Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist, and Jason “Eddie” Speir are among six new trustee appointees at the Sarasota college.
In two forums hosted on the campus, Rufo tied New College’s anemic enrollment and recruitment struggles to an embrace of liberal orthodoxy that he said repels and intimidates conservatives. Many at the college silently agree with this prognosis, Rufo said. But they won’t say so publicly because “some of you, frankly, are bullying and intimidating people,” Rufo said.Rufo is among six people who were appointed to New College’s board earlier this month by Florida Gov.
The threat, which Speir said came in an email to the college, appeared to set off a disagreement between the trustees and the college’s administration about whether it was safe to proceed with the forums. In an email to campus on Wednesday morning, Suzanne Sherman, the college’s provost, told students, faculty and staff to “refrain from attending” the events. “We prioritize keeping your community safe,” she wrote.
New College has faced threats to its existence before. In 2020, a Republican lawmaker proposed a bill that would have merged the college with a larger state university, effectively shutting it down. The college’s stated goal of enrolling 1,200 students has proved elusive, and lawmakers have grown impatient with the stagnant growth.
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