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UVA Improperly Preserved Bodycam Video Used to Embarrass Board Member

University of Virginia officials violated the University’s own document-retention policies when it preserved bodycam videos of a University Police Department (UPD) encounter with Board of Visitors member Bert Ellis in March 2023.…
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One Down, Six to Go

The making of an intellectual monoculture at UVA “Conservative students at the University of Virginia,” a fourth-year student once confided to me, “know who all the conservative professors are. … All seven…
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UVA Board Keeping Close Eye on Provost Search

The search at the University of Virginia to replace outgoing provost Ian Baucom is well underway. The outcome will reflect the shifting balance of power between President Jim Ryan and a Board…
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What VCU Can Do That UVA Won’t

Virginia Commonwealth University has eliminated 13 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion positions, revised some scholarship requirements, and eliminated mandated diversity statements, reports The Richmond Times-Dispatch. In March, VCU’s board voted 11 to 4…

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Many Segregated Graduation Events to Choose From

Stu, the Jefferson Council’s social media guru, notes in the X post above that the University of Virginia continues to hold identity-based graduation ceremonies: one dubbed the LGBQT Lavender Ceremony and one…

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