Yet, higher education has shaped the American experiment from the beginning. Enlightenment ideas studied in 18th-century ...

UVa Chief Operating Officer J.J. Davis will soon be acting president of UVa after Jim Ryan's sudden resignation last week.

Following President Jim Ryan’s sudden resignation, the University of Virginia‘s short-term acting president will be Jennifer “J.J.” Wagner Davis, the university’s executive vice president and chief ...

On Monday, Robert Hardie, whose term as rector concludes Monday, and Rachel Sheridan, who assumes that post on Tuesday, sent ...

The blows keeping coming, from the end of affirmative action to outright interference in who leads college campuses.

Mr. Ryan was known to urge the university to be both “great and good” in all its endeavors. His departure will result in a ...

Jim Ryan, the University of Virginia's ninth president, resigned after facing pressures from the Department of Justice over diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Justice Department had demanded that Jim Ryan step down to resolve an investigation into the school’s diversity, equity ...

Hundreds of University and Charlottesville community members joined University President Jim Ryan outside Madison House ...

One of the co-founders of social media platform Reddit has expressed outrage at the resignation of the University of Virginia ...

The news drew hundreds of community members to the Lawn, with individuals using chants, speeches and signs to express their anger and fear at the federal government’s interference in higher education ...

Ryan had faced conservative criticism that he failed to heed federal orders to eliminate DEI policies, and his removal was ...