DeSantis Invites Jewish Students to Transfer to Florida

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says that students elsewhere troubled by campus antisemitism should transfer to Florida colleges and universities.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30: Posters of some of those kidnapped by Hamas in Israeli are displayed on a pole outside of New York University (NYU) as tensions between supporters of Palestine and Israel increase on college campuses across the nation on October 30, 2023 in New York City. The Biden administration is announcing new actions in an attempt to crack down on antisemitic incidents on college campuses following the Hamas terror attacks on Israel. Many Jewish and Israeli students have felt threatened after large and vocal demonstrations against the fighting in Gaza broke out at numerous universities. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is making a bold offer to Jewish students perceiving greater antisemitism on campus: transfer to colleges in Florida, which has taken a strong stance on the subject.

In his annual State of the State speech to the combined houses of the Florida Legislature in Tallahassee on Jan. 9, Mr. DeSantis said Florida would make it easy to do by waiving minimum credit hour requirements for transfer students, waiving application deadlines and encouraging universities and colleges to use their authority to grant students with financial hardship in-state tuition.