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Weve always tended to overstate Americas embrace of dissent, as if those police dogs, fire hose blasts and tear gas cannisters aimed at protesters — and yes, even bullets —

George Mason and Virginia Commonwealth Universities have submitted their syllabi for courses about diversity, equity, inclusion and race to Secretary of Education Aimee Guidera for review at the request of

A mandated curriculum long sought by Virginia Commonwealth students and faculty members was set to take effect this fall. The university delayed it late last month, and advocates don’t buy its reasoning for doing so. In 2019, the chair of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of African American Studies asked a panel of four Virginia college and university presidents whether their institutions required a course on race and racism. None said yes. And the chair, Mignonne C. Guy, receiv...

A look back at the weeks headlines made across the state.

Students and staff staged a successful campaign for a “racial literacy” course requirement at VCU—until the administration nixed its plan at the 11th hour.

Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesHundreds of professors and students at Virginia Commonwealth University have penned an angry letter targeting the school’s administration after its sudden decision to nix a “racial literacy” class requirement—calling the move an act of “blatant institutional racism.”VCU claimed that it was on the edge of making history as one of the country’s first institutions of higher education to requ...

Professors disputed that the university doesnt have enough seats to teach two classes on race and racism. Some worry that politics influenced the decision.