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Two shootings, two separate public university responses–will the public demand the transparency it deserves?
UVA commissioned two reports on the 2022 shooting that killed three of its students, then released them so heavily redacted that large stretches are unreadable. In fact, roughly fifty pages across the…
Two Intrigues of the Utmost Importance to the UVA Community
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">A number of recent mysterious events have brought into the open serious concerns involving the issues of transparency and accountability—two topics that have been subjects of repeated controversy by various elements of the University community.</p>
191 UVA Faculty Materially Mislead the UVA Community
Prejudiced Professors Fail to Do Their Homework A letter signed by 191 University of Virginia faculty members accuses the Board of Visitors of running a “sham” process, engaging in “hasty” behavior, and…
Facts Over Fiction: It’s Time to End the Baseless Attacks on UVA’s Presidential Search
If you have listened to some of the continuous, repetitive commentary surrounding UVA’s recent presidential search, you might be led to believe it was some kind of rushed, politicized backroom maneuver. The…
The Cabal Is At It Again
A rumor circulated this week claiming that the Board of Visitors has developed a short list of candidates for a future University presidency, despite the recent appointment of Scott Beardsley. At the…
Transparency in Governance: UVA Board of Visitors Text Messages
The following pages contain text message communications provided by the University of Virginia in response to a request submitted under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act by The Washington Post and were…
TJC Statement: A Dangerous Precedent for the University of Virginia
The Jefferson Council is issuing the following statement in response to Governor-elect Spanberger’s unprecedented intervention in the governance of the University of Virginia. “This action by Governor-elect Spanberger is unprecedented in the…
What UVA Leadership Knew—and When: A FOIA-Based Account of Governance Failure at UVA
This account is based entirely on records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, including internal correspondence, contemporaneous complaints, and summaries of 36 formal interviews conducted by outside counsel with…
Obtained By FOIA: UVA Health System Concerned Doctors’ Report
The following document collection was obtained via a FOIA request concerning the UVA Health System scandal. During the formal internal investigation conducted last winter by Williams and Connelly, nearly three dozen doctors…
UVA Board Of Visitors Names New President
A short statement from The Jefferson Council Congratulations to Dean Scott C. Beardsley on his appointment as President of the University of Virginia. We recognize his long-standing service as Dean of the…
U-Va. board likely to name president Friday amid calls to pause search
The dean of the University of Virginia’s business school has emerged as the top candidate in the search for the flagship’s next president ahead of a board meeting Friday in Charlottesville, according…
LETTER: An alumnus and parent’s perspective on U.Va.’s presidential search process
I am an alumnus of the University and the father of two University alumnae. I care deeply about this place. Recently, there have been several articles from The Cavalier Daily concerning former…
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