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BOV 1010: The corporate university, politics, and your tuition

 Unprocessed Material — Box: RG 23 - Additions Box 1, Folder: ViU-2022-0146_001
Identifier: ViU-2022-0146

Content Description

This addition to RG 23/100, Student Organizations/ Miscellaneous, includes a pamphlet titled "BOV 1010: The Corporate University, Politics, and Your Tuition." It includes information regarding the occupations and the decision-making practices of the current University of Virginia Board of Visitors (BOV) members. It includes a list of BOV board members in 2022 and detailed biographies of Robert Blue and Tammy S. Murphy highlighting their ties to corporations. The zine also highlights various activism campaigns by students regarding the BOV proceedings including advocating for AccessUVa in 2013, an effort to introduce a public comment period for all meetings in 2014, and rallies against tuition hikes in 2015 and 2017. The back cover notes that the BOV is meeting to vote on tuition and notes the date and location.

Acquisition Type

Transfer

Provenance

Found on Grounds by Lauren Longwell, University Archivist, 21 November 2022.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 2022

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet (1 letter-sized file folder)

Inventory

1 zine