College overtaken by DeSantis allies faces 'ridiculously high' job openings as faculty flee
New College of Florida, which in recent months has been taken over by allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is facing major staff shortages as faculty members are fleeing for other jobs.
In fact, the Tampa Bay Times is reporting that the school has lost more than a third of its faculty in the last few months, a churn rate that Provost Bradley Thiessen described as "incredibly high."
DeSantis and his allies may welcome the departures given that their stated goal is to transform the university into an "anti-woke" learning establishment.
Nonetheless, it's causing big headaches for school administrators who are now scrambling to ensure they have enough faculty to teach classes.
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Biologist Liz Leininger, for one, told the Tampa Bay Times that she felt guilty for leaving the school behind but said she felt she had little alternative, and she has since taken a job as chairperson of neuroscience at St. Mary's in Maryland.
However, this is cold comfort for third-year cognitive science major Alaska Miller, who tells the Tampa Bay Times that her diploma has now been put on hold indefinitely.
"Either I don't graduate on time or I'd have to abandon my major," she explained to the newspaper.