The former University of Michigan leader’s failed move to Florida has taken on unmistakable political significance for higher education.

Santa Ono shouldn't have groveled to the anti-DEI movement in his unsuccessful bid to become the University of Florida's president.

Santa J. Ono recently received an opportunity to serve as president of the University of Florida. It was a position the university’s board of trustees had previously supported him unanimously.

“The maestro has passed — the man was a open heart with two legs — with an ear that heard the angels. Quite literally. Love ...