University of Florida Board of Trustees defended its search process in a letter to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott and U.S. Reps. Greg ...

Santa Ono, the former president of the University of Michigan, will not become the next president of the University of Florida following a vote by the Florida Board of Governors on June 3.

Last year, the University of Michigan agreed to increase Ono’s salary to $1.3 million, increasing to $3 million by 2032 — more than three times what any Florida public university president earns.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida plans to hire school president Santa Ono away from the University of Michigan. Ono was recommended as the search committee’s only finalist to ...

The University of Florida Board of Trustees had voted unanimously in May to approve Ono as the school's 14th president, and it is unprecedented for the governors to reverse such an action.

The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state's universities, voted 10-6 against Santa Ono, who was most recently president of the University of Michigan.

University of Florida president-elect Santa Ono glances at Mori Hosseini, right, chairman of the UF Board of Trustees, as the decision by the Florida Board of Governors to vote against his ...