Small rebellions, universitywide subscription renegotiations, and a European open-access mandate for certain research are putting unusual pressure on industry giants.
The former Trump official will rejoin the White House as Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff. We asked the director of UVa’s Miller Center what Short did during his time at the university.
Congressional Democrats are digging into whether the department’s leaders sought to get rid of an independent watchdog who had sparred with them over an investigation.
Students from Virginia Union, Virginia Commonwealth, and the University of Richmond share their views on attending college in the former capital of the Confederacy.
Technical and procedural problems invalidated the vote at the last minute late Wednesday, although the financially troubled institution’s leader said she expected the vote to go against her.
Correction
An item in Wednesday’s newsletter stated incorrectly that Dale Whittaker was resigning as president of the University of Central Florida after just six months on the job. He was president for closer to eight months.
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