UF president

TALLAHASSEE—Days after Florida's top higher education board shot down a presidential finalist for the first time ever, House Speaker Danny Perez called the move "embarrassing" and preventable had a bill despised by Gov. Ron DeSantis passed the legislature. Perez, a Miami Republican who's clashed with DeSantis for months, spoke to reporters on Thursday, two days […]

In a historic first, the Florida Board of Governors on Tuesday blocked Dr. Santa Ono from becoming the University of Florida’s next president, caving to Trump world’s bitter criticism of his past support for diversity initiatives and allegations of antisemitism. Ono, who resigned his post as president of the University of Michigan just hours after […]