Posted on 06/21/2025 10:05:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state board that oversees Florida’s public universities has confirmed three more allies of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to become university presidents.
It’s a move supporters say will grant the schools the political capital to secure critical state funding and navigate a rapidly shifting legal landscape, and one that critics see as another sign that alignment with the governor’s conservative education agenda has become a prerequisite for academic leadership in the state.
The elevation of two Republican former lawmakers and a lobbyist comes after the state Board of Governors rejected the nomination of a longtime academic to lead the University of Florida, amid conservative backlash against his past support for diversity, equity and inclusion programs that board members viewed as unacceptable liberal ideology.
With the appointments approved Wednesday, five of the state’s 12 public universities will be led by former Republican lawmakers or lobbyists, a move that will help bolster DeSantis’ legacy in higher education that could long outlast his time in office.
Leading a Florida university generally comes with a multiyear contract for a salary of at least six-figures and a plush on-campus residence. The process for picking these leaders happens largely behind closed doors, creating what the state’s Republican House speaker has called “a spoil system for a select few.”
DeSantis’ former lieutenant governor, Jeanette Nuñez. was confirmed as the president of Florida International University in Miami. Meanwhile, telecommunications lobbyist Marva Johnson was tapped to lead Florida A&M University, the state’s only public historically Black university. Johnson was previously a DeSantis appointee on the state board of education.
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They hate the “three more allies of Republican Gov. “ vs the “three more allies of Democrat Gov.” they would be very happy with.
AP is dogshiiite.
looking forward to the Republican Primaries. Vance v DeSantis could be good.
“…and navigate a rapidly shifting legal landscape, and one that critics see as another sign that alignment with the governor’s conservative education agenda has become a prerequisite for academic leadership in the state.”
Not that alignment with the leftist agenda has anywhere been a prerequisite to higher education leadership
Meanwhile, in the deep blue states, the democRATS and DemoKKKrats appoint their own "allies."
Their "allies" are part of, or related to, the Deep State, The Ruling Class, the WEF, the Islamofascistnazis, the Chicoms, and every other enemy of civilization.
Thank God for DeSantis. My Gov.
I love this. The funny part is, the local Miami Florida media is seething. They basically refuse to cover DeSantis anymore. They really don’t cover Trump unless it is necessary.
Keep in mind, every time Michelle Obama does a photo bomb or Barack decides to go for a walk, the Miami media goes gaga.
Your governor still hasn’t secured Florida’s elections...
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Only replying ‘cause the NASIDs and martini haven’t kicked in yet. Just finished loading > 600 lbs of glass plate negatives and prints for a 1400-mile trip on Monday. They date from 1890-1899. I date from 1950.
Care to defend your position? I’m a damn-Yankee transplant to Putnam County. Been here 25+ years. This county is pretty darn secure. But I help the Supervisor of Elections keep it so. We are paper ballots with voter ID.
Have you ever been a poll watcher.
DeSantis has ZERO chance of being the republican nominee for President. He is a terrible politician(among the worst I’ve ever seen) and he tried to kill MAGA. He’s done. The GOP is desperately trying to keep DeSantis in the news, however.
He showed us who he was when he ran against Trump.
you show us who you are when you post your hypocrisy...
your willful ignorance indicates you don’t live in florida...
So who am I?
someone that doesn’t live in florida...
He was Governor of Florida when he ran against Trump in the republican primary, correct? It didn’t seem to help him at all.
you’re dredging up old news... and the perfect example of why republicants will always be losers...
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