US EditionTrump Put a Target on the University of Virginia — Now Its President Is Gone
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, JUL 7 – Jim Ryan resigned after sustained political attacks linked to efforts undermining diversity and antiracism at the university, with the Justice Department sending seven letters to UVa officials this year.
- On June 27, 2025, Jim Ryan, President of UVA, resigned amid a Justice Department investigation into the university’s diversity programs.
- The DOJ Civil Rights Division sent seven letters between April 11 and June 17, accusing UVa of slow-walking the dismantling of DEI programs, prompting Ryan's resignation.
- The Cavalier Daily obtained records showing seven DOJ Civil Rights Division letters from April 11 to June 17, plus a March 7 board vote to dismantle DEI, and Ryan missed multiple certification deadlines.
- Jim Ryan's resignation, amid federal and political pressure, signals a rollback of diversity efforts and civil rights progress at UVA, with protests and alumni support highlighting ongoing tensions.
- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s planned national search signals MAGA forces gaining control of UVA, risking actions that conflict with the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Trump put a target on the University of Virginia — now its president is gone
Regardless of political persuasion, Virginians and the American people should not and cannot tolerate any administration unconstitutionally seeking to bend the institutions that have made the country great to its will and ideology.
Challenging the Media’s Narrative on Big Donors and State Board Appointments
Thomas Jefferson wanted listed only three accomplishments on his tombstone at Monticello: “Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom; and Father of the University of Virginia.” On the 249th anniversary of his first accomplishment, the newspaper that covers life at his third accomplishment published a piece titled “A dive into the Board of Visitors’ political donations.” The Cavalier Dail…
Richmond Times-Dispatch
NewsAdvance.comWilliams: MAGA turns back the clock at UVa
We'd like our leaders to show more fight in the face of such blatant overreach. But the fulcrums of power — Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Attorney General Jason Miyares, a UVa Board of Visitors packed with Youngkin appointees and hostile UVa alumni — were aligned against President Jim Ryan.
The Daily Progress
Michael Paul Williams: MAGA turns back the clock at UVa
We'd like our leaders to show more fight in the face of such blatant overreach. But the fulcrums of power — Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Attorney General Jason Miyares, a UVa Board of Visitors packed with Youngkin appointees and hostile UVa alumni — were aligned against President Jim Ryan.
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