Governor DeSantis is working tirelessly to rescue higher education from woke activism because woke education is destroying America.
“Our task is to carry what George Washington called the Torch of the Sacred Fire of Liberty. We reject the idea that self-government can be subcontracted out to bureaucratic elites. We insist on the restoration of timeless constitutional principles that have made this country unique so that government of, by, and for the people shall not perish from this earth."
–Governor Ron DeSantis
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Governor DeSantis' fight to keep Florida free continues — and no arena offers as stark an example of that fight as the battle that is happening over the hearts and minds of our students in higher education.
In Florida, Governor DeSantis is working tirelessly to end woke activism in our college classrooms and restore the tenants of a classical college education that made our system the envy of the world. And we cannot relent, because woke education is destroying America. The days of universities teaching students the tools necessary to be good citizens of our republic are gone. We are no longer helping young minds to form their individual moral intuitions, to think critically, to understand their rights and responsibilities as American citizens. Instead, the new priority is to indoctrinate a generation of divisive ideologues.
Recently, Governor DeSantis took to Hillsdale College, a small, Christian liberal arts college in Michigan and a pioneer in resisting woke corruption in higher education to speak on this critical topic. Hillsdale College is the gold standard for classical liberal arts education, and in Florida, Governor DeSantis is revolutionizing higher education to follow in Hillsdale’s footsteps.
“In Florida, we will build off of our higher education reforms by aligning core curriculum to the values of liberty and the Western tradition, eliminating politicized bureaucracies like DEI, increasing the amount of research dollars for programs that will feed key industries with talented Florida students, and empowering presidents and boards of trustees to recruit and hire new faculty, including by dedicating record resources for faculty salaries.” –Governor Ron DeSantis
In January, Governor DeSantis turned these words into actions and flipped the New College of Florida board of directors from woke indoctrinators to leaders of the fight against critical race theory, DEI, and radical gender theory in education – hoping that the New College of Florida will become Florida’s classical college.
The battle against the woke agenda is critical to the future of our nation. If we don’t continue to fight back with every ounce of what we have, the ideological capture of our universities will continue to bleed into every sector of American life. The students who are being force-fed woke ideologies will become the leaders of corporate media, medical institutions, and even universities – creating a vicious cycle that we must break.
Together, we must continue to hold the line and never, ever back down.
