A reader wrote this letter in response to our article highlighting OpenTheBooks.com’s finding of 235 employees and interns in the University of Virginia’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) bureaucracy. The author asked to remain anonymous.—Thanks for...
The Jefferson Council champions free speech and intellectual diversity at the University of Virginia. We welcome columns, op-eds, and letters addressing issues affecting the UVA community for publication on our guest forum, like the one submitted...
Earlier this month, OpenTheBooks.com, an organization dedicated to government spending transparency, released a study concluding that the University of Virginia employs 235 people, including interns, in roles relating to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at a...
The “fixation” of modern-day Israelis on the Holocaust has become a “vast and ugly fig leaf” hiding oppression of Palestinians and giving Israelis license to brush aside moral qualms about their response to the October 7 terror attacks, Brown...
Author’s Note: Today, I profile Melody Pannell as an illustration of the intersectional-oppression ideology — colloquially referred to as wokeness — that permeates the University of Virginia. To avoid letting my biases creep into this and other profiles, I let...
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) staff at the University of Virginia downplayed concerns about Tessa Farmer, an anthropology professor who reportedly offered extra credit to students to attend a Students for Justice in Palestine-organized teach-in last fall.The...
An email from the Karsh Institute for Democracy arrived in my computer this morning, highlighting upcoming events at the University of Virginia. One event seemed to offer the potential for being non-ideologically loaded. Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy will explore...
Last week, the University of Virginia leadership dodged and weaved and did everything it could to suppress an open, wide-ranging discussion at the Board of Visitors meeting of how Jewish students are treated at UVA.Most pointedly, Rector Robert Hardie called a...
OpenTheBooks.com’s exposé on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) costs at the University of Virginia is generating loads of attention.The Daily Mail published a lengthy story here, adding some of its own reporting. The headline: “University of Virginia...
The University of Virginia is mandated by state law to livestream its Board of Visitors meetings, which it does. But the University is not required to maintain video archives, so, despite the minimal cost and effort, it doesn’t. For anyone interested in UVA...
