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Highest drop out rate in Florida college’s history fueled by DeSantis’ ‘censorship’: report

Published by Alternet (UK) A Florida college reported this week it has seen “27 percent of its student body drop out” since Florida governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron Desantis' recent takeover, marking “the lowest retention rate of first year students in” the University of South Florida's Sarasota campus' history, The New Republic (TNR) […]

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Oct 16, 2023 - 20:00

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Highest drop out rate in Florida college’s history fueled by DeSantis’ ‘censorship’: report

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Alternet (UK)

A Florida college reported this week it has seen “27 percent of its student body drop out” since Florida governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron Desantis' recent takeover, marking “the lowest retention rate of first year students in” the University of South Florida's Sarasota campus' history, The New Republic (TNR) reports. Per the news outlet, “What DeSantis once described as a culture of ‘woke indoctrination' has been replaced by one of censorship: Student murals have been painted over, and student orientation leaders were forbidden from wearing pins expressing support for Bl…