July 2022

A Shameful Shallowness of Intellect

by James A. BaconThe University of Virginia Student Council has called for the immediate resignation of alumnus Bert Ellis from the Virginia Board of Visitors, and chastises Governor Glenn Youngkin\’s decision to appoint him as \”rewarding behavior that endangers students.\”Ellis stands in a long line of violent racist oppressors, says the proclamation. \”From the bondage […]

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$8 Million a Year for Higher-Ed\’s Non-Lobbyist Lobbyists

by James A. BaconWhen Donald J. Finley retired from the Virginia Business Higher Education Council (VBHEC) earlier this year, Virginia\’s higher-ed industry lost one of its most effective advocates in Richmond. As Charles Kelley with McGuire Woods Consulting tweeted at the time: \”Don is the best example of a true public servant, and he\’s undoubtedly

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$8 Million a Year for Higher-Ed\’s Non-Lobbyist Lobbyists

by James A. BaconWhen Donald J. Finley retired from the Virginia Business Higher Education Council (VBHEC) earlier this year, Virginia\’s higher-ed industry lost one of its most effective advocates in Richmond. As Charles Kelley with McGuire Woods Consulting tweeted at the time: \”Don is the best example of a true public servant, and he\’s undoubtedly

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Coping with the Affordability Crisis in Virginia Higher Ed

by James C. SherlockVirginia’s state-funded colleges and universities are too expensive. Tuitions are the headline numbers. But student fees and food and housing costs are as important to the budgets of families and individual students as tuition.Costs within the college system have gone up because of a general lack of management systems and data to support oversight.

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