Jim Bacon: If this emerging paradigm is correct, UVA and other higher-ed institutions are taking a generation of students coddled by parents and K-12 schools to begin with and making things worse.
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Furman alumnus Evan Myers writes a guest commentary in The Post and Currier, highlighting the need for alumni to hold their administration accountable for protecting and promoting free speech on campus. What can we glean for UVA?
Furman Needs to Walk Its Talk on Free Speech Read More »
One month has passed since the death of openthebooks.com founder and CEO Adam Andrzejewski who The Jefferson Council will remember as the very definition of William Wordsworth’s Happy Warrior.
Remembering Adam Andrzejewski, the Happy Warrior Read More »
The controversy over an allegedly toxic work environment at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and UVA Health System reached escape velocity. “I can stand here before you honestly and claim these statements to be categorically false.”
UVA Admin Has Lost Control of the Med School Abuses Narrative Read More »
If such bullying behavior is shown to be the norm for some types of students and not others, UVA has a very big problem.
How UVA Holds Students “Accountable” Read More »
The mechanics of the high-tuition, high-aid financial model are complex and, as long as I have been attending UVA Board meetings, have never been fully explained. President Ryan owes the Board more than feel-good stories of generous donors like the Stephensons. He owes a full accounting.
Dissecting UVA’s High-Tuition, High-Aid Business Model Read More »
Who makes up the UVA Board of Visitors \”Executive Committee\”? What is their role? And how are they potentially stacking the deck for another year of status quo?
UVA’s Board Stacking the Deck for Another Year Read More »
A group of UVA medical-school faculty members aired their allegations against the University’s medical leadership after trying fruitlessly to work within the system. As usual, Board of Visitors proceedings lacked transparency.
UVA Med Faculty Have Been Seeking Redress Since 2021 Read More »
Just how bad is administrative overhead at the University of Virginia? It’s difficult to say. Hard numbers are difficult to come by. But a revealing statistic surfaced in a document shared Friday with the Board of Visitors.