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Three more DeSantis allies to take the helm of public universities in Florida
AP News ^ | Updated 4:23 PM CDT, June 18, 2025 | ATE PAYNE

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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1 posted on 06/21/2025 10:05:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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.


2 posted on 06/21/2025 10:09:10 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

looking forward to the Republican Primaries. Vance v DeSantis could be good.


3 posted on 06/21/2025 10:53:15 AM PDT by Jolla
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“…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


4 posted on 06/21/2025 11:06:09 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (24 years on Free Republic, 12/10/24! More than 10,500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Three more DeSantis allies to take the helm of public universities in Florida

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.

5 posted on 06/21/2025 11:17:03 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thank God for DeSantis. My Gov.


6 posted on 06/21/2025 11:37:10 AM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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.


7 posted on 06/21/2025 1:58:31 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka

Your governor still hasn’t secured Florida’s elections...


8 posted on 06/21/2025 2:07:45 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: mewzilla

?


9 posted on 06/21/2025 3:03:23 PM PDT by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: mewzilla

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.


10 posted on 06/21/2025 4:37:31 PM PDT by NelsTandberg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

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.


11 posted on 06/21/2025 4:44:48 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: McCarthysGhost

He showed us who he was when he ran against Trump.


12 posted on 06/21/2025 4:47:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

you show us who you are when you post your hypocrisy...


13 posted on 06/21/2025 5:05:56 PM PDT by heavy metal (maga... make asylums great again...)
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To: McCarthysGhost

your willful ignorance indicates you don’t live in florida...


14 posted on 06/21/2025 5:08:38 PM PDT by heavy metal (maga... make asylums great again...)
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To: heavy metal

So who am I?


15 posted on 06/21/2025 5:17:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

someone that doesn’t live in florida...


16 posted on 06/21/2025 5:23:58 PM PDT by heavy metal (maga... make asylums great again...)
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To: heavy metal

He was Governor of Florida when he ran against Trump in the republican primary, correct? It didn’t seem to help him at all.


17 posted on 06/21/2025 5:34:48 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost
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To: McCarthysGhost

you’re dredging up old news... and the perfect example of why republicants will always be losers...


18 posted on 06/21/2025 5:50:09 PM PDT by heavy metal (maga... make asylums great again...)
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