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The Lawn is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the physical argument for what Jefferson thought a university was. How UVA treats it, and how it talks about him, is not a side issue.

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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…
Accountability

UVA Board Keeping Close Eye on Provost Search

The search at the University of Virginia to replace outgoing provost Ian Baucom is well underway. The outcome will reflect the shifting balance of power between President Jim Ryan and a Board…
Accountability

The Jefferson Council Calls on UVA’s Board of Visitors to Pursue New Leadership

Charlottesville, VA — In a new call to action appearing in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Jefferson Council is appealing to the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors to take urgent action in…
Intellectual diversity

Many Segregated Graduation Events to Choose From

Stu, the Jefferson Council’s social media guru, notes in the X post above that the University of Virginia continues to hold identity-based graduation ceremonies: one dubbed the LGBQT Lavender Ceremony and one…

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Matthew Carroll’s Kafkaesque Journey Through Woke Purgatory

Matthew Carroll, an event coordinator with the Office of Student Affairs, was in his office at the University of Virginia on April 12, 2023, when a professor in Garrett Hall called to…

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