For instance, researchers from the University of Virginia and Rutgers University used the Education Longitudinal Study data to determine if college-attendance expectations made while students were in 10th grade could predict if students would still be in college four years later. The researchers found that of three groups—students, parents, and teachers—teacher expectations were more powerful predictors of postsecondary education status than the expectations of students and parents. They also found, however, that “teachers had the lowest expectations” for students. ...
According to the Daily Tar Heel, activists are fed up with the lack of transparency in law school employment reports. The University of Virginia Law School boasts the Number 8 ranking on U.S. News and World Report, and it also lists a 95.6 percent employment rating within nine months of graduation, the highest employment rate in the United States.
All of the media coverage surrounding the disappearance of University of Virginia student Hannah Graham is opening old wounds for women who've been attacked - especially those who were sexually assaulted. ... There are thousands of women who sit and watch the coverage of Graham on television every day, and they see themselves in her shoes."They all relate to her in some way or another. The young men do too, and to think that it happened to her, it could happen to me,” said Claire Kaplan with the UVA Women's Center.
An emotional gathering at UVA Friday as students unite with one wish -- Hannah Graham's safe return. Hannah's classmates come together to say they haven't lost hope. It comes as search crews prepare to ramp up their efforts in the coming days. ... It's why they organized a Hugs for Hannah event - showing support for Hannah's family and thanking authorities for their hard work to find her. It comes as authorities are balancing what they will and won't share about the investigation.
Some University of Virginia students are using an embrace as a way to help the community heal. “Hugs for Hannah” gave the community an opportunity to come together on the lawn Friday afternoon and simply hug.Three weeks after Hannah Graham disappeared and two weeks after a vigil, students say they're still hopeful, and they want to express themselves."Of course, you can talk about support and can say ‘I support you' in that way, but hugging is a more physical act. And sometimes actions speak louder than words,” said Harrison Helm, a member of the UVA Societ...
An author who spent the last few years studying the University of Virginia's founder Thomas Jefferson spoke Friday night at Old Cabell Hall. ... Meacham spoke on the shift in the view of politics in the 1700s through today, noting the change in public engagement. He says, nowadays, a thorough knowledge of the United States political system is seen more as a personal interest than a necessity, and it's something he hopes to see change.
A group of University of Virginia faculty members is looking at ways to boost science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in the classroom. The initiative is being funded by a series of grants from the National Science Foundation.Professors in the Curry School of Education are working on three research projects focused on the STEM fields. They say they are trying to address a critical shortage of both stem teachers and manpower of the workforce in these areas.
The search continues for Hannah Graham, the 18 year-old University of Virginia student who disappeared last month. Drones are now flying over farm fields and woods where public tips suggest she might be found.Five years ago, Morgan Harrington, another young woman on campus for a rock concert, also went missing. Police maintain there may be a link between the two cases. Surveillance technology and social media led them to a suspect, Jesse "LJ" Matthew.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a major test of religious freedom. At issue is a law enacted by Congress in 2000 to shore up the religious rights of prisoners. … Now Holt is represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and one of the country's leading authorities on religious rights, professor Douglas Laycock of the University of Virginia law school.
“Even if the Arkansas government prevails in saying, 'We have a compelling governmental interest in prison security,' they have to prove that this is the least restrictive means for furthering that interest," says Hannah Smith, senior counsel for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Smith is representing Holt alongside University of Virginia School of Law professor Douglas Laycock.
"I feel like our community has become closer through this whole negative experience" said Kathryn Brodie, a UVA student.Some have even changed their everyday habits, like walking alone."I didn't really have an issue walking home, I knew I shouldn't, but I would at night. Now my housemates and I have been really on it. We give each other rides or find someone to walk with. I never walk alone anymore" said UVA student Dani Ashmun.
Congress approved arming moderate rebels in Syria to battle Islamic State militants. … University of Virginia law professor Ashley Deeks says, that exception allows the U.S. offensive against Islamic State insurgents.
The plot sounds like something plucked from today's headlines: foreign hostages, terrorism, presidential power and American diplomatic relations with the Middle East. … In Jefferson's time, European powers conceded to terrorism by paying annual tribute and ransom to groups like the Barbary pirates, according to Robert F. Turner, co-founder of the Center for National Security Law and professor of American Foreign Policy.
Charlottesville's police chief remains relentless in his mission to find missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham.
Christina Smith was at work at Food Lion when she got the text she'd been hoping to get for 10 years. ... Richard Schragger, a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said the Supreme Court needs four votes to take a case.
Jesse Leroy Matthew Jr. was the kind of guy who would bust your lip, then regretfully drive you to the hospital. A "cool individual" around other guys, but a bit too "touchy-feely" with the ladies, family friend Rod Brown says."He doesn't mean to be creepy; he's just a little off, just a little awkward," says Brown, who's known "LJ" for about 15 years. "If he gets around women, I've never seen it NOT be awkward."Authorities say Matthew's interactions with women went way beyond awkward.
Jesuit Father Gerald Fogarty teaches religion and history at the University of Virginia in the United States and is an expert on diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the United States.He was in Rome early October to attend a conference which focused on new archival evidence relating to Pope Pius XII. Father Fogarty who has recently checked out archives connected to this pontificate in the United States and across Europe was asked by Veronica Scarisbrick if he’d come across any significant information in the course of this research.
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management says its staff and resources are doubling over the weekend to try to find any trace of Hannah Graham.Graham, a University of Virginia student, hasn't been seen since September 13. Saturday, more than 100 trained searchers combed wooded areas in Albemarle County looking for her.All-terrain vehicle teams and canine trackers were out in the far western and eastern parts of the county. VDEM coordinators say a geographic information systems specialist from the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office is now involved to help analyze and organize ma...
Nine years after Caroline County sheriff’s deputies shined their flashlights on a newlywed interracial couple asleep in their home, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Virginia law that led to their arrest.It’s interesting, notes University of Virginia law professor Kim Forde-Mazrui, that “many of the important cases that advance civil rights do involve the Supreme Court invalidating Virginia law.”... The desegregation and Loving rulings are “bookends on the civil rights movements,” Forde-Mazrui said. (He also cites the 1996 ruling ending Virginia Militar...
"There's something of a revolt in these states against the status quo," said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato's Crystal Ball, the political forecasters at the University of Virginia. "One theory is that people are mad - if you look at the national polls, they don't like the way the country is going - and this is being expressed at the state level against the executive who's closest to home and on the ballot."