THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: GROUND ZERO FOR CHANGE. “The old model of increasing budgets and raising tuition — without cutting costs — is unsustainable. Students and their families are suffering. The in-state tuition for U-Va. already takes up nearly 20 percent of the median household income. That’s why U-Va. should be viewed as ground zero in a national struggle for excellent and affordable education. While the university board’s opaque process in removing Sullivan is regrettable, the board is right to be concerned about the direction of the university.”