Since the advent of anti-Israel / anti-Jewish rhetoric and behaviors of questionable legality on Grounds, our goal to promote a culture of civil dialogue at the University of Virginia has been brought into clear focus.
Taking a Bold Stand for Intellectual Diversity and Civil Dialogue at UVA Read More »
University presidents must reclaim their roles as impartial administrators rather than advocates of progressive causes, ensuring that institutions of higher learning return to their core teaching and research missions. Guest contributor Alan C. Stam offers his thoughts.
Why are You So Mad? Read More »
The United Campus Workers of Virginia at the University of Virginia has launched a campaign urging faculty and graduate students to withhold grades until the Ryan administration capitulates to its demands of amnesty for people arrested during the crackdown on the pro-Palestinian “liberation zone.”
UVA Grad Students Urge Withholding of Year-End Grades Read More »
The University of Virginia Faculty Senate voted to call for an “independent and external” review of the use of police force to shut down the pro-Palestinian “liberation zone.” TJC contributing editor Jim Bacon offers his thoughts.
Faculty Senate Votes for Review of Encampment Shutdown Read More »
Watch this recording of a special closed session of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors regarding the UVA Encampment for Palestine.
Board of Visitors Meets in Special Closed Session, Takes No Action Read More »
Students and faculty at the University of Virginia often talk about having “hard conversations” about the tragic realities. But do they have any interest in confronting discomfiting truths themselves? TJC contributing editor Jim Bacon writes.
So Much for Empathetic Listening Read More »
Like the Bolsheviks of yore, UVA militants have turned upon Ryan and Baucom with a vengeance. TJC contributing editor Jim Bacon weighs in.
The Revolution Consumes Its Own Read More »
The 2017 Unite the Right tragedy forced the University to think through issues it had not confronted in its recent history. The reforms created processes and protocols that were applied in 2024, TJC contributing editor Jim Back writes.
UVA Soft on Nazis but Brutal to Students? Read More »
From professors to Lawn residents, members of the University of Virginia community continue to criticize senior UVA leadership for shutting down the UVA Encampment for Gaza “liberated zone.”
Critics Don’t Buy Ryan’s Tent-Takedown Rationale Read More »
The University of Virginia called in the Virginia State Police to disperse “UVA Encampment for Gaza” protesters, said President Jim Ryan, University Police Chief Tim Longo, and other University leaders in a virtual town hall.
Team Ryan Defends Shutdown of Tent Encampment Read More »