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U-Va. board likely to name president Friday amid calls to pause search
The dean of the University of Virginia’s business school has emerged as the top candidate in the search for the flagship’s next president ahead of a board meeting Friday in Charlottesville, according…
LETTER: An alumnus and parent’s perspective on U.Va.’s presidential search process
I am an alumnus of the University and the father of two University alumnae. I care deeply about this place. Recently, there have been several articles from The Cavalier Daily concerning former…
The Real Story Behind the Coordinated Effort to Delegitimize and Intimidate the UVA Board of Visitors
Any discerning observer paying attention to the ongoing barrage of unprecedented attacks on the University of Virginia Board of Visitors (BOV) and its leadership cannot help but notice a striking similar pattern.…
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Commentary from a UVA Senior Tenured Faculty Member
The would-be labor unionists of the UVA chapter of the AAUP claim that the UVA Faculty Senate is more representative than the AAUP itself, and naturally the officers of the Faculty Senate…
UVA Receives a D in StopAntisemitism’s 2025 Campus Report
StopAntisemitism’s 2025 Campus Antisemitism Report evaluated 90 colleges and universities nationwide, selected for their size, national prominence, volume of reported incidents, and student-reported vulnerability. The list spans large public institutions, elite private…
City Journal: UVA’s President Was Right to Resign
Former university head Jim Ryan presided over a potential pattern of civil-rights violations. The University of Virginia drew national headlines last summer when its then-president, Jim Ryan, resigned in the face of…
The Disturbing Politicization of UVA’s Faculty Senate
Inside Higher Ed, an online publisher of news and opinion in the higher education sphere, recently published an article entitled, “The Angry 8: On Faculty Senates.” The thrust of the story is…
UVA Faculty Senate’s Politicized Double Standards
On November 14, the UVA Faculty Senate passed a resolution calling for “University Leadership Rooted in Transparency and Accountability.” At the same meeting, it went even further, demanding the resignation of the…
UVA in Crisis: Jim Ryan’s Response
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