Florida Gov signs law requiring students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday signed legislation mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their beliefs in an effort to promote intellectual diversity on campuses. 

“We obviously want our universities to be focused on critical thinking, academic rigor,” DeSantis said during a news conference Tuesday, according to the Naples Daily News. 

“We do not want them as basically hotbeds for stale ideology,” he said. 

“It used to be thought that a university campus was a place where you’d be exposed to a lot of different ideas,”...