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Speakers urge VMI board to address First Amendment dispute, review admissions and expand veterans program
Summary
At a Board of Visitors meeting public comment session, Robert Morris urged new Superintendent John Furness to resolve a First Amendment dispute; he also presented an independent five‑year admissions study and described work with the Department of Veterans Affairs on a veterans program for VMI.
Robert Morris, a public commenter with prior experience working on military education issues, told the VMI Board of Visitors that he wants the newly installed superintendent, John Furness, to resolve what Morris called a ‘‘First Amendment’’ dispute and to engage with outside experts on admissions reforms. "I think this is an opportunity to fix those," Morris said, referring to the First Amendment issues.
Morris said he led a five‑year independent study of admissions that analyzed about 16,000 application records and used an AI model to identify…
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