Sasse Grifting UF

Correct. That's why they'll lay the blame on Sasse.

 

but the investigation makes everything at Uf harder I would think

 

Yeah, DeSantis doesn't care about UF.

 

Patronis is also a Nole

 

Nah, Rhonda is too busy destroying what is left of New College. Today it was the libraries. Gotta make sure the students don't have academic freedom.

 

I agree, which was the "RATS" reference. I actually think it is funny because I think Patronis is a bigger d-bag than Sasse.

 

No that is their salary. Why would you not just look it up rather than speculate? I am guessing you don't want to see it for yourself. Three are north of a million and the top salary is 1.6 million.

 

what caused the split? I thought desi was a sasse fan to begin with

 

no doubt about that

 

I'm not sure he was a 'fan,' but Sasse was the sort of conservative that would get buy-in from centrist/NYT reader types. More cover than appointing some mouth-breather weirdo at a high profile university. I think it was just political savviness.

 

My understanding is that they have never been close.

 

Respectfully, you don't seem to appreciate how grant-funded research works.

It's all going to have to be reported by the University, but research faculty have the bulk of their "salary" paid by the grants awarded to them for their research (whether from NIH or other large research funding groups like Breakthrough T1D, fka Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).

The grant funds go through UF and UF signs the paycheck, but those faculty salaries inflate or dry up with the research funding.

 

One theory is Desantis didn't care about Sasse one way or another and it was all a favor to Pete Ricketts to clear out Sasse's Senate seat so he could take over.

 

Absolutely correct. And If the grant is federal as most large ones are then UF gets a huge cut (50% iirc) right off the top. That’s why the rainmakers are held in such high regard (regardless of the quality of the work).

Edit: Also, and i’m on shakier ground here, but many of the higher salaried profs work at Shands and money flows through UF from Medicare, Medicaide, and health insurance companies.

 

Post of the week!!!!!!

 

I did look it up. https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/University-of-Florida-Professor-Salaries-E3017_D_KO22,31.htm

 

occams razor and all, that seems like the most plausible answer

 

now front and center on AP.

I wish they would give this much coverage to the New College catastrophe

the bolded part made me laugh, because anger wouldn't matter....

Ex-University of Florida president gave former Senate staffers large raises, report finds (msn.com)

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Spending by recently resigned University of Florida President Ben Sasse is coming under scrutiny after the student-run newspaper found that he awarded secretive consulting contracts and gave high-paying jobs to former members of his U.S. Senate staff and Republican allies — actions that he defended Friday.

Both Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida's chief financial officer are calling on the state university system's Board of Governors to investigate after The Independent Florida Alligator reported this week that as school president, Sasse gave six former staffers and two former Republican officials jobs with salaries that outstripped comparable positions. Most did not move to Gainesville, but work remotely from hundreds of miles away.

Overall, Sasse's office spent $17.3 million during his first year compared to the $5.6 million spent by his predecessor Ken Fuchs in his final year. The university has an overall budget of $9 billion.

DeSantis' office issued a statement saying that the governor “take(s) the stewardship of state funds very seriously and (has) already been in discussions with leadership at the university and with the Board of Governors to look into the matter.”