US EditionDems Say Trump and Youngkin Are Targeting Virginia’s Universities for Political Reasons
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Dems say Trump and Youngkin are targeting Virginia’s universities for political reasons
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Virginia Democrats say they are ready for a fight. "You don’t stop a bully by backing down, you stop a bully by punching back, and luckily for us, I always carry my boxing gloves in the trunk,” said Senator Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth) on Thursday. They say controversial appointments made by Governor Glenn Youngkin to various boards of visitors at Virginia’s public colleges and universities -- as well as actions taken by…
How Youngkin Reshaped Virginia’s Universities
The Virginia governor has appointed multiple donors, political activists and former GOP officials to governing boards, prompting a clash with faculty and Democrats. Jim Ryan’s decision last month to step down as president of the University of Virginia in the face of pressure from the Trump administration drew renewed attention to the political appointees steering the public institution who will pick the next campus leader.
The resignation of the rector of the University of Virginia, James E. Ryan, under political pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, and the state government of Virginia is the last surprising turn in the government’s total offensive against U.S. higher education. Trump Justice Department officials and members of the University Board of Visitors—several of whom were appointed by Virginia’s Republican governor Glenn Youngkin—accused Ryan to act…
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