Inside the small liberal arts college that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to take over

Key Facts

• Rufo, best known for his activism against critical race theory in American education, had come to the left-leaning liberal arts school to hold a pair of town halls, one for faculty and the other for students.
• But he said that meddling with the hiring of faculty or the curriculum or ruling certain subjects out of bounds — as some of the new trustees at New College of Florida have vowed to do — “crosses a red line.”
• “Doing a full 180 and making it conservative or traditional or classical is not going to help anybody,” said Rocío Ramírez Castro, who studies anthropology and Spanish at the New College of Florida.
• (Octavio Jones / Bloomberg) Over the objection of protesters, Rufo moved swiftly to advance a motion abolishing the office that oversees diversity initiatives and adopt a policy drawn up by the Manhattan Institute — the conservative think tank where he is a senior fellow — to “restore colorblind equality.”

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