Following up on his comments about “trendy ideology” and partisan interest groups in higher education, Governor Ron DeSantis has named six people with ties to conservative institutions to the Board of Trustees at New College in Sarasota. The appointments are subject to confirmation by the State Senate.

The most prominent of the six nominees is Christopher Rufo, a Senior Fellow at the New York-based Manhattan Institute. Rufo has recently led the fight, according to a release from the governor, against critical race theory in American institutions, resulting in legislation in fifteen states. Rufo said in a tweer, “my ambition is to help the new board majority into a classical liberal arts institution. We are recapturing higher education.” …

The governor’s Chief of Staff, James Uthmeier says they hope to make New College “a Hillsdale of the South.”

(via Lucianne)