intellectual freedom

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker is scheduled to start a trial Jan. 9 in a challenge by the United Faculty of Florida and other plaintiffs to a 2021 law approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Fewer than 10% of faculty and staff at Florida’s 12 public universities who received the viewpoint diversity survey earlier this year, responded to it. The figure was 2.4% for students.

Former Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran won't have to testify in a challenge to a 2021 law that requires surveys of “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on college and university campuses.

As education commissioner, Corcoran helped oversee the state college system. After he stepped down as education commissioner, the governor appointed him to the Board of Governors.

Proponents of the law argue that it will be used to “promote intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” in the classroom.

Lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis last year approved a law requiring schools to distribute the surveys annually.

Are college and university campuses open markets for ideas or incubators of narrow thought? Some Republican lawmakers want to know what’s really...

Are Florida’s public universities promoting intellectual freedom? Some state lawmakers don’t think so, and they want to survey schools on the issue. It...

Florida may require its 12 public universities to do a survey on the "intellectual freedom" and "viewpoint diversity" allowed on campuses.A panel in the…