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.
The University’s decision to axe the DEI and bias modules makes a statement about the vertebral integrity of the administrators, and it is not a positive one.
Removing essays entirely, rather than just reverting to their previous tradition of using expressive, personable prompts, marks a significant departure from the school’s admissions culture.
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.
Signing this Compact is a complete submission to federal control over a public university.
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.
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.
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.
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.
While this law does work to restrict the camera use, the data is still very loosely regulated, leaving it exposed to outside interference.
It is difficult to imagine how the University can universally take on such a widespread and continuously evolving problem. Thus, students must also be a part of the solution.
In a political climate where economic policies are mislabeled as a means of persuasion, it is becoming imperative to prioritize economics education.
So long as students’ power is limited to an advisory role in the administration, governance at the University will remain fragile.
