That is factually inaccurate. In fact, faculty did protest.
Losing the U.S. Attorneys for Virginia in such rapid succession destabilizes consistency in our legal prosecutors for leading legal cases, creating gaps in the knowledge and management of daily operations.
The current presidential search committee includes 28 members — Board members, students, administrators, alumni and faculty — with at least as many faculty as the previous two. Given its composition, concerns about representation are unfounded.
Privacy is not merely a technical shield against data leaks or hacks — it is a baseline human right that shapes how students learn, organize and speak.
With their calls for administrative consequences, the CRs thumb their noses at the Jeffersonian principles of free speech that this University was founded to defend.
This Compact plants the seed for further federal interference in student affairs and free speech, and it threatens to cancel all federal funding should the University sign the Compact and fail to adhere to its demands.
Signing this Compact is a complete submission to federal control over a public university.
As members of the faculty, we remind the Board that, at the end of the day, an academic community is an exercise in shared governance for the good of the whole.
The mire that CCS and other institutions find themselves in as a result of the federal government’s actions will imperil the future operation of these vital programs and bodies if funding is not established on a more predictable basis.
If the space where Littlejohn’s used to be remains vacant until the spring semester, the University and investing partners could elevate student initiatives by providing the business space to a finalist in the Galant Challenge or promising student entrepreneur.
I do love the gardens around the Lawn, which feature small smatterings of herbs, but something more extensive and scientific would be of great benefit to Grounds.
The degree of alumni involvement in the Honor the Future campaign speaks to the importance of shared governance — student involvement in critical governance matters creates a culture of connection to and collaboration with the University that engenders a desire among alumni to support their alma mater.
Behind the shadow of the University’s wealth and prestige, Charlottesville city schools are running out of space, staff and support.
The University has an obligation to ensure that it produces students who are able to objectively differentiate between credible and uncredible information.
If you’re an out-of-state family, you could not afford to have your son or daughter attend the University unless your family income is at least $250,000, assuming you have a mortgage, desire to save for retirement or are not the beneficiaries of a large family trust fund.
Additionally, the 2025 U.S. Supreme Court decision Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services signals that proponents of DEI should stop pretending they are complying with the law.
Entrusting people with a criminal background to facilitate nonviolent intervention and providing in-depth training in crime prevention is possibly the best alternative to police funding or further, more costly initiatives.
That framing is not just misleading — it obscures the real failures of University leadership and the courage of the students who stood up to them.
The destabilizing consequences of the present appointment process have revealed critical and unsustainable fault lines that rest within our political system.
Kneecapping the foundation of the country’s research enterprise just to follow nativist principles is an absurdly self-defeating, short-sighted strategy that is a threat to us all.
