Members of Virginia Boards Are Urged to Become Activists

But some trustees see a training session as another sign of political interference in academic matters

By Patrick Healy

Richmond -- Speakers at a Virginia conference on public-college trusteeship last week urged board members to become active combatants in"battles" over academic content and standards that they said were under way in higher education.

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