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In an unprecedented move, New College of Florida Interim President Richard Corcoran has asked seven faculty members to withdraw their applications for tenure ahead of the school’s April board of trustees meeting, according to Steven Shipman, president of the school’s faculty union.

Adding another layer to his rivalry with GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading to Sarasota, Florida, on Wednesday to meet with students at an embattled college campus that has become a symbol of the national culture wars.

Florida’s House Bill 999 offers a terrifying preview of conservatives’ agenda for higher education. The bill, which was introduced in February, would grant Florida’s Board of Governors sweeping control over the state’s public universities and transform the state’s public education system into an incubator for far-right politics.

Florida’s Republican Gov_ Ron DeSantis has targeted a tiny, public liberal arts college on the shores of Sarasota Bay, as a staging ground for his war on “woke.”