Ron DeSantis

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Score 25

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@MarlaPoshFL @ufhamilton You should read his essay on why he left Harvard — it is the opposite of trying to “Harvard” our Florida. He’s rebelling against the leftist cocoon at Harvard.

12/30/2025, 6:31:24 PM

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MarlaPosh

@MarlaPoshFL

@RonDeSantis @ufhamilton Forty years at Harvard, he is leaving (retiring) and it is still Harvard, please define “accomplished, reputable scholars”.
Don’t Harvard our Florida.
BOGO-End college sports also-just say no to educational and sports cartels! 😎

Ron DeSantis

@RonDeSantis

Bringing in accomplished, reputable scholars is a good thing and @ufhamilton has brought in some of the best from places like Harvard and Princeton.

But it also has a large number of very young faculty with big upsides who may be there for decades.

It is not mutually

Rick Addante, PhD

@RickAddante

@RonDeSantis @ufhamilton Why are we bringing more senior citizens to work in florida from Claudine Gay's institution of Harvard when we have tangible young tenured professors available to work in state that can and should be recruited? We need to build a better bullpen for Academia in Florida

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