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Serve the University’s Interests, UVa Board Members Told

by James A. BaconIn their 2020 book on higher-ed governance, “Runaway College Costs,” James V. Koch and Richard J. Cebula elaborate on how university presidents manipulate their boards. Flattery and the bestowal…
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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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Who Guides the Guides?

by James A. BaconIn the spring of 2022 University of Virginia alumnus Warren Lightfoot emailed Rector Whitt Clement, a fraternity brother, to share the experiences of a friend and friend’s daughter during…
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“The Worst Tour of the 14 Colleges We Have Been on This Year”

by James A. BaconThis past April a University of Virginia alumna took her son for a tour of the university conducted by a student-run organization, the University Guide Service. The woman had…

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How Orwellian Is “Student Conduct Software”?

by James A. BaconMore than 1,300 educational institutions across the country use software developed by Charlottesville-based Maxient, which bills itself as the “industry leader” and “most trusted provider for incident reporting and…

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