Florida college seized by DeSantis in ‘anti-woke’ push to triple in size (opens in new tab)

New College of Florida to acquire USF Sarasota-Manatee in deal that leading Democratic lawmaker says ‘reeks of grift’A liberal arts college seized by Florida’s hard-right governor, Ron DeSantis, and New College of Florida, which is controlled by DeSantis’s hand-picked board of trustees, will acquire the of the University of South Florida (USF) next month in a deal described by a leading Florida Democrat as “a grift”.