Just as Jefferson viewed last-minute judicial entrenchment as a violation of democratic norms, many at the University see the Board’s actions as similarly problematic.
Students vying for a Lawn room are left with the options of not signing an off-Grounds lease on the gamble of being accepted, or putting their name on a lease and risking financial or legal repercussions for removing their name.
The Second-Year Council should not be alone in interrogating these systems, but rather, the University must earnestly recognize the stressors these processes mount on students.
With more immigrant constitutional rights being under fire from loopholes like automatic stay provisions, communities that take many asylum seekers like Charlottesville suffer.
On search committees such as the one for a provost, it is imperative that all members feel equally qualified to debate the merits of candidates without undue influence, and it was this imperative that Wilkinson deliberately undermined.
Albemarle County’s Board of Supervisors has made the right decision in reserving judgement, and they will hopefully continue to impose strict restrictions on any future data center construction within the county.
If the University genuinely wishes to support students and their academic performances, it must expand meal-plan hours — particularly during exam weeks.
If she succeeds in steadfastly fighting for her vision, Virginia will not just talk about fixing the education system. It will finally do it.
The University’s agreement with the Trump administration reeks not only because of its terms, but also for the method in which it was composed.
To protect the integrity of its founding values and the World Language Requirement, the University must ensure that all departments’ diagnostics implement a proctored, in-person language assessment.
Does U.Va. Health have a transparency problem that needs to be addressed? All signs point to yes.
Ultimately, Democrats should be in the business of convincing voters that their policy positions will benefit the lives of everyday Virginians.
An increase in access to both test-taking and preparation materials since the pandemic — along with existing methods to make scoring more equitable — should warrant a switch back to requiring students to report standardized test scores when applying to the University.
While transfers to the University will have access to a myriad of transfer-specific programs when they arrive on Grounds, behind the scenes lie structural barriers.
By addressing the demand of University students — who often favor location above other factors in their housing search — this project would have also helped ease competition in nearby neighborhoods.
We are witnessing, in real time, how external oversight can shape University governance, and we should pay special attention to the language being employed to this end.
When considering the value of a University degree, the focus must shift away from narrow metrics that solely focus on the immediate return on the investment in an education from the University.
This will lead to other universities — who have not already invested or focused on sustainability — to follow suit.
While the Jefferson Council is right that this presidential search committee is the most inclusive in recent memory, that claim is blighted by the fact that the decision to form the committee in the first place was illegitimate.
The deeper danger here is not of overt censorship, but subtle drift.
