(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the creation of an alternative university accreditation system on Thursday saying the existing one is “beholden to woke ideology.”

This new system, the Commission for Public Higher Education, is composed of six state public university systems – the State University System of Florida, the University System of Georgia, the University of North Carolina System, the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees, the University of Tennessee System and the Texas A&M University System. DeSantis says each will prioritize student achievement over ideology.

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