Accountability
The University is a public institution spending public money. We read the budgets, file the records requests, and publish what comes back.
A Shameful Shallowness of Intellect
by James A. BaconThe University of Virginia Student Council has called for the immediate resignation of alumnus Bert Ellis from the Virginia Board of Visitors, and chastises Governor Glenn Youngkin’s decision to…
$8 Million a Year for Higher-Ed’s Non-Lobbyist Lobbyists
by James A. BaconWhen Donald J. Finley retired from the Virginia Business Higher Education Council (VBHEC) earlier this year, Virginia’s higher-ed industry lost one of its most effective advocates in Richmond. As…
Coping with the Affordability Crisis in Virginia Higher Ed
by James C. SherlockVirginia’s state-funded colleges and universities are too expensive. Tuitions are the headline numbers. But student fees and food and housing costs are as important to the budgets of families and individual…