As Gov. Ron DeSantis and his allies have boasted about “cutting waste and woke ideology” at Florida universities, but his plan to reshape has escaped such scrutiny amid huge costs and a disappointing financial efficiency in a recent state report.

to be the most financially inefficient school in the university system, according to a study conducted by the state, with expenses per student and per degree far above average. was carried out by the Florida Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and state education officials are expected to review it publicly at the University of South Florida on Nov. 6.

New College’s total spending in 2020–2021 was $53,232,164, according to the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s university system. Four years later, that figure swelled

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