Greater Pensacola Chamber joins chorus of voices concerned with UWF trustee appointments
Pensacola has rallied behind University of West Florida as opposition grows over Gov. Ron DeSantis' controversial trustee ...
Pensacola city government joins opposition to DeSantis' picks for UWF board
Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves and the City Council will send a letter to the Florida Senate opposing Gov. Ron DeSantis' ...
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New trend under Gov. DeSantis: Politicians appointed as Florida university presidents
Ron DeSantis. To be sure, Florida’s State University System ... who was appointed in March 2020, and University of West ...
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Florida can change how it picks university presidents. There's a bill for that. | Opinion
If there was any doubt why Gov. Ron DeSantis once wanted U.S. Rep.-elect Randy Fine, R-Melbourne, to become president of Florida Atlantic University, he cleared the air during a recent press ...
DeSantis' UWF Trustee appointee Adam Kissel axed by Senate Committee
Kissel’s affiliation with the Heritage Foundation and his stances on the privatization of public universities and the GI Bill ...
Gov. DeSantis' new DOGE task force gains momentum as universities, localities commit to being audited
Local jurisdictions and entities in Florida have begun taking formal steps to ensure their commitment to Gov. Ron DeSantis' ...
Return to sender: Escambia letter says Yenor trustee appointment ‘threatens future of UWF’
Commissioners are asking Sen. Don Gaetz' committee not to recommend confirming the governor's appointment of Scott Yenor to ...
DeSantis ramps up call for DOGE-like audit of Florida universities
Gov. Ron DeSantis made his case for DOGE-ifying Florida’s higher education system at Wednesday’s meeting of the Board of ...
3 out of 4 UWF trustee appointees approved in first Senate confirmation hearings
The first confirmation hearings for several University ... West Florida trustee appointees wrapped up Wednesday. A Senate ...
Ron DeSantis Gives Update on Florida Dissolving Income, Property Tax
According to a study by the Florida Policy Institute, local governments in the Sunshine State receive a total of $42.7 ...
DeSantis talks up DOGE, lambastes DEI at State University System meeting
"For us, we really want to focus on what the classical mission of a university should be,” Gov. DeSantis said. “Please, ...
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Greater Pensacola Chamber joins chorus of voices concerned with UWF trustee appointments
The Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors joined the growing wave of support for the University of West Florida amid outcry over Gov. Ron DeSantis' appointments to the Board of ...