A letter from 128 physicians to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors has urged the Board to uphold academic freedom, free speech and patient safety by replacing UVA Health Systems CEO Craig Kent and medical school Dean Melina Kibbe.
While we applaud national recognitions of our beloved alma mater, recent rankings do not paint a full picture of the “affordability” of a UVA education. UVA is not cost competitive. Expenses must be drastically reduced.
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It is beyond the Astronomy Department’s power to boost the number of minorities capable of flourishing in the sciences. Until change occurs in the K-12 education system, it’s not evident what all the Department’s DEI activity can accomplish.
DEI at UVA Astronomy: the Stars are Not Aligned Read More »
Mr. Jefferson’s legacy cannot be preserved unless we ensure that the cost of a University of Virginia education remains competitive with our peer universities.
The Jefferson Council President: Massive Expense Reductions Must be Priority for New BOV Read More »
Since the advent of anti-Israel / anti-Jewish rhetoric and behaviors of questionable legality on Grounds, our goal to promote a culture of civil dialogue at the University of Virginia has been brought into clear focus.
Taking a Bold Stand for Intellectual Diversity and Civil Dialogue at UVA Read More »
The United Campus Workers of Virginia at the University of Virginia has launched a campaign urging faculty and graduate students to withhold grades until the Ryan administration capitulates to its demands of amnesty for people arrested during the crackdown on the pro-Palestinian “liberation zone.”
UVA Grad Students Urge Withholding of Year-End Grades Read More »
Watch this recording of a special closed session of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors regarding the UVA Encampment for Palestine.
Board of Visitors Meets in Special Closed Session, Takes No Action Read More »
Students and faculty at the University of Virginia often talk about having “hard conversations” about the tragic realities. But do they have any interest in confronting discomfiting truths themselves? TJC contributing editor Jim Bacon writes.
So Much for Empathetic Listening Read More »
Perhaps Ryan could draw spine-stiffening inspiration from the University’s founder Thomas Jefferson, who dealt with student riots in 1825.
What Would Thomas Jefferson Say About Disruptions on the Grounds? Read More »
The ideological filtering process is at work at UVA. The more each department becomes ideologically homogenous, inclined to groupthink, and disparaging of anyone with different views, the less likely it is to hire anyone who thinks differently. A vicious cycle sets in.
Anatomy of an Intellectual Monoculture Read More »