Accountability
The University is a public institution spending public money. We read the budgets, file the records requests, and publish what comes back.
Not Gilly Sullivan’s Alumni Association Anymore
by James A. BaconAiming to address the lamentable decline in state/local news coverage, States Newsroom supports local news operations in 29 states, including Virginia. As Jim Sherlock detailed here, the nonprofit organization…
The Shockley-Goldsby Debate: The Rest of the Story
by James A. BaconIn August The Cavalier Daily ignited a furor over Bert Ellis, a conservative businessman whom Governor Glenn Youngkin appointed to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors. In a…
Bureaucracy Watch: UVa vs. GMU
In a presentation to its Board of Visitors, administrators at George Mason University showed a graph (seen above) comparing the number of employees per student at Virginia’s six public research universities. GMU…