Intellectual diversity
A university that hires, teaches, and admits from a single point of view stops being a university. We document how narrow the range at UVA has become, and what it costs students.
Info-Wars at UVa: Who Decides What the BoV Needs to Hear?
by James A. BaconLast October University of Virginia Provost Ian Baucom briefed the Faculty Senate executive committee about a package of four multimillion-dollar academic initiatives that were in the works. The camera…
Empty, Airy Words
by James A. BaconAfter the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling restricting the use of race as a higher-ed admissions criteria, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and Provost Ian Baucom released…
Alumni, Free Speech, and Intellectual Diversity
I’d much rather communicate through the written word than the spoken word, but the American Council of Trustees and Alumni took the trouble of interviewing me and breaking down the video into…