The Florida Board of Governors rejected former University of Michigan (UM) president Dr. Santa Ono on Tuesday as the University of Florida’s (UF’s) next president during a meeting in Orlando.
Questioned by a 17-member board, which serves as the state’s governing body for its 12 public universities, the motion to move Ono forward as UF’s president was halted in a 6-10 vote after a nearly three hour session, according to MLive. The former UM president was reportedly grilled by the board on his past support for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, along with a slew of other issues, the Gainesville Sun reported.
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