Jeremy C. Young
The text of DeSantis' higher education bill has been released. It's as terrifying as the press release suggested it would be. Florida HB 999 would enact the most draconian and censorious restrictions on higher education in the history of this country. #breadcrumb
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/999/BillText/Filed/PDF
@Jezibaba Just started reading it, I see a lot of universities across the country not accepting credits from Florida schools if this goes through... (when this goes through)
It's forcing politics into curriculum... which I don't feel betters anything... it narrows thinking and regresses us as a society...
@sentientdessert from the thread
HB 999 would end academic freedom, shared governance, and university independence in FL public higher education. It would be the end of FL higher ed as a space of open inquiry and free expression.
Free expression and higher education advocates must fight these provisions with everything we have, in Florida and in any other state where they appear. FL HB 999 is the central battleground for the soul of higher education. If we stand on the sidelines, we will lose.
@Jezibaba And to clarify, I am very left leaning... I wouldn't want a school to only teach about left leaning ideologies, I would want them to teach about everything. I wouldn't want them to ignore positive things or negative things that come from any point in the political spectrum.
People go to school to learn, and while some schools have a narrow mindset regarding what should be taught, the state should not be censoring the education, especially in higher education.
@Jezibaba It’s their world now. Hopefully they don’t let our generation continue to ruin it.
@FurloughedAgain I don't want any of them to think that they are alone in this fight and that we gave up. As Bleak as it may be we have to keep fighting alongside them
23 pages of reading dystopia, but worse because it is real, and happening. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Santiago Mayer
Today, college students all across Florida walked out to protest Ron DeSantis’ attacks on education.
His administration is waging war against Gen Z will continue to make noise and fight back. #breadcrumb
https://linktr.ee/votflorida