The University has no plans to sever its ties to the state or raise in-state tuition to match out-of-state tuition, despite recommendations to do so in a draft report released by the Public University Working Group, University spokesperson McGregor McCance said.
McCance said the panel has only produced a preliminary plan so far, and recommendations will continue to surface. Future recommendations, however, will have to abide by a set of principles drawn up in part by University President Teresa Sullivan and Commerce School Dean Carl Zeithaml, chair of the working group. These principles clarify that although the University does seek greater autonomy, administrations do not wish to move away from the public model of higher education.
The group was created in 2012, as part of the University’s strategic planning process, with the goal of defining what it means to be a public university in the 21st century. One step in addressing that question, McCance said, was releasing the initial report that looked at a broad range of possibilities for improving the quality of the University.
One of the biggest hurdles facing the University, the group said in the report, was the inability to quickly mobilize resources. “[Administrators] must start new programs and close programs that are no longer relevant without endless discussion and review,” the report said. “They cannot be unduly constrained by bureaucratic rules and approvals that limit creativity and responsiveness.”
The next draft of this strategic plan is set to be presented to the Board of Visitors in November.
“The University of Virginia and President Sullivan are entirely committed to the mission of U.Va. as a public university that serves the Commonwealth and the nation,” McCance said. “The president has no interest in changing the legal status of that relationship.”
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