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Editorial: Florida sets up a witch hunt for liberal professors

Ron DeSantis shakes hands during a news conference at Crooms Academy of Information Technology on June 30, 2022, in Sanford, Florida, where DeSantis announced a new civics education program.

College isn’t what it used to be, that’s for sure. Compared with a decade or two ago, it’s way more expensive and students are shunning liberal arts in favor of majors with more immediate and obvious relevance to jobs such as engineering or environmental science. And although long-ignored voices of people of color are finally more likely to be heard, college is overall less welcoming to widely differing opinions and raucous but respectful debate from various points along the

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