A new study says cohabitation is less stable than marriage even in places where it's an established pattern. But experts note the issue may be stability and whether parents intended to have kids together, more than family structure. "In more than 60 countries, we see that the rise in cohabitation is linked to an increase in family instability for children," said IFS senior fellow W. Bradford Wilcox, study co-author and sociology professor at the University of Virginia. "It suggests there's something about marriage as an institution that signals commitment."
“Where are those students going – are they going out of state, are they going into the for-profit sector ... or are they bypassing college altogether?” Massa said last month as he presented the findings at a meeting of the presidents of public higher education institutions. For example, UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service has released a report showing the state’s population growth has slowed significantly. For the past three years, the report found, more people have moved from Virginia to other states than have moved into the commonwealth.
The commonwealth based much of its argument to join the lawsuit on the impact this case has had on public colleges and universities. Stuart Raphael, who argued for the commonwealth, said at least 350 students and faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, George Mason University, William & Mary and the University of Virginia are fearful of leaving the United States now because they worry they'd never get back.
The plan would provide money for raises to employees of public colleges and universities who didn’t get them last year because of a surprise shortfall in state revenues. Some institutions, notably UVA and College of William & Mary, gave raises to faculty anyway.
As the New England Patriots won their fifth Super Bowl game, in a stunning 34-28 rally against the Atlanta Falcons in overtime, another UVA football alumnus earned a ring of his own: Chris Long, one of the ’Hoos’ all-time great defensive linemen.
The host talks with various experts, including Siva Vaidhyanathan, professor of media studies at UVA, about how the economy of the Internet has affected not only news media, but also democracy at large.
After surveying preschools nationwide, Robert Pianta, dean of UVA’s Curry School of Education, concluded that “superficial task demands, including giving directions and assigning routine tasks, predominate over children’s involvement in appropriate conceptual or class-based activities.”
(By Connie Whittaker Dunlop, executive director at UVA’s Darden School of Business) If you are a millennial, the language of “swiping” is simple. Swipe right to show interest – and swipe left to move on. The concept of swiping, when extended to the coaching domain, serves as a metaphor for making the optimal match between clients and coaches.
Over the span of the last decade, Virginia has seen significant drops in population growth – especially in the past three years – according to new research from UVA’s Weldon Cooper Center.
UVA’s Department of Student Health reports there is a confirmed case of mumps on Grounds. According to a letter sent to students, there is also a second suspected case of the disease.
The University of Virginia on Friday announced members of the search committee that will recommend President Teresa Sullivan's successor.
"Mostly, it implements existing religious liberty legislation and resolves some of the ambiguities at the margins in favor of protection," wrote Douglas Laycock, a UVA professor of law. "The sweeping denunciations of this draft are way overdone."
“Imperial from the Beginning,” by Saikrishna Prakash, UVA’s James Monroe Distinguished Professor of Law, offers a historical account of the powers of the presidency that will engage and edify scholars and laymen alike. Breathtaking in its scope and coverage, this book underscores the historic potential of the new administration by offering an erudite and thoroughly readable account of the development of the American presidency.
UVA officials talked about affordability in higher education at a nonvoting work session Thursday at Morven Farm in Albemarle County.
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing next week on “Making the Environmental Protection Agency Great Again.” The hearing is likely to delve into the subject of the “Secret Science Reform Act,” pushing it another step closer to reality. Witnesses for the majority will include Jason Johnston, a professor at the UVA School of Law.
Politico asked top legal scholars to weigh in on the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Saikrishna Prakash, professor of law and senior fellow at UVA’s Miller Center: Neil Gorsuch is a “grand slam” choice.
On Thursday evening, five African-American Pulitzer Prize-winning poets will read from Brooks’ works as part of a sold-out literary event at the Art Institute of Chicago called “Our Miss Brooks.” One of those poets is Rita Dove, a UVA English professor who served as U.S. Poet Laureate from 1993 to 1995.
Babies with heart problems now have access to advanced health care thanks to a new partnership between the UVA Children's Hospital and a Norfolk hospital. This partnership will allow children with complex congenital heart defects to get state-of-the-art treatment.
A group of students and staff from UVA’s Center for Politics will participate in a national conference at Harvard. The National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement is taking place Feb. 3 through 5 at the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics.