Former U.Va. President Details Justice Department Pressure That Led to Ouster

In an extraordinary 12-page letter, James E. Ryan described the pressure campaign leading to his resignation as akin to a “hostage situation.”

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Virginia’s Governor-elect Wants a Say Over Leadership at U.Va.

Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, told the university’s board that the choice of a new president, to replace one pushed out by Republicans over the summer, should be delayed until she is in office.

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Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities

Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system.

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University of Virginia Makes Deal With White House to Halt Investigations

The Justice Department had been scrutinizing one of the nation’s premier public universities over accusations of civil rights violations.

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Trump Officials Move Toward Deal With University of Virginia After Standoff

The Trump administration is closing in on a deal with the University of Virginia, four months after government pressure forced the school’s previous president to resign.

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White House’s Aggressive Tactics Are Complicating Its Education Agenda

The Trump administration alienated many elite schools in its latest effort to overhaul higher education, so it looked elsewhere for allies.

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White House’s Aggressive Tactics Are Complicating Its Education Agenda

The Trump administration alienated many elite schools in its latest effort to overhaul higher education, so it looked elsewhere for allies.

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University of Virginia Won’t Join White House’s Compact for Colleges

It was the fifth school in a matter of days to refuse an offer of preferential funding treatment from the government, even as the White House has threatened schools that do not sign up.

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Originalist ‘Bombshell’ Complicates Case on Trump’s Power to Fire Officials

As the Supreme Court seems poised to expand the president’s power, a leading scholar whose work the justices have often cited issued a provocative dissent.

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M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

The Trump administration offered nine universities benefits in exchange for signing an agreement to protect conservative voices, among other things. M.I.T. was the first to refuse.

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