Students weigh University autonomy and Jay Jones’ scandals in attorney general race
By Luca Bailey | October 23, 2025After scandals brought forth calls for Jones to drop out, some students say they will no longer vote for him.
After scandals brought forth calls for Jones to drop out, some students say they will no longer vote for him.
Reid spoke on his background as a TV anchor and radio commentator, his goals for Virginia’s economy and prioritization of the “Right to Work” law, private school choice and the current “culture war” in the Commonwealth
Spanberger ran through her platform if elected governor — one that primarily hits on the cost of living and cuts to the federal workforce by the Trump administration.
More than one thousand students, faculty, staff and community members gathered on the Lawn at noon Friday to urge the University to reject the proposed Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”
“I believe strongly that this agreement represents the best available path forward,” Mahoney wrote.
The Career Center hosts 27 career fairs throughout the course of the academic year that range in industry and career focus
According to the Office of the Vice President for Research’s 2025 annual report, the University spent $829 million on research and development in the last fiscal year, yielding 56 patents and 2,319 awards.
Here is a look at the decisions peer institutions have made, and the status of the University’s decision.
According to the complaint, these threats have caused student journalists at Stanford to self-censor, withdraw bylines on opinion pieces or leave the paper altogether for fear of immigration consequences.
All students can register to vote in Charlottesville or Albemarle, regardless of their home state, by listing the address of their on-Grounds or off-Grounds housing.
Although the University ultimately chose not to sign an agreement from the Trump administration, Interim University President Paul Mahoney left open the possibility of future collaboration and alternative approaches in his letter to the Education Department.
Prior to Mahoney’s rejection Friday, Tyler Coward, lead counsel of Government Affairs at FIRE and attorney, noted his specific concern with some language of the Compact.
Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg moderated a conversation with Atlantic staff writers Tom Nichols, Vivian Salama and Nancy Youssef.
The University has rejected the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which he received from the White House and Department of Education Oct. 1, according to a community statement released Friday evening by Interim University President Paul Mahoney.
Dickerson said that these provisions may affect student self-governance at the University, transgender community members and student protestors, among others.
The alleged racketeering scheme, coined the “Kent Enterprise” in the suit, alleges that Kent and other named doctors prioritized revenue and ranking over patient safety.
Throughout the year, the University has faced a variety of legal challenges, including seven investigations by the Justice Department — two of which have now closed — and a lawsuit by Virginia Senate Democrats over Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointments to the Board of Visitors.
The search committee is composed of 26 members, all of whom have connections to the University — although it was composed of 28 before two Youngkin Board of Visitors appointees were blocked by state Senate Democrats.
Brown University became the second of nine universities to reject the Trump administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” Wednesday, following the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s similar decision last week.
The compact contains ten points, eight of which detailed policy areas of the University that were prioritized by the federal government.