Former University of Michigan President Santa Ono is not coming to Gainesville, the Sunshine State’s university system Board of Governors decided Tuesday in a 6–10 vote.
The board also denied the candidate a contract that would have paid a $2 million base salary for leadership roles at both the University of Florida and its UF Health entity, plus 3 percent cost-of-living increases and performance bonuses of up to 20 percent annually, according to the board-approved resolution.
Ono, the sole candidate, was criticized for a DEI 2.0 plan at Michigan that mandated diversity training and affinity groups by race and gender, and incorporated DEI concepts into most of the school’s programs….