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Florida: Where Time is Out of Joint

By CHRISTOPHER ROBÉ AND DAWN L. ROTHE “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” Alice in Wonderland It is difficult for many of us in Florida to fully grasp how we have ended up as ground zero for the culture wars over gender, sexuality, Black history, and so much else. Back in…

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Keys to Unlocking Tenure and Academic Freedom

BY CHAVELLA  T. PITTMAN Imagine a world where our campuses are… …incubators that birth a bounty of intellectual ideas that are fully pursued, investigated, taught, and disseminated. …celebrated because academic freedom is not only protected, but how it is protected has become an example to other endeavors. …reflections of a full range of ideas pursued…

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For Whom the University?

BY RODOLFO ROSALES Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship recipients have formed a community in which we can share the products of our knowledge, our talents, our research, and our work in the arts, humanities, and sciences—along with many other intellectual accomplishments across the disciplines that have been significant in establishing our footprint in the history of…

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Temperature Check—Ice Cold

BY LORI LATRICE MARTIN Nearly two and a half years ago, the world watched as George Floyd, a human being, had his life snuffed out by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Officer Chauvin applied pressure to George Floyd’s neck while other officers made sure that he could not move, and another made sure no bystanders…