Monday marked the 30-day deadline for University of Virginia President Jim Ryan to report back to the Board of Visitors about what he had done to execute on the board’s directive to dismantle the university’s DEI bureaucracy and end racial preferences. Ryan did, in fact, submit a report to the Board. Of course, as has […]
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This is Part 3 of a three-part series, DEI in the Dormitories The 200+ Resident Advisors who populate the University of Virginia’s undergraduate dormitories are required to put on several events for their hallmates and suitemates each semester. The RAs are given a small allowance for food for these get-togethers, one of which must have
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Part 2 of a three-part series, DEI in the Dormitories. Eddie came to the University of Virginia as an out-of-state student. The move was a big leap for him, and the transition was not easy. Fortunately, the Resident Adviser (RA) on his dormitory hall helped him fit in. “He was here for me,” Eddie recalls.
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Part 1 of a three-part series, DEI in the Dormitories To visit the Instagram page of the University of Virginia’s residence advisors (RAs), who mentor dormitory students and enforce the rules, is to pass through a portal into a world of happy thoughts and contagious exuberance. The RAs, as they are known, exude positivity. In
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Governor Glenn Youngkin has fired Bert Ellis from the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, terminating the most outspoken member of the board supporting his goals of reining in tuition, promoting free speech and intellectual diversity, and eliminating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from the University’s policies and practices.
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Who leaked police-cam videos meant to embarrass Bert Ellis to The Washington Post? If we knew the answer to that, we could get a clearer view of the behind-the-scenes power play to shape the future of the University of Virginia.
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Having bragged on national cable news that “DEI is done” at the University of Virginia, Governor Glenn Youngkin now is asking for the resignation of the man most determined to ensure that DEI is, in fact, laid to rest.
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After more than a year of delays, the University of Virginia has finally released two reports ordered by the Attorney General — one detailing the University Police Department (UPD) response to the Nov. 13, 2022, mass shooting at UVA, and one reviewing the failure of the University’s Threat Assessment Team (TAT), despite abundant red flags, to prevent the tragedy.
What might a meritocratic admissions system at the University of Virginia look like now that the Board of Visitors has banned racial preferences across the board?
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