UVA Ouster Shows Trump Higher Ed Fight Ready to Go Beyond Ivy Leagues
- Jim Ryan announced his resignation last Friday and is scheduled to officially leave his position on July 11, 2025; in the meantime, COO J.J. Davis has been appointed as the acting president.
- Ryan stepped down following federal scrutiny by the Department of Justice, associated with the Trump administration, due to accusations that he did not comply with orders to dismantle mandated diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
- On June 27, hundreds protested Ryan’s resignation at UVa’s Rotunda chanting “We want Jim” and “Death to tyrants,” while Ryan expressed heartbreak in a resignation letter.
- Ryan expressed that he was unable to independently challenge the federal government solely to protect his position, underscoring the unique and personal nature of the political pressures he was experiencing.
- Following Ryan’s departure, Virginia lawmakers called for reforms to gubernatorial appointment confirmations to protect university governance, aiming to prevent future politicization of higher education.
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Jim Ryan, ousted from post as president, to return to UVA as a law professor
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UVA ouster shows Trump higher ed fight ready to go beyond Ivy Leagues
(The Hill) -- The shocking ouster of the president of the University of Virginia (UVA) has shown the Trump administration is expanding its higher education battle to public universities and using local and state support to push its demands. University President James Ryan announced Friday he would be leaving after an apparent pressure campaign from the Trump administration that went largely unreported until it reached its boiling point. Presi…
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