Florida’s New College has been reshaped under state leadership, with curricular changes, personnel shifts and ideological signals that mirror national debates over course content and campus mission. Officials moved quickly to substitute new requirements and personnel, prompting scrutiny from faculty and higher‑ed observers. At the same time, essays from humanities scholars argue that the ‘crisis of the humanities’ has been declared over only to be replaced by new political pressures and business‑tech shifts that erode humanistic inquiry. Together, the stories map how state action and sectoral pressures are altering humanities hiring, curriculum and campus culture.