Surprise Shake up at the NCAA
Ben Brown (New College class of 2005), board member of the New College Foundation and the Chair of the New College Alumni Association, unexpectedly resigned from the Foundation Board on Tuesday, March 25.
March FL legislative update
What will the 2025 legislative session bring for New College? Will it take over the Ringling Museum, or even USF Sarasota-Manatee? Learn more in the NCA’s legislative update!
Round-up: Op-eds & Opinions
These articles offer a glimpse into the commitments that drive the board’s work and our ongoing efforts to champion the New College community during these tumultuous times.
Corcoran's Top Tier Student Housing: A Moldy Trailer Park
After spending millions of taxpayer dollars for temporary student housing inappropriate for Florida’s humidity or hurricane season, Corcoran’s “Banyan boxes” dorms are now sitting unused and students are living in hotels, potentially costing millions more in taxpayers’ dollars.
Corcoran promotes sports over critical New College needs (again)
The library roof is still leaking, but there’ll be a million dollars for “sports”. Is this what an honors college in desperate need of programmatic and infrastructure improvements really needs?
Why Support the NCA?
We look forward to your continuing support for NCA, as we do our best to maintain the spirit of New College, and to support some of the programs which made it the unique, life-changing, educational institution so many of us loved and brutally critiqued. We all knew of its flaws, weaknesses, and failures, but we also knew that these flaws were fixable, and many of us had good ideas on how to implement those fixes.
Dear BOG: please grade Corcoran’s business plan fairly
This proposed business plan must be evaluated in light of the poor performance from Richard Corcoran over the last 18 months as he oversaw the lowest average SATs in the history of New College, a historical drop in student retention, and a long run of last-minute and poorly executed initiatives.
Corcoran’s alumni Town Hall a dismal failure
If President Corcoran’s aim was to engage the alumni community with events at New College, last night’s performance did just the opposite
Dangerous Precedent for DSOs: New College Claims Total Control Over Foundation Board
New College is claiming unlimited power to appoint members to the board overseeing the $46MM endowment, which other Florida universities do not allow...
Are NCF student scholarship funds going to Richard Corcoran’s salary?
The New College Foundation board needs to confirm that restricted funds – money that donors asked to be spent only on specific programs – are being spent by New College of Florida in line with donor restrictions.
New College has fewest Trustee committee meetings of any university
Amidst concern about lack of proper board oversight as New College of Florida’s new administration introduces radical changes to the school, a new data set shows that New College of Florida’s Board of Trustees has held the fewest committee meetings in 2023 compared to the other eleven Florida universities.