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.