TAMPA, Fla. — A review of course material at Florida colleges and universities is continuing after an order from the state.

In October, the state asked all Florida colleges and universities to review course material to identify any antisemitic content.

The state says the study should single out any curriculum with keywords such as Israel, Palestine, Middle East, Zionist or Jews for further review.

Longtime USF History Professor Fraser Ottanelli isn’t against the review, but says the state should vastly expand its look at curriculum for all discriminatory content.

“We should not only include antisemitism, but we should include anti-immigrant sentiment, we should include anti-women sentiment, anti-gay, anti-Muslim sentiment,” Ottanelli said. “I mean there is, there are a lot of different problems that we have, and if we are serious about addressing or at least engaging in a conversation about these issues, then we shouldn’t limit ourselves to one.”

Spectrum Bay News 9 reached out to USF regarding the ongoing review, and in a statement issued said: “USF, like all state universities, received the data request from the Florida Board of Governors regarding the key word search for potential antisemitic references and/or anti-Israeli bias in course descriptions and syllabi. 

“The university is still in the process of reviewing material in order to comply with this request.”

The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees state colleges and universities, says it expects all reviews to be completed and submitted by the end of January.