Education
7 months ago
Sens. Warner, Kaine accuse Trump administration of illegally withholding $108 million from Virginia K-12 schools

The money would be used to support teacher training, after-school programming and mental health resources.

UVA
7 months ago
Jim Ryan to step down as UVA president on July 11, return as professor

Ryan will return as a full professor following a sabbatical.

UVA Rotunda as seen from West Pavilions on Lawn
UVA
7 months ago
UVA suddenly cancels virtual BOV meeting Wednesday

The Board of Visitors had been scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss a resignation.

UVA
7 months ago
Former BOV member Bert Ellis says Ryan resignation an opportunity to move UVA to the right

Bert Ellis believes Jim Ryan’s ouster creates an opportunity for UVA to move away from what Ellis sees as its recent left-leaning politics.

Albemarle County
7 months ago
Senate Democratic leader warns University of Virginia not to pick a new president ‘anytime soon’

Roanoke, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) Sen. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax County, says if Democrats win […]

UVA
7 months ago
UVA names Jennifer Davis acting president

Jennifer “J.J.” Wagner Davis, the University of Virginia’s chief operating officer, will serve as the institutions acting president following the resignation of Jim Ryan.

Education
7 months ago
Outside of DOJ official’s CNN appearance, Republicans largely mum on Ryan resignation

Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for Civil Rights and herself a UVA law graduate, defended the Department of Justice’s aggressive posturing that led to the resignation of University of Virginia president Jim Ryan on Friday.

Education
7 months ago
Protestors take to UVA’s Rotunda to denounce Trump Administration for forcing out President Jim Ryan

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the University of Virginia’s fabled Lawn and Rotunda on Friday afternoon to protest after UVA president Jim Ryan was pressured to resign by the Trump administration.

Education
7 months ago
UVA president Jim Ryan resigns in face of pressure from Trump Administration

University of Virginia president Jim Ryan has informed the school’s Board of Visitors he will resign, the New York Times reported Friday, bending to pressure from the Trump Administration.

Education
7 months ago
Reaction to pressure on UVA president to resign splits along partisan lines

Unsurprisingly, reaction to news that the Trump administration is attempting to pressure University of Virginia president Jim Ryan to resign split along party lines.

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