In American Higher Ed, “Elite” Is Now Up for Grabs

Jesse Arm – The appointment of a university president rarely makes national news. But the Sunday announcement that Santa Ono will leave his post as president of the University of Michigan to lead the University of Florida deserves attention—not just for what it says about these two institutions, but for what it reveals about the emerging ideological realignment in American higher education.

In less than three years at the helm in Ann Arbor, Ono quietly became one of the most consequential university presidents in the country. Sensing the changing cultural winds, he began steering one of America’s most prestigious public universities back toward sanity. Continue reading →