UF presidential search is getting underway (U Michigan prez is the sole candidate) update- merged

Chris Rufo has been running the GOP's culture movement for at least 5 years now. Whatever he says they do

 

A lot of the top students already leave the state. Every visit we made to a private university had the most or nearly the most Florida student than any other state. We saw that at Northwestern, Sarah Lawrence, Barnard/Columbia, Fordham, Wesleyan and BU. Cheap tuition is the only draw to UF for in the top in state students. Truth is with grants and sliding scale tuition, they could go to Ivies or equivalents for not much more. For the ones that stay, what will be UF's reputation in five ore years? Ten or twenty more years?

 

This is something to note for later:
Ono blocked as University of Florida’s next president by state board
Board member Charles Lydecker said that no candidate for a university president’s job had ever been interrogated in such a manner.

“This process does not feel fair to me,” he said.

At one point in the meeting, Silagy asked Hosseini whether any sitting board of governors members had expressed interest in the president’s role.

Hosseini said Renner had approached him prior to Ono’s selection, causing a momentary uproar. Renner responded that he had been asked by a UF trustee to speak with Hosseini and that the conversation occurred before he was appointed to the board of governors. He further promised that if there is a vacancy for the president’s role, he would not seek it.
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Renner, of course, is a Republican politician who has no higher ed experience. He is one of the people who grilled Ono (and I presume voted against him). Let's watch and see if he pursues the job again.

 

Step One: There needs to be a fiscal cost attached to this debacle. UF's Board of Trustees should request state compensation for the cost of the search conducted in good faith. UF Controller's office, in conjuction with the Trustees, must make public this process cost and request compensation from the Board of Governors.
Ours is not the first school tampered with in this way; FAU was also interfered with last year.
SEND THE STATE A BILL -- and let the public know how much this crap is costing.

 

The vote was 10 to 6, with one absentee. Waiting to hear how each voted.

 

For a completely different reason. My mom, UF Pharmacy, 1952, founded ASAP, an after school/stay out of trouble/literacy program in Panama City that turned into a full blown after-school tutoring program with cultural immersion experiences and college preparation programs. My siblings and I donated a portion of our inheritance from her to build and staff a second facility in another part of the county. The new center will be named after her.

My father, who was mayor of Panama city for over twenty years was the driving force in bringing FSU's Panama City campus to life. He wanted young people in Panama City with limited financial resources to omplete a bachelor's degree without ever leaving their families behind and giving them the best chance of finding meaningful employment n their home town. My brother continued his mission during his six years as mayor. By then, FSU at Panama City was firmly established. After the passing of our mother, my siblings and i decided to fund a scholarship in perpetuity to one deserving graduating student from the ASAP program, each year.

Nothing we could give to UF would make as much of a difference. And any money thrown at UF right now would be a waste.

 

I'm a stubborn SOB. If I were on the BOT, I'd tell the BOG that we're not doing another search. They can confirm Ono or do the search themselves.

 

UWF too. DeSantis appointed some cranks to their BOT, had them push out the university president (despite strong metrics), and then appointed Manny Diaz, one of his cronies, as interim president.

 

Fucking Florida

 

According to the University of Michigan 2023-2024 Diversity Report Summary prepared by Mark J. Perry, Ph.D. the DEI programs at UM employed a total of at least 317 employees, but perhaps over 500 in actuality.
The total annual payroll of UM’s full-time DEI staff was estimated at $30.68 million. To put that in perspective, $30.68 million would pay in-state tuition and fees for 1,781 undergraduate students at UM according to the report. Ono's statements regarding DEI to the BOG were not accurate.

UM 2023 Diversity Report Summary FINAL.docx

 

I don’t really gaf about ono in particular but that talking point is stupid. 30 mil is nothing at all big school like Michigan. The budget at Uf is in the billions. So we didn’t hire the best presidential candidate in Uf history because he inherited a big dei bureaucracy? This culture war bs has reached McCarthy levels of stupid.

 

Love it. Part of getting our country back on the right track is breaking up the liberal incubators masquerading as universities.

 

Filling the position with another unqualified politician won't be getting anything back on track

 

It's especially stupid because (as I imagine you know) the FL BOG was fully behind DEI until 2023. They even issued a memo in 2020 requiring the state universities to promote DEI. Ono pledged loyalty to DeSantis and the GOP in an op-ed and signed the contract with a clause requiring him to adhere to the state's anti-DEI policy. He jumped through all the hoops. I'm no fan of the guy, but dinging him for it is just clownish.
https://www.flbog.edu/wp-content/uploads/DEI-Workgroup_MEMO_Final.pdf

 

oh so the solution is to “break up” uf? lol ooookkkk.

 

You're on the wrong forum. This is a forum for UF supporters, not people who want to destroy the university. I'm sure you can find a forum more suited to your tastes elsewhere.

 

And turning it into a public version of Liberty University? That would truly be the end. FYI, most of the 9400 Jewish students at UF would walk out in droves. Explain to me in detail exactly what a liberal incubator is and give solid examples. I have no doubt your fully of fecies but I'd like to hear it anyway.

God I hope you're not a Gator grad.