Bell’s employment contract awards him a $2 million base salary, with the possibility of future “bonus and retention payments.”
Category: Higher Education
Posted inHigher Education
Interim UF president’s $2 million severance an ‘unprecedented’ gift
“It’s unprecedented that an interim would get any sort of payout at the completion of their term,” one expert said.
Posted inHigher Education
GOP restructuring of higher ed touches everything, including UF presidential search
The task of finding university and college presidents – once an academic exercise – is now a secretive, thorny project closely linked to Republican politics
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Latest hope for downtown Jacksonville, taxpayer-financed UF campus, might start very small
UF has big plans for its downtown Jacksonville campus, but is only obligated to enroll 50 students.
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With anti-terror law, DeSantis has new tool to reshape higher-ed
Campus protesters, already targeted by Florida’s governor, face new legal peril
Posted inFlorida
As UF considers buzz sawing 1,000 trees, critics feel stumped, muted
The University of Florida is planning to demolish an on-campus conservation area known as Graham Woods — a project that would chop down roughly 1,000 trees in a mini-forest favored by nature lovers and bicyclists.
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UWF OKs DeSantis favorite Manny Diaz Jr. as president, with $946K pay package
Diaz has limited education experience but was approved in a single-candidate competition – despite rules intended to normally require “more than two” finalists for the trustees to consider.
Posted inFlorida
With army of loyalists, DeSantis built a conservative higher-ed empire
With an ally expected to take over at UWF early this year, and a presidential vacancy at UNF, DeSantis is poised to build on his remarkable transformation of Florida higher education.
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Inside track: Manny Diaz Jr., powerful interim president, emerges as sole finalist at UWF
Secret presidential searches have tightened Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ grip on college presidencies.
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Florida wipes ‘culture,’ ‘diversity’ and other terms from UNF teacher-education courses
State officials cast a wide net in seeking to ban certain terms, ensnaring courses where words like “culture” and “diversity” appear in innocuous contexts.