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Speech policy at UVA is tested every time a speaker arrives, a protest forms, or a student says the wrong thing. We report on how the University responds when it is tested.

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Wailing, Ashes, and Gnashing of Teeth

The University of Virginia Faculty Senate today passed a resolution expressing “no confidence” in the Board of Visitors for failing to “protect the university and its president from outside interference” and for…
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One Down, Six to Go

The making of an intellectual monoculture at UVA “Conservative students at the University of Virginia,” a fourth-year student once confided to me, “know who all the conservative professors are. … All seven…
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Annual Meeting Keynote: Attorney General Miyares

I’m fortunate to have gotten to know Jason Miyares over the past few years, at least from my point of view there was an immediate connection. Both of us being children of…
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Protesters: March 26, 2025

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Youngkin Fires Ellis

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">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.</p>

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