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Florida public universities rebrand LGBTQ graduations to skirt state's DEI ban
Florida’s public universities are holding LGBTQ+ 'graduation celebrations' but excluding the term 'DEI' to ensure c…
By Emily Sturge  '25
Apr 29, 2025
FL universities will be the first to carry out immigration enforcement on campus
Five of Florida’s largest public universities are partnering with ICE, including the University of Florida, Florida…
By Emily Sturge  '25
Apr 21, 2025
USF official resigns after leaked recording reveals how he undermined Florida anti-DEI laws
A University of South Florida faculty member has resigned from his position after leaked audio in which he lectured…
By Campus Reform 
Apr 9, 2025
Florida legislators seek increased funding for campus security against anti-Semitism
A bipartisan group of Florida state legislators are pushing for more funding to protect Jewish students.
By Campus Reform 
Apr 7, 2025
DESANTIS' DOGE: 10 examples of outrageous spending on Florida’s campuses
Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered Florida's DOGE task force to audit wasteful spending in higher education.
By Emily Sturge  '25
Apr 1, 2025
Florida State pulls DEI-based terms from website to comply with Trump admin
Florida State University is deleting references to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion from its official websites by re…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Mar 18, 2025
Sen. Rick Scott introduces bill expanding Title VI protections for Jewish students
The bill would expand Title VI protections for Jewish students and increase penalties on violators.
By Pedro Rodriguez '25
Mar 13, 2025
Campus Reform's Anti-DEI Legislation Tracker
17 states have passed anti-DEI legislation as of March 3.
By Emily Sturge  '25
Mar 4, 2025
Gov. DeSantis establishes Florida DOGE, cuts in-state tuition for illegal migrants
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of a state-level Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task for…
By Emily Sturge  '25
Mar 3, 2025
Leftist Florida student tears down flyers for Charlie Kirk event: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
Campus Reform obtained exclusive footage of a University of Florida journalism student tearing down flyers advertis…
By Emily Sturge  '25
Feb 24, 2025
New Florida bill would strengthen Second Amendment rights at colleges and universities
The bill states that ‘persons [can] carry firearms on the property of any college or university.’
By Elad Vaida 
Feb 21, 2025
Florida lawmakers considering legislation banning in-state tuition for illegal alien students
‘While blue-collar Floridians are struggling to make ends meet, it is not fair to require them to pay $45 million a…
By Pedro Rodriguez '25
Feb 13, 2025
University of Florida email advertises scholarships for illegal aliens
‘Some of the scholarships are specifically for undocumented students, while others are open to all students, no mat…
By Michael Duke '26
Feb 3, 2025
'Meritocracy is back': WATCH
Campus Reform Reporter Emily Sturge joined Real America's Voice to discuss how universities are increasingly reinst…
By Campus Reform 
Feb 3, 2025
University of Miami is latest college to reinstate mandatory standardized testing
The University of Miami recently announced that it will be removing a COVID-era policy that did not require incomin…
By Michael Duke '26
Jan 27, 2025
University of South Florida to feature art exhibit on the word ‘Latinx’
The exhibit ‘locates, through the work of more than a dozen historical and contemporary artists, dynamic entry poin…
By Elad Vaida 
Jan 6, 2025
2024: Foreign influence in American higher ed 
In 2024, various public officials and citizens raised concerns over the corrupting or disruptive impact of foreign …
By Campus Reform 
Dec 30, 2024
Florida bill would ban 'political' flags from government buildings, public classrooms
Florida State Senator Randy Fine has introduced legislation that would ban 'political' flags in government building…
By Campus Reform 
Dec 17, 2024
University of Florida students host ‘Luigi Mangione look-alike contest’
‘At the University of Florida, there was a Luigi Mangione look-alike contest. I can't believe that I am seeing this…
By Elad Vaida 
Dec 16, 2024
Florida senator files bill to prevent illegal aliens from receiving in-state tuition
A Florida senator has filed legislation that would prevent illegal aliens from receiving in-state college tuition.
By Campus Reform 
Dec 10, 2024
Florida International University profs lose minds over state regulation banning indoctrination about 'systemic racism,' 'oppression'
One professor said the regulation signifies ‘plantation mentality,’ and another called it ‘a high level of politica…
By Elad Vaida 
Nov 27, 2024
‘GOOD CLEANUP’: Florida State removes more than 400 courses from gen ed requirements, including many focused on identity politics
A Florida regulation mandates that ‘[g]eneral education core courses may not distort significant historical events …
By Elad Vaida 
Nov 27, 2024
Florida Board of Governors to review over 140 reported partnerships that four state universities have with 'foreign countries of concern'
This is the first time the Board of Governors is reviewing reports on the relations of universities with “foreign c…
By Eann Tang '25
Nov 26, 2024
Biden-appointed federal judge rejects DeSantis accreditation lawsuit
A Biden-appointed federal judge recently rejected a lawsuit brought by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that challenge…
By Benjamin Brown '26
Oct 17, 2024
Florida International pulls 22 DEI-based courses from core curriculum to comply with state law
Florida International University (FIU) recently changed its general education requirements by removing nearly two d…
By Benjamin Brown '26
Oct 15, 2024
Florida senators introduce latest bill to reduce anti-Semitism in higher ed
Florida’s two U.S. senators recently introduced legislation intended to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses.
By Campus Reform 
Oct 10, 2024
Biden-Harris DOT gives Florida A&M $3M to start 'Mobility Equity Research Center'
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced that it will give $2.97 million to fund the 'Mobilit…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Oct 2, 2024
Report details schools' efforts to rebrand rather than eliminate DEI offices in accordance with state laws
A recent study says that American universities who have been forced to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (…
By Travis Morgan  '25
Sep 20, 2024
USF Marxists try to invade building as part of protest, get kicked out by staff
One of the groups responsible for the protest boasts that it is the ‘only Marxist student organization on campus.’
By Mary Stevens '25
Sep 19, 2024
Dozens of tenured profs could lose their jobs under Florida review if they don't improve performance
'Florida’s students deserve a quality, affordable education and don’t need ideological activists and political orga…
By Felicity Schmidt '26
Sep 18, 2024
USF courses will stop brainwashing students that U.S. is ‘racist, sexist’
Starting in the fall of 2025, Gen Ed courses can no longer teach ‘that systemic racism, sexism, oppression, and pri…
By Clarise Tujardon '26
Sep 18, 2024
USF student rep for Planned Parenthood hands out Plan B pills for free
“I've kind of become like the ‘sex-ed person’ on campus,” the student boasted.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Sep 16, 2024
Anti-Israel protests attempt to return to USF campus one month after lefty org's permanent suspension; violating campus policies
Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society protesters attempted to hold another demonstration after being banned f…
By Emma Arns '26
Sep 14, 2024
Florida State University groups to host ‘cowboy themed drag show,’ Brokeback Mountain viewing
The event will ‘include about four amateur performers’ and will be ‘hosted by a more well-known Tallahassee Drag Pe…
By Nicole  Kelly  '25
Sep 10, 2024
Two anti-Israel Florida students accept plea deals for April arrests
Two students from the University of Florida who were arrested in April during an anti-Israel protest in Gainesville…
By Gabriela  Dimova '26
Sep 10, 2024
University of North Florida seeks to amend protest regulations to clarify what counts as unlawful activity
The new proposed revisions clarify that tent encampments will not be allowed on campus.
By Gabriela  Dimova '26
Sep 5, 2024
Florida faculty union slams mandated anti-semitism course review: 'Oppose any form of academic censorship'
Chancellor of the Board of Governors Ray Rodrigues laid out the course review in an email earlier this month.
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 31, 2024
Florida law causes all eight adjunct unions to become decertified
S.B. 256, which was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis last May, has officially caused all eight adjunct unions to be dece…
By Benjamin Brown '26
Aug 23, 2024
Anti-Israel student has suspension appeal denied by University of Florida
The University of Florida in Gainesville has denied an appeal from a student who was suspended for her actions duri…
By Austin Browne  '24
Aug 22, 2024
U of Tampa RA training includes scenario of student feeling 'threatened' by conservative roommate with MAGA flag
The University of Tampa’s Resident Advisor (R.A.) training featured a hypothetical scenario in which a student comp…
By Brendan  McDonald '25
Aug 21, 2024
Books related to defunct gender studies program removed by New College of Florida
The New College of Florida (NCF) recently disposed of hundreds of library books, including many related to its now-…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 21, 2024
UF rebrands its ‘Inclusion and Multicultural Engagement’ center to comply with state anti-DEI law
The school shut down the center to comply with Florida’s anti-DEI legislation.
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 8, 2024
90 anti-Israel faculty members defend pro-Palestinian activists in open letter to U of Florida
The faculty and staff members sided with those anti-Israel students who were arrested and suspended following their…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 5, 2024
Federal appeals court blocks Biden administration's Title IX overhaul in Florida, three other states
A Federal appeals court in Georgia ruled in favor of Florida and three other states and stopped new Title IX regula…
By Adam Sabes 
Aug 1, 2024
Florida student uses fake emails, AI-generated voicemail to fake suspension for anti-Israel activism
A Santa Fe College student arrested at an anti-Israel protest at the University of Florida lied about receiving a s…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Aug 1, 2024
USF decision to temporarily remove flags from campus building triggers panic among students
The president of an LGBTQ club at the school called the move ‘scary’ and ‘disheartening.’
By Michael Duke '26
Jul 25, 2024
University of Florida President Ben Sasse steps down amid wife's health concerns: 'This isn’t an easy note to write'
The former Nebraska Senator was appointed as university president in November 2022
By Emily Sturge  '25
Jul 19, 2024
'THEY KNEW THE RULES': UF students arrested at anti-Israel protests face 3-4 year suspensions
'The University of Florida was clear from the very beginning that an arrest for violations of prohibited activities…
By Patrick  McDonald '26
Jul 11, 2024
USF expels student 'one assignment' away from graduation afterjoining Hamas-endorsed protest
A University of South Florida student expelled a student who was "one assignment" away from graduation after she pa…
By Campus Reform 
Jul 9, 2024
Popular Catholic priest reminds Ave Maria grads to include God in post-graduation plans
Ave Maria University’s commencement address was delivered by a Fr. Mike Schmitz who encouraged students to embrace …
By Michael Duke '26
Jul 8, 2024