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Ron DeSantis: “We were the first state to eliminate dei, to spearhead…”

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Gov. DeSantis delivers final State of the State address

Published | Video Starts at 14:10

Florida has the number one ranked public higher education system in America and and we have by far the lowest resident tuition in the nation. We were the first state to eliminate dei, to spearhead accreditation reforms and to authorize the termination of tenured professors who perform poorly. Seven years ago, our universities had no special emphasis on the traditional missions of higher education. Now we have programs like the Adam Smith center for Economic Freedom at Florida International University. (14:10–14:21)

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Asserts that Florida was the first state to implement these higher education reforms.

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