The Board of Trustees at Washington and Lee University voted 22-6 on Friday to continue under its current name, which includes former President George Washington and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The board acknowledged “sharp disagreements” about the school’s name and history but said members found no consensus as to whether changing the Lexington, Virginia, university’s name “is consistent with our shared values.”
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