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Anonymous
And the people who do live in the M or the V or send kids to private school. |
Anonymous
Awesome! Then perhaps you can explain a few things. Why is He getting rid of just Black sororities and fraternities rather than ALL sororities and fraternities? Why is he getting rid of resources for students that emphasize support for ethnicity — and not all similar resources and programs? If the focus is on “core subjects in education “, is he getting rid of all of the sports and recreational programs? If not, why not? How did he go from a baseball playing Yalie to this? And of course if his priority was truly using tax dollars well, I’d really be interested in the funding for the Martha’s Vineyard stunt. |
Anonymous
Could you please source that. I have googled and searched unsuccessfully for that. |
Anonymous
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"New College of Florida does not have any fraternities or sororities, do it might be a good option if Greek life isn't a priority for you."
https://www.collegeconfidential.com/colleges/new-college-of-florida/#:~:text=New%20College%20of%20Florida%20does,t%20a%20priority%20for%20you. New College of Florida has less than 700 students. And, yet they had a DEI person with staff. Best use of resources? |
Anonymous
In 1959, the Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches (later renamed the United Church of Christ) provided the initial funding to establish a four-year liberal arts college in Sarasota that would become New College of Florida. The church stipulated that the “college shall be open to all students qualified for its academic program. Race, creed, national origin, or cultural status shall not be considered as a basis for denial of admission.” No other Florida college or university, public or private, had an open admissions policy. The church’s funding was also contingent upon the college agreeing that its board of trustees would be open to the nomination of black trustees. The college’s founders also stipulated: “The college is not just tolerant of all faiths; it expects proponents of various beliefs to be mutually respectful and willing to open their faith to the community.” Seems like it was a core component of the origins of the college. In the 1950s to be open to having black trustees on the board was quite radical. And just to point out that this may be why does deSantisays focusing on this school. |
Anonymous
I’ll see if I can find the list of cuts that I was reacting to when I wrote this post. Ok. I was responding to a post from 3.10.2023.21:29 that listed changes that DiSantis has proposed, including removing NPHC programs (Black sororities and fraternities) from Florida college campuses. I can’t find the post, so either it’s been deleted or, improbably, there’s another thread with a similar title. I did not get this information from a primary source— but from a DCUM post. Perhaps it’s been deleted as trolling? If so, I apologize if I have inadvertently spread inaccurate information via my response. |
Anonymous
Possibly. It’s hard to assess without knowing more about their needs and their resources. |
Anonymous
Ok: The post I responded to is in a closed thread titled: DeSantis & Florida Colleges HB999 I’m not able to cut and past the post I’m responding to, but it’s a very short thread that was closed because this one was already active. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1118546.page |
Anonymous
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Don't get the whining.
Florida universities serve the demographic that resides there and wants to stay there fine. University of Miami is a top destination for out of state students whose parents have $, want to have a great time, and aren't getting into a top 1st or 2nd tier private uni. If you're from Florida and want to go to university in Florida then Gainseville is a great option (particularly for business and STEM) - but if you're out of state and going there it's because you could not get better options. |
Anonymous
Thanks for the link. I looked up the bill and it does not do what that poster said. It calls for eliminating CRT--which is far from the same thing as eliminating Black sororities and fraternities. And, in any case, New College of Florida does not have those. |
Anonymous
Where is his attack on the sororities and fraternities? |
Anonymous
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Found the bill. He is implicitly going after FAMU.
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/999/BillText/Filed/PDF You can’t judge HBCU outcomes on economic terms with out consider the implicit bias in hiring, firing, salaries etc… This is unbelievable. I used to love Miami. Ugh. |
Anonymous
Perhaps you should read line 341 of the bill. https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/999 It does exactly what pp said it did. |
Anonymous
Florida is set to lose at least 20,000 out-of-state students as a result of this. |