Uncategorized

AFSA NewsBuilding official\’s decision upheld rejecting W&L chapel wall to shield Lee statue – The Roanoke TimesPrinceton’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) declines to sponsor referendum on antisemitism – The Daily Princetonian‘Dismiss 95 percent of the bureaucrats’: Harvey Silverglate on what he’d change at Harvard – The College FixConference on Institutional Neutrality: Scholars Probe the Issues […]

The Jefferson Council joins the University of Virginia community in mourning the deaths of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis and D\’Sean Perry in a shooting last night. While knowing that no words can salve the pain of such tragic loss, we extend our condolences to the families of the three young men and pray for a

by Allan Stam A couple of years ago, in a conversation with another dean at the University of Virginia, I was asked about my views on the ever-expanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion enterprise. I explained that I was not a fan of the diversity movement and affirmative action. When asked why, I explained that my

Hosted by UVa\’s Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:Here are some other suggestions for the Division of DEI:Tim Scott, U.S. Senator from South CarolinaCandace Owens, author and activistBen Carson, former Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentJohn, McWhorter, authorCondoleeza Rice, former Secretary of StateDeroy Murdock, columnistLarry Elder, talk radio hostWilfred Reilly, authorAllen West, chairman of the

Weekly highlights from our friends at the Alumni Free Speech Alliance:Stanford Alumni Free Speech Group joined AFSA: https://www.stanfordalumnifreespeech.orgAFSA board member Lauren Noble wrote an article about Yale’s free speech codes: https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2022/09/28/yale_is_abandoning_its_own_free_speech_codes_110769.htmlThe Jefferson Council board member Ann McLean co-authored the following article in The Federalist, discussing free speech suppression at UVA, W&L, VMI (3 AFSA members) as well as

In a presentation to its Board of Visitors, administrators at George Mason University showed a graph (seen above) comparing the number of employees per student at Virginia\’s six public research universities. GMU shared with Old Dominion University the distinction of having the lowest employee-student ratio of the six. The purpose, of course, was to make

I have deleted a post about the University of Virginia Children\’s Hospital\’s policy on the treatment of transgender children. It had no place here. The Jefferson Council has no policy regarding transgender rights. Our focus is on our four pillars. That was entirely my error as editor of this blog, and I apologize for it.

by James A. BaconLike employers around the country, the University of Virginia is experiencing major staff shortages. The problem is serious enough that it warranted a discussion during last week\’s Board of Visitors meeting.President Jim Ryan attributed the workforce challenges mainly to \”the Great Resignation,\” or the increasing willingness of employees during the wind-down of

The University of Virginia Alumni Association presented an overview to the Board of Visitors last week of its \”Living Honor\” marketing campaign. The initiative, proposed by President Jim Ryan and Rector Whitt Clement, is designed to aid students and alumni in learning about Honor and its role at the University following a student vote last