Who’s Killing Higher-Ed Transparency in Virginia?

Who’s Killing Higher-Ed Transparency in Virginia?

The previous post, Look What UVA is Hiding, highlights the excessive use of the “working papers” exemption to prevent access to the UVA President’s documents, emails and texts under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). While the headline may...
Look What UVA is Hiding

Look What UVA is Hiding

Acting on behalf of The Jefferson Council, Walter Smith has filed a complaint in Henrico County against the University of Virginia, seeking a remedy for its refusal to supply documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA.) Smith serves in a volunteer capacity...
What Does UVA Need in a University President?

What Does UVA Need in a University President?

For anyone following governance issues at the University of Virginia, Bill Ackman’s Twitter broadside against Harvard’s now dethroned president Claudine Gay and its governing board is must reading. Ackman, the hedge-fund manager-turned-activist who...
A Hostile Environment for Jews

A Hostile Environment for Jews

Matan Goldstein is a rarity at the University of Virginia— a Jewish student unafraid to openly defend Israel in its war with Hamas and oppose Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a pro-Palestinian group that praised Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks on Israeli...