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Hodges Bill Would Require Universities to Archive Board Video

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">A bill introduced in the General Assembly would require public four-year institutions to record, archive, and make Boards of Visitors meetings available to the public for five years.</p>
Accountability

The Sordid Reality of “Great and Good”

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The University of Virginia’s 2030 Plan for creating “a great and good university” lists ten key initiatives, one of which is its “good neighbor program.”</p>
Accountability

Time is Running Out for Change at UVA

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Time is running short for Governor Glenn Youngkin to make his mark on the University of Virginia. His appointees to the Board of Visitors now comprise a 13-to-4 majority, yet after almost a half year, they have failed to make a visible dent in the priorities set by President Jim Ryan. </p>
Accountability

Racking Up the Fees

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Matan Goldstein, the Jewish student who was subjected to repeated antisemitic treatment at the University of Virginia, has settled his lawsuit against the University. Terms of the settlement were not revealed. While the public cannot know how much UVA paid, if anything, to make the problem go away, we can get a sense of how much it spent on legal fees.</p>

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Accountability

Ellis Goes Rogue

<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Bert Ellis was mad as hell and wasn’t going to take it anymore. He didn’t reenact Peter Finch playing Howard Beale in his famous rant in the movie “Network.” In fact, he was very calm and deliberate. But he made it clear to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors Thursday that he had run out of patience. He would refuse to vote in favor of any new spending project until the University got serious about cutting costs, Ellis said.</p>

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