Jim Bacon summarizes a recent University of Virginia Board of Visitors meeting which addressed tensions in the UVA community between Jews and the vocal pro-Palestinian faction over the Israel-Gaza war.
UVA Leadership Squelches Debate About University’s Antisemitism Problem Read More »
Morgan Bettinger has resolved her lawsuit with the University and its administrators. Learn more about her case and allegations of the UVA Administration’s responsibility for the alleged deprivations of her federally protected civil rights.
Morgan Bettinger Lawsuit Settled Read More »
University of Virginia President Jim Ryan has announced the creation of the Committee on Institutional Statements to develop principles to guide official university statements on national and global events.
Ryan Appoints Board to Craft University-Neutrality Policy Read More »
A University of Virginia student group is petitioning to hold a referendum demanding that the University of Virginia Investment Management Company divest itself of investments in corporations implicated by Israel’s “apartheid” regime.
UVIMCO Embraced ESG Investing. How Has That Worked Out? Read More »
The University of Virginia relegated “alumnae relation” to a minor factor. In a list of seventeen published admissions criteria classified as “considered,” “important,” and “very important,” legacy status was considered but not deemed important.
No More Legacy Admissions in Virginia Read More »
How do students respond to the statement, “I feel that I belong at the University of Virginia”? Does UVA President Ryan’s emphasis on racial, ethnic, and religious identity make it easier for students to fit in?
Religion and Belonging at UVA Read More »
The University of Virginia has paid more than $1.8 million in legal fees fighting a lawsuit filed by UVA Health employees who were fired, despite religious objections, for refusing to take the COVID vaccine. And that’s just through November.
Covid and Religious Freedom at UVA Read More »
Jonathan Haidt is one of the most important public intellectuals in America today. If you’re not familiar with his work, you need to be. You’ll get a chance to hear him when he comes to the University of Virginia February 8 as a guest of The Jefferson Council.
Morals, Coddling, Mental Illness, and Wokeness Read More »
Free speech and open dialogue are the best ways to drive pernicious ideas into oblivion. Sadly for UVA, there is widespread support among professors and students not only for banning ideas they find offensive, but for shaming and shunning those who support the right of people to even hold and express those ideas.
Don’t Cut the Rattle Off the Rattlesnake Read More »
The manner in which partisan and ideological bias at UVA works its effect on students is more complex and nuanced than commonly understood. We’ll do our best to give UVA alumni a balanced appraisal.
How Open is “Political Dialogue” at UVA? Read More »