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The Florida Board of Governors during its June 3 meeting in Orlando voted against the confirmation of Dr. Santa Ono as the University of Florida's next president.

The decision by the 17-member board, which serves as the governing body for the state's 12 public universities, comes a week after UF's Board of Trustees unanimously approved Ono for president on May 27.

Ono was grilled by governors for nearly three hours on his past support of diversity, equity and inclusion programs during his time as president of the University of Michigan, and for allowing an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters to remain on campus for a month. He also was questioned at length about his views on antisemitism, and holistic versus merit-based adm

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