Morgan Bettinger, the former University of Virginia student who claimed in a federal civil rights lawsuit that she was ostracized, bullied, and abused at UVA based on false charges and faulty legal grounds, has resolved her lawsuit with the university and its...
After vetting the idea with the Board of Visitors in December, University of Virginia President Jim Ryan has announced the creation of the Committee on Institutional Statements to develop principles to guide official university statements on national and global...
A University of Virginia student group, UVA Apartheid Divest, is petitioning to hold a referendum demanding that the University of Virginia Investment Management Company (UVIMCO) divest itself of investments in corporations implicated by Israel’s...
A student group at the University of Virginia is petitioning the student-run University Board of Elections at the University of Virginia to hold a referendum calling for an audit of UVA’s endowment funds to determine how much are invested in companies...
The University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development maintains a program, Youth-Nex, that is dedicated to “supporting developmental science that is not only anti-racist but is in the service of dismantling white supremacy.”...
Bills to ban preferential treatment for relatives of alumni at Virginia’s public universities flew through the 2024 session of the General Assembly in remarkable time. In a legislature marked by intense partisan divisions, companion bills passed subcommittees,...
The battle for control of higher-ed institutions in Virginia is boiling over into the state legislature. Senator Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon) has submitted a bill, SB 506, that would allow Virginia’s public universities to hire their own legal counsel in...
TJC executive director Jim Bacon talks with WRVA talk show host John Reid about the floor-to-ceiling Palestinian martyr signage on UVA’s Lawn doors.Would the UVA Administration have reacted the same if a Lawn resident posted signage listing the names of the...
The backlash against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in higher-ed and the corporate world may be gathering momentum across the country, but the University of Virginia is rolling out a new DEI initiative oblivious to the shift in the national mood.UVA’s...
Let me post a hypothetical situation: If an event is held on a college campus and the university police department mobilizes twenty to thirty officers and auxiliary personnel to maintain order and keep everyone safe, who should pay the bill?The group that organized...
