than no job at all. It s not like a trans-queer-Marxist-critical theorist has many marketable skills outside of academia. So it will take a long time to change personnel.

via hotair.com

Florida leading the way again.