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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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Open Letter to Lily West

Letter from Jefferson Council board member Joel Gardner to Lily West, president of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, Richard Gard, editor of the alumni association magazine Virginia, Whitt Clement, rector of…
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Your Alumni Association Dollars at Work

by James A. BaconAbove is an ad that The Jefferson Council submitted to run in the University of Virginia Alumni Society, Virginia. Before I tell you the fate that befell this ad,…
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UVa’s Invasive, Ubiquitous DEI Program, Its President and the New Board of Visitors

by James C. SherlockAs a public service and a primer for new UVa Board of Visitors members, I will offer here a brief summary of the extent and costs in dollars, time,…
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UVa Board Meetings Should Get a Lot More Interesting

by James A. BaconGovernor Glenn Youngkin has announced his appointments to the boards of visitors of Virginia’s colleges and universities, at least one of which has the potential to be highly consequential…

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A New Classic on Thomas Jefferson and Public Education in Virginia

by James C. SherlockOn April 29, 1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed a group of Nobel Prize winners at a dinner in their honor at The White House.Kennedy, raised patrician, classically educated…

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