Florida’s Board of Governors on June 3 rejected Santa Ono for president of its flagship school, the University of Florida. This came just one week after the University of Florida’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved Ono. In what is typically a procedural process, it marked the first time in the 22 years since the Board of Governors was established that it had rejected a candidate in this fashion. It was a blow for not only Ono but also for the board itself.
How did Ono nearly get approved as the University of Florida’s next president? The short answer is the almost childish simplicity of the Board of Trustees — and especially its chairman, Mori Hosseini. They created a situation where only an establishment education administrator like
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