Anemona Hartocollis | The New York Times

In early 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis executed what many viewed as a conservative takeover of New College, a struggling state liberal arts college. About 20 faculty members and 200 students decamped within six months. Today, the campus culture reflects the new influx of many conservative-leaning professors and students, who are sharing classes with the old guard who tend to be more liberal.

Despite fierce opposition from from sociology professors in the university system, Florida’s state university system ruled students can no longer take sociology to fulfill their core course requirements. Instead, its board of governors approved 'a factual history course' as a replacement.