New College of Florida

Ben Brown said he was forced to step down from his post of two years after alumni concerns over mismanaged funds were repeatedly ignored.

Florida State University currently pours vast resources into the maintenance of The Ringling, including managing the museum’s endowment of more than $50 million to employing more than 200 staff.

The documents said, in part, that “there is little offered at USF-SM that regional/local students couldn’t access more easily at other regional options or by USF in Tampa, St. Petersburg, or online.”

Sarasota state Sen. Joe Gruters told the Tampa Bay Times the leading scenario is New College "ruling the day."

People gathered at the New College of Florida as border czar Tom Homan appeared with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to discuss immigration policy.

Tom Homan talked about plans to continue tackling illegal immigration during a sit-down at New College. With him were Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf.

A community grassroots organization is pushing back against a proposal that would strip the Ringling Museum of Art of its partnership with FSU and give it to New College of Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis included the transfer in his proposed budget for 2025-26. The art museum, located less than a mile from New College in Sarasota, is currently managed by FSU.

The six professors claim the restrictions violate educators’ and students’ speech rights. They say is has "left instructors and students fearful for the future of not only education, but also free thought and democracy in Florida.”

New College's baseball team plays home games at IMG Academy in Bradenton. The new ballpark would be on its Sarasota campus.

The appointments to the public university in Florida’s western panhandle come two years after DeSantis tapped six new board members to oversee New College of Florida, in what critics say was a hostile political takeover of the small progressive school.

The plan will allow the school to receive $15 million that was included in the state budget and puts the school on pace to request $200 million-plus over the next five years.