Florida's Department of Governmental Efficiency has ordered the state's 12 public universities to hand over detailed data on every undergraduate course offered—including all syllabi, faculty names, and performance metrics—in what critics are calling an unprecedented government intrusion into academic content and curriculum decisions.
The DeSantis administration sent its request Monday to the Board of Governors, which oversees Florida's public universities, demanding the massive trove of data by December 3. The compressed timeline has sparked concerns among faculty and administrators who must compile information on potentially thousands of courses spanning disciplines from accounting to zoology.
