I’m a university president. Here’s what Florida’s Gov. DeSantis doesn’t get about college students

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has offered a consistent rationale for his attacks on higher education: Colleges and universities should not teach concepts like critical race theory or intersectionality, he says, because doing so pushes a political agenda and “impose[s] ideological conformity” onto impressionable young minds.

Originally published: June 5, 2023