The Incoherence of DEI Ideology: the Gender Gap

by James A. BaconDiversity, Equity & Inclusion at the University of Virginia is incoherent in theory, arbitrary in practice, and riddled with contradictions. Nowhere is DEI policy more muddled than UVa’s treatment of men and women. UVa’s long-term goal...

D-Day message from Tom Neale, President of the Jefferson Council for UVA

Friends and members of The Jefferson Council for the University of Virginia,79 years ago on June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied troops from America, Great Britain and Canada stormed the beaches of Normandy. They assaulted the German forces entrenched in pillboxes and...

“You Can’t Say That!”

From our friends at the Alumni Free Speech AllianceTopic: AFSA Special Event w/ Amna Khalid & Jeffrey SnyderTime: Jun 6, 2023 05:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84843986828

Instead of Red Brick, a “Warm Red Drum”

by James A. BaconAmong its other actions last week the University of Virginia Board of Visitors approved a revised design for the $80 million Karsh Institute for Democracy building. In March several Board members had criticized the original design for conflicting with...

Back in Vogue at UVa: Viewpoint Diversity

by James A. BaconThe University of Virginia leadership normally keeps its Board of Visitors meetings running on such a tightly scripted schedule that board members rarely get an opportunity to engage in free-wheeling discussion. But Rector Whitt Clement and President...