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