U.Va.-Wise professors have embraced technology to keep snowbound students from falling behind in coursework after treacherous weather shuttered the College for two weeks in mid February. As a result, a snow day was no longer a day off for many students. Assignments were delivered via email, lectures were posted on Moodle, tests were given, and some professors received smartphone photographs of completed work from students who lost electricity or Internet service during the snowstorm.
(By W. Bradford Wilcox, a professor of sociology at the University of Virginia) These days, 20something marriage has gotten a reputation for being a bad idea. That’s partly because parents, peers, and the popular culture encourage young adults to treat their twenties as a decade for exploration and getting one’s ducks in a row, not for settling down. In the immortal words of Jay-Z, “Thirty’s the new twenty.” Indeed, the median age-at-first marriage has climbed to nearly 30 for today’s young adults, up from about 22 in 1970. Of course, there’s an upside...
(By William Robinson, the executive director of the University of Virginia’s Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education) Traveling the country as a leader of the University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education, I’ve had the opportunity to witness over 50 school districts across the country work to reverse decades of underperformance and match resources with teachers and student needs.
Meanwhile, two economists from the University of Virginia in the U.S. looked at how 3,597 couples answered two questions at two different points in their relationship - once during the beginning of the survey (1987 to 1988) and again six years later.
City centers around the country are becoming younger, more affluent and more educated, while inner suburbs are seeing poverty rates rise, according to a new study from the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Contrary to popular belief, millennials don't have casual sex more than the generation before them. Gen X and Gen Y are equally into it. That's why both generations should consider a recent report from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, which says that hooking up at the start makes a less-satisfying marriage, should the relationship make it that far.
There are many advantages to staying in-state when it comes to getting your education. Not only will you save money on transportation to and from home, many public colleges offer generous discounts to students in their own state. The University of Virginia is a large public university ranked 2nd out of 41 colleges in Virginia. The school is fairly selective, only accepting about 30% of the students that apply. The excellent tuition discount makes the university a great buy for in-state students. Those students who are expecting financial aid pay an average of $10,700 per year. Most s...
Colleges and careers were not created equal, so you should be pragmatic enough to consider the salary potential of different majors and the costs of individual schools. The research firm PayScale has gathered data on graduates from more than 900 colleges and estimates the financial returns of different degrees and schools. For instance, the average degree from the University of Virginia offers an annual return over 20 years (calculated as earnings minus the cost of college versus the earnings of average high school graduate) of 17.6 percent; Shaw University offers -10.6 percent.
A political discussion with an international guest speaker was held at the University of Virginia Thursday. The Austrian ambassador to the United States kicked off a day of discussions at the home of political analyst Larry Sabato. Dr. Peter Manz spoke about the U.S. and Austria working together on real-world challenges.
The University of Virginia is launching an accelerator program based out of offices in D.C. and Charlottesville, the school announced last week. The program is kicking off with $11 million in initial funding from the Curry School of Education Foundation (mostly derived from alumni donations) and a beginning balance from USA Funds, a nonprofit that guarantees student loans.
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington has selected the sites for its most ambitious exhibition ever: a traveling tour of First Folios that will stop in every state, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico.Here in Washington, Gallaudet University earned the honor of displaying the Folger’s traveling First Folio, one of the most valuable printed books in the world. In Maryland, the book will stop at St. John’s College in Annapolis. And Virginians can see the First Folio at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Virginia lawmakers are planning on passing a new state budget Thursday. They returned to session this year with a plan that's $1 billion less than the original two-year budget voted through last year. After public colleges and universities were asked to eliminate $90 million dollars over the next two years they will get some funding back in specific areas. The University of Virginia and Virginia Commonwealth University might get an additional two million dollars for cancer research.
For 172 years, the University of Virginia has had a rule that students caught cheating, lying or stealing get kicked out. In the 21st century, that seems harsh to some, and students are now voting on whether to change the rule.
Complete with camouflage uniforms and artificial weapons, the University of Virginia's naval ROTC Unit ventured out into the elements for an early morning condition hike on Wednesday. "We're doing a 4.2-mile hike today," said Midshipman Third Class Malcolm Dunlop. "The purpose of this is to just train our midshipman for officer candidate school which all marine officers are required to complete if they are going to complete the marine officer program," said Dunlop.
Tropical deforestation increased by 62% over the last two decades and did not decrease as assessed by the UN, says a new study spanning the entire tropics. Experts see the increased deforestation is a logical consequence of the mechanisation of the process from the saws to chainsaws to tractors.Clearing of tropical rainforests not only increases carbon dioxide in the air but also affects rainfall patterns and raises temperatures across the globe, said a recent study by University of Virginia.
The overall serious crime rate was 23.2 per 1,000 residents, calculated using mid-year estimates from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia and reflecting the fifth consecutive annual decrease. Crimes counted include homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson.
Plying a third path to what could be another presidential run, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is blasting Democrats and Republicans alike over Washington’s dithering on border security. Steve Farnsworth, political science professor at the University of Mary Washington, and Geoffrey Skelley, analyst at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, agreed that illegal immigration is a hot button for conservatives and could play well for Perry.
Daniel Willingham is a brave man. The author of Why Don't Students Like School? has entered the arena of an unwinnable war and proclaimed a victor while the participants are still fighting it out. His battlefield of choice? How to teach reading or, more specifically, whether phonics or whole-word strategies should be used in the classroom. Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia in the US, aims to bring scientific rigour to the argument.
Gov. Scott Walker called private-sector unions “our partners in economic development” and said he wasn’t seeking to limit them because he needed their help to create 250,000 jobs in Wisconsin. That was back in February 2011, amid massive protests over Walker’s measure to all but end collective bargaining for most of Wisconsin’s public workers. Four years later, the Republican governor — and likely 2016 presidential contender — said he would sign the state’s right-to-work bill, which is expected to reach his desk as soon as next week. Kyle Kondik,...
Behind closed doors, conservative activists say former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina or Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, both of whom will address CPAC, are likely auditioning for the second spot. Kyle Kondik, of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, said that of all the candidates Ms. Fiorina “strikes me as the one who is likeliest to be running not to be the nominee, but to build her standing in the party in order to get a VP nomination or a Cabinet appointment.”