Today’s Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections in the Virginia General Assembly was a complete and utter mockery of representative government, more similar to Russia than the USA. That the Chair allowed only three brief remarks and then proceeded to a vote...
This interview addresses the growing politicization of University life, reflected most clearly in the push for a politicized version of “shared governance” in UVA’s presidential search. Joel Gardner, president of The Jefferson Council, explains how the so-called...
Over the last half-century, presidential search committees at UVA have tended to follow an order that has remained relatively similar: It is led by the Board of Visitors (BOV) while including other members of the University community. This is the case with the current...
Jefferson Council President Joel Gardner’s interview with WUVA on the future of UVA.”The agenda of the University of Virginia should be to have no agenda” ~ Joel Gardner on WUVA. Check out the rest of his remarks on the Future of UVA.
The “no confidence” campaign against the University of Virginia Board of Visitors is gaining momentum with the United Campus Workers of Virginia (UCWV) joining the effort. Strikes and lawsuits are among the options available to protesters, although, as one panelist...
