FROM INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION: “Last week, the Florida Board of Governors approved three new presidential hires with ties to Governor Ron DeSantis and the GOP, a trend that is growing across the state: Jeanette Nuñez as president of Florida International University, Marva Johnson to head up Florida A&M University, and Manny Diaz Jr. to lead the University of West Florida. Both Nuñez and Diaz are former Republican lawmakers; Nuñez stepped down from her role as lieutenant governor in February to take the FIU job in an interim capacity at first. Diaz, who was confirmed Wednesday as interim and is expected to end up in the position permanently, will leave his job as Florida commissioner of education. Johnson is a lobbyist whom Republican Governor Ron DeSantis previously appointed to various positions, including on the Florida State Board of Education.” Read more here.