ExcerptThe decision comes after years of pressure from the Jefferson Council, a conservative alumni group, and less than two months after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointments assumed a majority on the school’s governing Board of Visitors.It also comes mere...
ExcerptThe Jefferson Council, a conservative alumni group, had been calling for an end or change to the tour program, insisting that volunteers had been wrongly besmirching the legacy of UVA’s founder.[…]Council president Thomas Neale, a 1974 UVA grad, said his...
ExcerptThe tours, aimed primarily at prospective students and their families, were run by student volunteers. For several years, the tour organization, the University Guide Service, has been the focus of criticism from an organization of conservative alumni...
