New College of Florida technically took over the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus July 1, but USF must still teach-out perhaps more than 1,000 students on the campus.
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The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus now belongs to New College of Florida.
Kind of. Tentatively. It’s complicated.
A state law technically transferred the 32-acre campus to New College on July 1, greatly expanding the footprint of an institution that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has made the poster child for his conservative makeover of higher ed. The Sarasota-Manatee campus was right next door to New College, and now it’s part of it.
