At the direction of Board of Visitors Secretary Susan Harris, a compilation of nearly 50 letters and email messages to the Board and President Jim Ryan was distributed to Board members Tuesday. The letters were almost uniformly critical of the Board’s decision earlier...
One might think that revamping a website would be an easy start to complying with the Board of Visitors’ order to dismantle the Division for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the University of Virginia. Retitle the home page. Put up an “Under Construction”...
Decision-making at the University of Virginia is shrouded in secrecy — and leadership is just fine with that.Last week the University of Virginia Board of Visitors faced a history-making judgment: how to respond to Trump administration demands to dismantle its...
“DEI is done at the University of Virginia,” said Governor Glenn Youngkin in a Saturday interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingram.“This is a big day for the University of Virginia,” the governor said a day after the UVA Board of Visitors voted unanimously to abolish the...
Members of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors expressed strong reservations about the tuition increases approved in December and asked for a special meeting with administrators to dig deeper into the university’s finances.No formal action was taken, but...
The University of Virginia Board of Visitors passed a resolution today dissolving the university’s Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships and ordering a review of university programs and policies to ensure that they conform with Title VI of the Civil...
Deputy Provost Brie Gertler posed quite the conundrum to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors this afternoon: Ninety-two percent of UVA Jewish students felt valued as individuals in 2024, according to a poll by Student Experience in the Research University...
Virginia’s public colleges and university must act now to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination on campus, state Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera wrote Saturday in a letter to the institutions’ presidents and governing boards.Guidera’s letter directed the...
When they are not attempting to contextualize him, UVA leadership often quotes Mr. Jefferson’s statement about his creation: “For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead”. In just the past week, however, two major incidents have...
Last week the University of Virginia Board of Visitors (BOV) met to discuss one of the most contentious public-policy issues roiling American politics today: the medical treatment of transgender youth. The meeting was closed to the public, and board members were...
