University of Florida faculty senate votes to not give former Gov. Jeb Bush an honorary degree (Read UF faculty to Bush: No honorary degree). UF President Bernie Machen told the Gainesville Sun the vote was a “horrible mistake.”
Kathleen Price, associate dean of library and technology in UF’s Levin College of Law, was among those who spoke in opposition to awarding the degree.
“I really don’t feel this is a person who has been a supporter of UF,” Price told The Sun after the vote.
Price criticized Bush for allowing the approval of three new medical schools during his tenure, a move that she says has “diluted those resources and hurt the University of Florida in each instance.” She also said Bush’s politically motivated decisions about university governance were harmful to the state.
Freedom of speech is two-edged sword…and teachers just can be made to follow the “party” line.