FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis answers questions from the media, March 7, 2023, at the state Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)
PGSTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed five new members to the board overseeing the University of West Florida in Pensacola, including two people affiliated with the conservative think tank behind Project 2025.
The appointments to the public university in Florida's western panhandle come two years after DeSantis tapped to oversee , in what critics say was a hostile of the small progressive school.
The new appointees to UWF's board include Adam Kissel, a visiting fellow on higher education reform for , which proposed Project 2025 as a for a hard-right turn in American government and society. Kissel served in the U.S. Department of Education under President Donald Trump.
DeSantis also appointed Scott Yenor, a political science professor at Boise State University who previously was a visiting fellow on American political thought at The Heritage Project.
The other nominees are Paul Bailey, an adjunct professor in the pre-law program at Pensacola Christian College; Gates Garcia, president of the private equity firm Pinehill Capital Partners; and Chris Young, founder of the personal injury law firm Perry & Young.
The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate, where Republicans hold a supermajority. In 2023, senators declined to confirm one of DeSantis' most controversial New College nominees, but approved the others.
DeSantis built his national profile by leveraging in Florida’s classrooms, , rooting out and limiting what Florida schools can teach about racism.
___ Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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