President Beardsley’s decision to formulate a new long-term strategic plan for UVA is a welcome one, especially since the last plan, produced under President Jim Ryan, read like a blueprint to transform the University into an aggrandized version of an Ivy-like...
Every incoming student in UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences is required to take four two-credit “Engagements” courses their first year — eight credits total, out of roughly 30 a first-year typically completes. It isn’t optional. It’s a...
