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Ron DeSantis: “Now all tenured professors have to undergo review every five…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Highlights Florida's Economic Growth

Published | Video Starts at 14:49

So on Higher education, that's been a great story. We've been able to do that, and we've been able to do things like, Now all tenured professors have to undergo review every five years and can be terminated for poor performance. So they've been able to filter out unproductive tenured faculty. And our view is your job is to teach, job is to research. Your job is not to, you know, be an activist. (14:49–14:56)

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Asserts that tenured professors in Florida undergo reviews every five years and can be terminated for poor performance.

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