The recent Richmond Times-Dispatch story (“Democrats in shock over resignation of UVa president Jim Ryan,” June 27) on the unfolding leadership crisis at the University of Virginia should alarm every American who believes in the independence, freedom and integrity of higher education.
The report noted that Morgan State’s economic impact on Baltimore City alone was $891 million and created 4,880 jobs in the area.
The recent Richmond Times-Dispatch story (“Democrats in shock over resignation of UVa president Jim Ryan,” June 27) on the unfolding leadership crisis at the University of Virginia should alarm every American who believes in the independence, freedom and integrity of higher education.
Columbia University shifted policies in an effort to restore federal funding and so far hasn’t seen much in return.
The shocking ouster of the president of the University of Virginia (UVA) has shown the Trump administration is expanding its higher education battle to public universities and using local and state support to push its demands.
James Ryan submitted his resignation last week ‘with a very heavy heart’ rather than risk the institution having its federal funding cut
The unfolding leadership crisis at the University of Virginia should alarm every American who believes in the independence, freedom and integrity of higher education (“University of Virginia President Resigns,” U.S. News, June 28).
University of Virginia president Jim Ryan’s abrupt resignation in the midst of federal pressure on the school to end its DEI initiatives set off a firestorm of controversy, with Virginia Democratic lawmakers now pledging that they will find ways to prevent further politicization of higher education.
The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents and UH President Wendy Hensel have joined more than 110 colleges and universities and more than 180 higher education leaders across the country in signing a national letter urging the protection of institutional governance of institutes of higher education from political interference.
More than 200 college and university presidents, board chairs, sector association leaders, and heads of accrediting agencies have called on higher education leadership to uphold the independence of governing boards and institutional autonomy.
On the 100th day of President Trump’s second term in the White House – a period that has brought sweeping changes to the U.S. education landscape – college and university leaders and policy experts convened at U.S. News’ “Leadership of Tomorrow: Challenges and Opportunities in Higher Education” forum in Washington, D.C. to discuss concerns about the value of a college degree.
Concerns about the Trump administration’s plans for higher ed loom large in a new report by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, outlining the top public policy issues facing higher ed governing boards.
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