CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WRIC) -- University of Virginia (UVA) has officially rejected a controversial proposal from the White House -- which faculty said would threaten academic freedom and free speech -- in a community statement released by the interim university president on Friday.

The evening of Friday, Oct. 17, interim university president Paul Mahoney announced that UVA would be rejecting the "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," a week after university faculty members rejected the controversial 10-page proposal, claiming it would threaten academic freedom and free speech.

During a vote in the week of Friday, Oct. 10, 97% of faculty members opposed signing onto the compact.

"It would be difficult for the University to agree to certain provisions in the Compact," Mah

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