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UVa Spending on Staff Surges, Spending on Students Trails

by James A. BaconAlways alert for opportunities to arm the University of Virginia Board of Visitors members with statistics they don’t see in their board presentations, the Jefferson Council presents the table…
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Faculty Bloat at UVa

by James A. BaconA key cost driver at the University of Virginia is the increasing size and declining teaching productivity of its faculty. The topic appears to be taboo.The Board of Visitors…
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Hard Numbers on Administrative Bloat

by James A. BaconA number of University of Virginia Board of Visitors members have expressed concern about UVa’s runaway costs. Administrative bloat has swollen the university’s cost structure, they say, and  higher…
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The Curious Case of the Missing Podcasts

by Walter SmithIn 2019 the Carter G. Woodson Institute, founded to teach and research African-American studies at the University of Virginia, announced a major initiative: a six-part podcast series exploring “Jefferson’s complicated…

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Ryan Ignored Board of Visitors in Formulating Admissions Policy

by James A. BaconWhen University of Virginia President Jim Ryan and Provost Ian Baucom announced the university’s new admissions policy last week, they made a point of saying that they had sought…

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