AHA Statement Opposing Florida Higher Education Bill Featured in Media Coverage (March 2023)

The AHA’s statement opposing Florida’s House Bill 999 has been featured in media coverage of the higher education bill, which the AHA referred to as a “blatant and frontal attack on principles of academic freedom and shared governance central to higher education in the United States.” References to the AHA’s statement“express[ing] horror” at the bill have appeared in Axios Tampa Bay, the Florida Phoenix, and Newsweek.