(Commentary by Wade Gilley, a retired university president living in Reston who served as Virginia’s secretary of education from 1978 to 1982 ) Virginia, perhaps subconsciously, has attempted to make up the difference by encouraging U.Va. to act like a private research university without providing the funds or the governing structure that would facilitate that transition. There are a few simple solutions to this critical problem. First, create a partial privatization of U.Va. with a totally independent governing board, coupled with state assistance/scholarships for Virgini...