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Ron DeSantis: “All tenured professors [in Florida state universities] must…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 29:27

And so one of the things we did that no other state did at the time, I think some are trying to emulate. We now in Florida, for our state universities, All tenured professors [in Florida state universities] must undergo review every five years and can be terminated for poor performance. That is going to make. It's already making a really big difference in filtering out. The purpose of university is not ideological indoctrination. (29:27–29:35)

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Asserts that Florida requires tenured professors to be reviewed every five years.

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