Higher Education

Information submitted by each finalist for the FGCU presidency can be found on FGCU’s presidential search website, www.fgcu.edu/presidentialsearch. All other candidate information will remain exempt and confidential, according to Section 1004.098, Florida Statutes.

Hampshire College, a 700-student institution in Amherst, Massachusetts, has offered students at Florida's New College admission, and is matching their current cost of tuition.

Information released by the governor’s office said DeSantis is supporting legislation for the 2023 Legislative Session to "further elevate civil discourse and intellectual freedom in higher education, further pushing back against the tactics of liberal elites who suppress free thought in the name of identity politics and indoctrination."

A joint statement by Florida’s 28 state colleges said they stand for educational freedom and democratic citizenship, and reject what they termed as "indoctrination" and "woke" ideology. FCGU is not part of the Florida College System.

The smallest school in Florida’s university system, New College of Florida has about 700 students and lists one of its core values as building a “just, diverse, equitable and inclusive community” on campus.

State colleges and universities have until Jan. 13 to submit information to the DeSantis administration about resources related to diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory.

State Sen. Ray Rodrigues will take the helm of Florida’s state university system, as the Board of Governors on Wednesday unanimously approved the Estero Republican as the successor to outgoing Chancellor Marshall Criser.

Through social and political landscape changes, the role of higher education and its leaders is evolving. Florida Gulf Coast University President, Dr. Mike Martin; and Dr. James Cousins, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at Kentucky Wesleyan College, reflect on the status of higher education and the challenges they face.

After nearly a decade at the helm of Florida Gulf Coast University, president Dr. Wilson Bradshaw is stepping down at the end of June.Before his tenure at…