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The Jefferson Council Urges Board of Visitors to Uphold Free Speech and Viewpoint Diversity at Friday’s Special Meeting

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">TJC urges the UVA Board of Visitors to take a strong stand for the Kalven Principles and to embrace this opportunity to return the University to its true mission: the pursuit of knowledge and truth without political interference.</p>
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How to Create a Monoculture: Rising Scholars

<p class="preFade fadeIn" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The University of Virginia’s “Rising Scholars” program in the College of Arts and Sciences, which dispenses graduate fellowships exclusively to racial, ethnic, sexual and gender minority students, has ceased accepting applications, according to a posting on its website. The website provides no explanation, but…</p>
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The Provost Search Is On

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Now comes the battle to replace the University of VIrginia’s provost Ian Baucom. The University has assembled a fourteen-person group to launch a national search, according to an announcement in the UVA house organ <em>UVA Today.</em></p>
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A Whisper of Fresh Air

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The first time Acampora came to my attention was at the September 2023 Board of Visitors meeting. She didn’t sound like a political progressive at all but rather, as she described herself to the board, “a bottom-line, up-front kind of person.”</p>

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The Woke Scare Is Four Times Worse Than the Red Scare

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">More than a third (35%) of tenured and tenure-track faculty at 55 of the nation’s most prestigious colleges and universities say they have toned down their writing for fear of engendering controversy. How does this compare to the Red Scare of the ‘50s?</p>

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