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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.

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The Bureaucratic Banality of Academic Oppression

by James A. BaconTwo-and-a-half years ago, Kieran Ravi Bhattacharya, a medical school student at the University of Virginia, attended a session on “microaggressions” in which psychology professor Beverly Colwell Adams gave a…
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Intellectual Diversity Scorecard: Left-of-Center 5, Right-of-Center 0

(Editor’s note: Ann McLean will periodically take the ideological temperature of articles appearing in issues of UVA Today. As a supporter of intellectual diversity, The Jefferson Council takes no issue with left-of-center…
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The UVa School of Education Provides Exclusive Analysis for State Early Childhood Education Policy

by James C. SherlockSometimes thumbing through the state Budget Bill, HB1800 (Enrolled), one finds something other than what one is looking for.I was examining the Education budget, and specifically the Department of Education,…
Accountability

Would Someone Enroll the UVa Board in These Courses, Please?

by James A. BaconLike most higher-ed critics, Bacon’s Rebellion conducts analysis of Virginia’s higher-ed institutions from a politically conservative perspective. Colleges and universities have mostly gotten a pass from commentators on the…

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UVa Lifetime Indoctrination

by Walter Smith On occasion, the University of Virginia’s Lifetime Learning program addresses topics that appeal to a broad cross-section of the alumni population. I have found the courses taught by Michael…

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