What We Learned at UVa
June 27, 2012, 4:03 pm
By Siva Vaidhyanathan
As much as I like and respect President Teresa Sullivan of the University of Virginia, the two-week struggle to restore her to her office was never about her. It was about who gets to guide the future of a great public research university. And in a sense, it was about how all great public research universities will be governed and guided in the next few years.
That’s why it was so gratifying to receive supportive correspondence from people around the world. Alumni and students were the most vocal. They saw th[......]
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June 27, 2012
UVa’s Faculty Leaders Gain New Power After President Is Reinstated
Norm Shafer
The Executive Council of the U. of Virginia’s Faculty Senate called for a silent vigil in support of reinstating President Teresa Sullivan, who was ousted by members of the Board of Visitors on June 10.
By Robin Wilson
Charlottesville, Va.
When George M. Cohen took over as chairman of the University of Virginia’s Faculty Senate this month, the group wasn’t exactly known as a powerbroker on campus. In fact, Mr. Cohen, a law professor here noted for his quiet and steady demean[......]
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The Intercultural Institute Intercultural Research Series, Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, Shanghai, China: Steve J. Kulich and Michael H. Prosser, Senior Coeditors.
Kulich, S. J. & Prosser, M.H. (2007). Intercultural Perspectives on Chinese Communication: Intercultural Research, Volume 1. Shanghai, China: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press.
Foreword: Guan Shijie
Preface: Steve J. Kulich
Part One: Intercultural Communication and the Humanities: The State of the Art Describing the Chinese
Chapter I. Introduction: Linking Intercultural[......]
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University of Virginia Board Reinstates President
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 26, 2012 at 5:54 PM ET
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia’s governing board reinstated its popular president Tuesday only weeks after ousting her in a secretive move that infuriated students and faculty, had the governor threatening to fire the entire board and sparked debate about how to best run public universities in a tight budget climate.
The 15-member Board of Visitors voted unanimously to give Teresa Sullivan her job back during a brief meeting at the university’s hi[......]
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June 26, 2012
U. of Virginia Board Votes to Reinstate Sullivan
Justin Ide for The Chronicle
President Teresa Sullivan and Rector Helen Dragas enter the rotunda for Tuesday’s meeting.
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President Teresa Sullivan and Rector Helen Dragas enter the rotunda for Tuesday’s meeting.
By Sara Hebel, Jack Stripling, and Robin Wilson
Charlottesville, Va
Updated, 6/26/2012, 7:20 p.m.
Teresa A. Sullivan was reinstated as the president of the University of Virginia on Tuesday, completing the arc of an improbable comebac[......]
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U.Va. Board of Visitors Reinstates Sullivan as President
Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:41 AM
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The University of Virginia Board of Visitors today acted to reinstate Teresa A. Sullivan as president of the University.
“The past two weeks have been trying for all of us in the University community,” Sullivan said. “While this period of uncertai[......]
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June 25, 2012
Back to the Future for UVa
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By Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
When I was preparing to leave a vice presidency at Boston University to become president of the University of Hartford in 1977, John Silber, the legendary BU president, dropped by to give me a farewell word of advice. “When you get to Connecticut, the first thing to find out is who really does the hiring and firing,” he told me.
Silber was experienced in these matters. As dean of the College of Arts and Sciences[......]
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- Members of the media gather for a stakeout in front of U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 25, 2012.
The Supreme Court on Monday backed a part of the Arizona law that calls for police to check the immigration status of people they stop but struck down three other pro[......]
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Teresa Sullivan, Statement to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, June 21, 2012, Chronicle of Higher Education [Post 532]
In 1816, our founder Thomas Jefferson said, “as new discoveries are made, new truth discovered and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times.”
We are all aware that the UVA needs to change and for the past 2 years I have been working to do just that. Apparently, the area of disagreement appears to be just how that change should occur and at what pace.
I certainly want to take so[......]
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The Right Way to Lead Higher Education Through the Digital Age
June 25, 2012, 4:04 pm
By Siva Vaidhyanathan
Here at the University of Virginia, we have been going through a traumatic couple of weeks. As a result of a reckless and radical move by the Board of Visitors to drive President Teresa Sullivan from her office, we have lost financial support, students, and talented colleagues. The board has damaged the reputation of this great institution. So we on the faculty are fighting to restore the reputation.
When the rector of the Board, Helen Dragas, declared late last week th[......]
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