UVA: Spanberger tells BOV to put presidential search on hold, Ryan issues letter laying out BOV/DOJ malfeasance

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What Spanberger did was savvy. She sent a signal to anyone considering the UVA job that their appointment would be quickly overturned once she takes office. What well-credentialed higher education official would take such a job under such circumstances? Not really anyone.

Savvy?

You think it was savvy for her to interfere, politicize the presidential search, and send the message she will pick the next president based on politics over merit?

OMG

False

Every accusation is a confession

[Anonymous]

If pick not made soon the it will come down to a Dem donor, or a second shot at a college presidency for Magill or Gay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What Spanberger did was savvy. She sent a signal to anyone considering the UVA job that their appointment would be quickly overturned once she takes office. What well-credentialed higher education official would take such a job under such circumstances? Not really anyone.

Savvy?

You think it was savvy for her to interfere, politicize the presidential search, and send the message she will pick the next president based on politics over merit?

OMG

Dude, get a mirror. Everything that’s been done by Youngkin and the BOV is politics. UVA shouldn’t be turned into Hillsdale.

[Anonymous]

"All politics are local".

[Anonymous]

The thread confirms that most people have sixty grade reading skills. A 12 page letter was too much to read and understand, I guess, so people just decided it says things it doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

I just read the Ryan letter, which I found credible. The role of the three Board members who were the go-between seems murky at best. I can see why there is very little trust in the current Board. And I am happy that my daughter is not going to UVA (her in-state safety option).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The situation at the University of Virginia is a clear example of how DEI policies have entered a new legal and political environment. UVA’s governing board shut down the university’s DEI office earlier this year after federal investigators questioned whether some of its past programs gave advantages based on race or other protected characteristics. The Department of Justice signaled that the university was at real risk of losing federal funding if it did not fully bring its policies in line with civil rights law. Under that pressure, President James Ryan chose to resign rather than drag the institution into a long fight with the federal government.

This was not simply a clash of politics. It was the result of a legal landscape that changed after the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on race conscious admissions. Since then, federal agencies have scrutinized any DEI program that might involve quota systems or zero sum benefits tied to race or sex. UVA’s leadership had already started dismantling its DEI structure, but critics argued the changes were cosmetic. That disagreement created a credibility problem with federal regulators, which is ultimately what forced the crisis.

Anyone coming into office now needs to understand that this environment has not shifted back. If the new governor tries to push the same style of DEI programs that brought scrutiny to UVA, she risks repeating the same cycle. The issue is not whether diversity or inclusion can be supported. Those goals are legal and widely accepted. The problem is that certain DEI models rely on decision making that treats protected characteristics as factors in hiring, admissions, or funding. That is exactly what federal investigators are now targeting.

Unless future state policies focus strictly on equal opportunity approaches that avoid these legal pitfalls, the governor could walk straight into the same trap UVA just fell into.

Anyone put in place before Spanberger fixes the issue with the board should realize that their tenure will be short and stained. Trump will need to issue a blanket pardon to his entire government on his way out the door or there will be many short time officials heading to the crowbar hotel in a few years. And it will be well deserved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read the Ryan letter, which I found credible. The role of the three Board members who were the go-between seems murky at best. I can see why there is very little trust in the current Board. And I am happy that my daughter is not going to UVA (her in-state safety option).

Ryans letter is completely credible, little else is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read the Ryan letter, which I found credible. The role of the three Board members who were the go-between seems murky at best. I can see why there is very little trust in the current Board. And I am happy that my daughter is not going to UVA (her in-state safety option).

Thank you so much for that very important detail. Now we find your post credible.

[Anonymous]

So - just to recap - a governor-ELECT, not even a sitting governor - feels she has the authority to interfere here? What arrogance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So - just to recap - a governor-ELECT, not even a sitting governor - feels she has the authority to interfere here? What arrogance.

She was given a mandate from the people of VA to reject MAGA from all corners of the commonwealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read the Ryan letter, which I found credible. The role of the three Board members who were the go-between seems murky at best. I can see why there is very little trust in the current Board. And I am happy that my daughter is not going to UVA (her in-state safety option).

Thank you so much for that very important detail. Now we find your post credible.

That was pretty silly!

[Anonymous]

Sheridan and Wilkinson have just had their reputations publicly destroyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read the Ryan letter, which I found credible. The role of the three Board members who were the go-between seems murky at best. I can see why there is very little trust in the current Board. And I am happy that my daughter is not going to UVA (her in-state safety option).

Ryans letter is completely credible, little else is.

My kid has already committed to a T10 school. I don’t know why it’s hard to believe that UVA is a safety. At any rate, my point is that the school seems to be a royal mess, with or without the intervention of the new governor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just read the Ryan letter, which I found credible. The role of the three Board members who were the go-between seems murky at best. I can see why there is very little trust in the current Board. And I am happy that my daughter is not going to UVA (her in-state safety option).

Thank you so much for that very important detail. Now we find your post credible.

+1. Such a silly woman’s argument:”Well, I say so-and-so (even though clearly has no idea of the history of what has gone on in the last two years at UVA) and let me just toss in the non-sequitur that I’m happy my daughter isn’t going there”. No one cares!