Tag: George Mason University
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GMU Law School Dean Tenders Resignation
Ken Randall, dean of the Scalia Law School at George Mason University, has tendered his resignation effective the end of the academic year, according to Virginia Business magazine, citing remarks by GMU Provost James Antony to GMU’s academic affairs committee. A university spokesman denied that Randall’s departure is related to last month’s House Judiciary Committee…
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Hold the Presses! Gregory Washington Still Has a Job!
Against the backdrop of hysterical warnings that the George Mason University Board of Visitors might fire President Gregory Washington, GMU’s first Black president, at its meeting today, the Board gave him a raise. It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement — only 1.5 percent — but it was a raise. Apparently, that means he still has…
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Campus Union Joins No-Confidence Movement
by James A. Bacon The “no confidence” campaign against the University of Virginia Board of Visitors is gaining momentum with the United Campus Workers of Virginia (UCWV) joining the effort. Strikes and lawsuits are among the options available to protesters, although, as one panelist put it in a “teach-in” yesterday, strikes by state employees are…
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Judge Affirms Senate Dems’ Power Grab
A Fairfax County circuit county judge has sided with state Senate Democrats who filed a lawsuit to prevent eight public university board members appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin from continuing to serve. The Democrats claimed that an 8-to-4 vote June 9 by a Senate subcommittee during a special session required no other action. Youngkin and…
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And in Other Higher-Ed News….
The Richmond Times-Dispatch contrasts how Virginia Commonwealth University dismantled Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with relatively modest controversy — and provides a sharp contrast with the University of Virginia. Here’s how Eric Kolenich summarizes VCU’s response: When state and federal officials told Virginia Commonwealth University to scrub DEI from every corner of campus, the university’s administrators went…
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Meet the New DEI, Same as the Old DEI
GMU Board’s openness puts UVA’s to shame by James A. Bacon At a jam-packed meeting last week, the George Mason University Board of Visitors received a briefing from Sharnnia Artis, the university’s former vice president for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, on how the university is complying with a Trump administration mandate to dismantle DEI and…
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DEI Statements and McCarthyite Loyalty Pledges
by James A. Bacon The George Mason University Board of Visitors gave economics professor Bryan Caplan the opportunity to speak at a recent board meeting. He delivered a six-minute takedown of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) that is well worth watching. Caplan assailed DEI for its effect on free expression. DEI doctrine, which many have…
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Shed a Tear for Virginia’s Poor, Persecuted Antisemites
by James A. Bacon George Mason University has issued No Trespass Orders against two leaders of the university’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization, Jena and Noor Chanaa. In writing about the inevitable controversy, The Washington Post led with the angle that faculty, staff, students, and advocacy groups are accusing the university police of…
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Now They’re Gunning for Lindsey Burke
by James A. Bacon Speaker of the House Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, has called for the resignation of Lindsey Burke, a conservative member of the George Mason University Board of Visitors, but Governor Glenn Youngkin is standing by her. Fortunately for Burke, her nomination was approved by the General Assembly earlier this year, and there isn’t much…
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Brainwashing and Politicization at GMU
by James A. Bacon Last week I highlighted an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education that gave voice to fears by lefty George Mason University professors about the newly constituted Board of Visitors. Six board members appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin, the profs fretted, had ties to the conservative Heritage Foundation and might do…