Is elite higher education failing in its duty to students? The Wall Street Journal editorial page writer Barton Swaim weighs in on this timely question and how UNC is attempting to address it on their Chapel Hill campus. What can we glean for UVA?—EXCERPTWhy American...
ExcerptThe University of Virginia has paused its independent, student-run tour guide service after on-going criticism about its approach to the institution’s history.The Jefferson Council, an alumni organization dedicated to preserving Thomas Jefferson’s legacy of...
ExcerptA primary focus of Golich’s job was to hold students accountable — especially when they commit hazing violations.That accountability process was on display in an audio recording of Golich leaked last week by alumni group The Jefferson Council — an organization...
On February 15, 2022, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Virginia instructed its pledges to show up blindfolded at the frat house at precisely 10:28 PM After being led to the basement, the newbies were ordered to race one another in consuming various...
Furman alumnus Evan Myers writes a guest commentary in The Post and Currier, highlighting the need for alumni to hold their administration accountable for protecting and promoting free speech on campus. What can we glean for UVA?—EXCERPTMore and more Furman alumni...
One month has passed since the death of openthebooks.com founder and CEO Adam Andrzejewski. If you never had the opportunity to meet Adam, he was the very definition of William Wordsworth’s Happy Warrior. Adam was always fighting on multiple fronts and pursuing...
The controversy over an allegedly toxic work environment at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and UVA Health System reached escape velocity last week.On Thursday, President Jim Ryan and the Board of Visitors hired an outside law firm to conduct an...
In the recent past, the University of Virginia Division of Student Affairs has dealt with two very different kinds of student-conduct cases. In one, the division probed charges against pro-Palestinian protesters who were arrested for trespassing during the...
During the University of Virginia Board of Visitors meeting last week, President Jim Ryan made a big announcement: UVA alumnus Scott Stephenson and his wife Beth were donating $10 million to provide financial aid to students pursuing a degree in data science. UVA...
When the University of Virginia Board of Visitors convened last week, thirteen-of-seventeen voting board members were selected by Governor Glenn Youngkin, marking the first time in his two-and-a-half-year tenure that his appointees comprised a majority. But to all...
