More than 200 students have been moved from on-campus dorms to off-campus hotels to make room for the recruited athletes and other new students.
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a complaint that New College, in its new iteration, discriminated based on disability.
State lawmakers sent about $50 million to the school this year, a big jump from recent years.
“What was really missing more than anything else at New College was leadership,” Mr. Corcoran, a former Florida House speaker and state education commissioner, said in an interview.
“We’ve been able to do something that wasn’t accomplished in 63 years at the college, and that was grow enrollment.
Persons:
Richard Corcoran, ” Mr, Corcoran, “ We’ve, “, ”
Organizations:
U.S . Department of Education, New College, L.G.B.T.Q, Florida House
Locations:
Florida