Category: Education (higher ed)
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Constitutionality of Vaccination Mandate
by Dick Hall-Sizemore There has been much opposition expressed on this blog regarding UVa, and, by extension, other higher education institutions, requiring students and staff to be vaccinated against COVID as a requirement for attending class in the fall. The policy has been said to be, among other things, unconstitutional. Not surprisingly, a judge has…
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Another Free Speech Fiasco at UVa
Charlottesville attorney Charles L. Weber Jr., represented University of Virginia student Morgan Bettinger in legal proceedings involving the University Judiciary Committee, which condemned her for words that allegedly constituted a “risk” to other students. This incident is a case study in how leftist, “anti-racist” students at UVa wield processes and procedures, with the complicity of…
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A Genuine Free Lunch
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Some people commenting on my recent post regrading the G3 Program for community colleges challenged my characterization of it as being a free community college education for some people. They contended that it really was not free; the student may not have to pay tuition, but the money for the program came…
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The Authoritarian Nature of DE&I Training
TO: The President, the College Board, the Faculty, the Staff, and the Constituents of Northern Virginia Community College FROM: Dr. A Schuhart (DACCE), Professor of English, NVCC-Annandale DATE: 04/19/2021 RE: Letter of Dissent After completing the required DEI training, it is clear to me that the claims of this training are a direct expression of…
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Pass the Hemlock, Please
by Walter Smith The strangest thing happened the other day. I was asleep, but I swear it wasn’t a dream. I was in Charlottesville, wandering around the University of Virginia Law School! I walked into an auditorium where the law faculty was seated, with UVa President Jim Ryan and law school Dean Risa Goluboff in…
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Even With a New Name, Community College Can Be Free
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Lost in the discussion of last year’s General Assembly actions and the current discussion of renaming community colleges is the restoration of funding for Governor Northam’s “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back” (G3) program. This program will provide a free community college education for low-and middle-income students enrolled in “high demand”…
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On the Renaming of Community Colleges
by Dick Hall-Sizemore A school task force has recommended that John Tyler Community College be renamed Brightpoint Community College. I can understand getting rid of the John Tyler name. He was a slaveholder and a member of the Confederate Congress. He also happened to be a former president of the United States, but only because…
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VMI a Hell-hole for Women, Says… the Washington Post
by James A. Bacon If you want a case study in why much of the public believes nothing emanating from the mainstream media, read The Washington Post’s latest smear job on the Virginia Military Institute. Staff muckraker Ian Shapira slams the Institute for the misogyny and sexual assault that he, like the Barnes & Thornburg…
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Larry Sabato Is Not the Problem at UVa
by James A. Bacon Rich Anderson, Virginia GOP chairman, is unhappy with the partisan bias of University of Virginia political-science icon Larry Sabato, whose tweets have turned bitingly anti-Trump. Anderson contends that eight of Sabato’s tweets from the past year appear to violate the university’s mission statement and faculty code of ethics. “A reasonable taxpaying…
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All Equal. All the Same. Structured and Systemic.
by Gilbert Piddington Perhaps in more ways than any school in the world, Cadets at the Virginia Military Institute are all treated equally and the same in a very structured and systemic environment. Let me explain. The VMI Honor Code, “A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, nor tolerate those who do,” applies equally to…
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VMI Alumni PAC Endorses GOP Ticket
by James A. Bacon The Spirit of VMI Political Action Committee (SoVP), formed by Virginia Military Institute alumni in response to the Governor Ralph Northam-ordered VMI racism investigation, has endorsed the Republican slate of candidates for statewide office — Glenn Youngkin for Governor, Winsome Sears for Lieutenant Governor, and Jason Miyares for Attorney General. In…
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A Chronology of Insults
by Phil Leigh The Generals Redoubt (TGR), a Washington & Lee alumni group with an email list of 10,000 supporters, announced Monday resolutions of no confidence in university President William Dudley. You can read the resolutions here and here. Provided below is a four-year chronology of events that drove them to their decision. January, 2017…
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Help Me Out. Let’s FOIA UVa about Trespass Warnings
by James A. Bacon Back in April 2018 Jason Kessler, the white nationalist organizer of the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, found himself the target of a series of lawsuits. He was spotted in the University of Virginia Law School library one day, minding his own business and reading up on the law.…
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Challenging UVa.’s Culture of Left-Wing Intolerance
Note: This column is republished from The Washington Times. by James A. Bacon A committee appointed by University of Virginia President Jim Ryan issued a statement this May outlining the university‘s policy on free speech. As befitting the university founded by Thomas Jefferson, a champion of individual liberties, the committee stated its unequivocal “commitment to free expression and free inquiry.” The statement…