Marriage among Americans who have graduated high school but not college is on the decline, and their religious attendance has dropped at the same time, a new report shows. "Middle Americans" ages 25 to 60 who were in their first marriages dropped from 73 percent in the 1970s to 45 percent in the 2000s, according to "The State of Our Unions," an annual report from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
A new survey out this week from the National Marriage Project shows that marriage is an institution in decline in many parts of American society. This "retreat from marriage in Middle America" will have wide-ranging social and economic consequences, say the survey's authors.
Larry Sabato, the oft-quoted political scientist from the University of Virginia, plots out the gains for the Republicans and notes that many were due to the GOP regaining seats they have traditionally held but lost in 2006 and 2010.
Students at Franklin County High School also learn basic work and workplace readiness skills, according to Mark Church, director of career and technical education for the school division. Church cites a recent report by the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia about the importance of basic work skills. ... The UVA report reflects comments from more than 300 employers from a range of industrial sectors. The research finds that employers expect families and communities to help students gain these essential skills, but they also look to the schools to be involved.
The results of Loudoun County's first baseline assessment report on the county's human services were released last week, revealing that even in one of the country's wealthiest and fastest-growing counties, half of the residents surveyed said that they had experienced significant need or financial worry during the past year, the county Department of Family Services said. The report, conducted by the University of Virginia Center for Survey Research and designed in collaboration with Loudoun human services agencies in Loudoun, includes survey data from a random sample of households as well as in...
In preparation for a segment on NBC’s “Today” show this morning, I reached out to the admissions offices at the University of Virginia and Occidental College in California for examples of essays that they considered memorable — for good, or ill.
A study conducted by the University of Virginia found that people infected with a cold who spent a night in a hotel room left contagious germs on nearly 35 percent of the objects they touched. The study also showed that a virus can live on objects like faucet handles and ice buckets for at least a day -- disturbing evidence of what might be waiting when you wheel your suitcase into a suite.
The results are in and the ‘Hoos made good on their goal to beat out their Atlantic Coast Conference rivals, in recycling at least. During their October 16 home football game against North Carolina, Cavalier fans recycled more than 15,000 pounds of what would have been garbage instead. That's about four-tenths of a pound per person, and it's more than any other university in the ACC. Its part of a larger commitment the University of Virginia is making to sustainability.
The hills and bends at the University of Virginia's Observatory Hill set the stage for a rather unique competition Wednesday afternoon: an off road stroller derby. First year engineering students had to design, build and race their creations, all with a baby doll inside tracking their progress. Some students chose two wheels, while others opted for three or four wheels. One team even went with a wheel barrel design. The goal of the project was to design a stroller that can easily navigate through the Appalachian Trail.
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Answer: Decent income. Decent education. Shared religious activity, which is increasingly coinciding with decent income and decent education.
That's a rough summary of what the University of Virginia's Center for Marriage and Families discovered in a detailed survey of American couples.
A new U.Va. survey out this week from the National Marriage Project shows that marriage is an institution in decline in many parts of American society.
A college degree may be the key to marital bliss, according to a U.Va. study. The 2010 edition of "The State of Our Unions" compares high school dropouts, high school graduates and college graduates, and finds that “highly educated” Americans have the strongest marriages.
When it comes to marriage, the institution is seeing its fastest erosion in “middle America” – the large bulk of the population with some education but no college degree.
What’s the secret to a happy marriage? If you want to avoid winding up in divorce court, it helps if you make more than $50,000 a year, have a college education and have parents that are still married. Getting some of that old time religion helps, too.
Want to stay married? Better make sure you have a college degree, earn over $50,000 a year, and don't have divorced parents.
Marriage is in trouble in Middle America. This stark assessment emerges from a new report, When Marriage Disappears: The Retreat from Marriage in Middle America, sponsored by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
In addition to an "education gap" in marriage, there is also a "faith gap," says the new State of Our Unions report on marriage. "Middle America has lost its religious edge," wrote W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, looking at trends over the past 40 years.
On Tuesday, the University of Virginia hosted a panel to discuss how to handle future terrorist attacks.
Endowments – funds built from monetary gifts mostly from businesses and alumni – vary widely from school to school. That money, and the interest earned from it, can provide schools some stability to allow them to get through tough spots financially.