Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System.

In this podcast we discuss the AAUP's special report Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System.  The report offers an in-depth review of a pattern of politically, racially, and ideologically motivated attacks on public higher education in Florida, which have largely occurred during the term of Governor Ron DeSantis.

The guests are Afshan Jafar, a professor of Sociology at Connecticut College and a co-chair of the special committee, Henry Reichman, professor of history California State University, East Bay, also a co-chair of the committee, and Liz Leininger, a neuroscience professor who was previously affiliated with New College. The program is hosted by Anita Levy, senior program officer in the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure and Governance.

Show notes:

• Political Interference and Academic Freedom in Florida’s Public Higher Education System
• AAUP's Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities
• Resources from the AAUP on political interference in higher ed
• The Administrative Overhaul of New College of Florida, Inside Higher Ed, September 2023