Activists stage a sit-in outside Governor Ron DeSantis’s office on May 3, the day Florida Republicans passed bills to ban state-funded diversity programmes in colleges © AP
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Academics and free-speech advocates are warning of a new era of intellectual intimidation in Florida after lawmakers voted to impose some of the country’s toughest restrictions on the independence of its universities.
Florida’s Republican-dominated state legislature last week approved a bill that weakens academic tenure, outlaws state funding for campus activities that advocate diversity, equity and inclusion, and requires “the western canon” to be taught in core courses while banning content on identity politics or systemic racism.
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