Months after what critics have decried as a conservative takeover at New College of Florida, students and professors say a sense of confusion and anxiety looms over the start of fall semester in Sarasota, Florida.

Amy Reid, a member of the school’s Board of Trustees, said course options have dwindled after nearly 40% of faculty members have resigned.

Reid said the situation is quickly becoming “untenable.”

“Just before I came to this meeting, I received word that one more faculty member in biology is leaving,” she told CNN. “That’s going to make a challenge for students to complete their areas of studies here.”

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    11 months ago

    How is it that Desantis can appoint six members of the board of trustees for a college?

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      11 months ago

      It is a state school. The board of trustees are state employees. It seems that they don’t have any sort of tenure or term length. They got let go like any other at-will employee.