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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: DeSantisā Push to Ideologically Transform Florida Colleges
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Ben Bayer and Sam Weaver discuss Ron DeSantisā push to ideologically transform Florida colleges, and evaluate its potential to bring about greater freedom in the realm of education. While some of DeSantisā actions should be evaluated as positive, there are ominous signs that they could also entrench further state control of education.
Among the topics covered:
The toxic monoculture in American higher education;
The need for a separation of education and state;
Using the āFairness Doctrineā to reverse state control in education;
Aspects of DeSantisā proposal that could help introduce ideological diversity;
How DeSantisā...