When Congress adjusts the tax code to promote income redistribution between the rich and poor, a debate plays out in the national media. When universities adjust their tuition to promote income distribution, by contrast, the process is so shrouded in secrecy that the...
In case you missed it…A Note from The Jefferson Council Executive Director Jim BaconNovember 18, 2023Dear friend of The Jefferson Council,Last month the Council invited best-selling author Abigail Shrier to the University of Virginia to share her findings on the...
by James C. SherlockI try to keep up in the field of education.That led me to read “Exploring New Frontiers for K-12 Systems Transformation” produced by the UVa Partnership for Leaders in Education (UVA-PLE), a long-existing joint project of the Darden...
The University of Virginia will delay a release of an external investigation into the Nov. 13, 2022, mass shooting that resulted in three deaths and two woundings until after the trial of Christopher Jones, the UVa student charged with the crime.“After conferring with...
by James A. BaconOn the evening of Aug. 11, 2017, more than 300 torch-bearing white supremacists marched down the Lawn at the University of Virginia chanting, “Jews will not replace us.” The phrase is not self-explanatory, but the marchers were widely...
by James C. SherlockThe University of Virginia has not lost all sense of perspective. They know exactly what they have been doing.For this they had to try to thread a needle. They missed.From the University of Virginia Division of Student Affairs: “Our...
The University of Virginia administration has asked the Board of Visitors to consider tuition increases in the range of 3.0% and 4.4% over each of the next two years, Chief Operating Officer J.J. Davis revealed in a Finance Committee public hearing this morning.Davis...
The Jefferson Council distributed the following statement and attached report to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors this morning.Dear Board of Visitors members,On Oct. 11, 2023, journalist Abigail Shrier engaged in a Q&A session at the University of...
Heather Mac Donald gave a fiery and impassioned speech last night at Alumni Hall in defense of meritocracy, color-blind university admissions, a humanistic education and Western Civilization. She had some sharp words for the administration’s race obsession at...
The Jefferson Council released the following press release this morning (Nov. 9, 2023):CHARLOTTESVILLE—Rising costs, not cutbacks in state aid, are primarily responsible for pushing tuition higher at the University of Virginia. State appropriations for UVa have...
