The map showed that Charlottesville was in the geographical center of the state. T he commission, overwhelmed by the shrewdly compiled data eventually voted unanimously for the Central College site. Later, in 1818 the legislature approved the choice. J efferson was selected Rector of the university and for the next six years lived only for its creation. He raised money, drew up architectural plans, procured workmen, hired faculty, and developed curriculum and rules of governance.
H is university contained several innovations.
T he University of Virginia stands as one of three achievements that Jefferson was most proud. Thomas Jefferson and Education in a Republic. Thomas Jefferson's Views on Public Education. New York, AMS Press. The Educational Work of Thomas Jefferson.