Letter to the editor
The officers and board members of the Retired Faculty of the University of Florida (RFUF) on April 5, 2025, strongly endorsed a statement on the challenges facing higher education.
The UF retired faculty are greatly troubled by “emerging attacks on the value and fiscal stability of institutions of higher education, both in place and proposed, by state and federal agencies. These efforts appear to target reducing institutional autonomy, evidence-based thinking, academic freedom, diversity, and the scientific and cultural contributions of universities and colleges that are the centerpieces of a free country.”…