Among those at the center of that seismic shift is Michael Lenox, a professor at University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. In March, he taught Foundations of Business Strategy on the online learning platform Coursera that drew 90,000 students from 180 countries. The second session of this course will kick off on Sept. 2. He recently spoke with Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Francesca Di Meglio.
Divorce is rarer than you might think in more affluent demographics. There is gap in divorce rates between those who are highly-educated like Abedin and Weiner (with a B.A. or more) and those without college degrees, according to a 2010 study by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
Besides being a University of Virginia nurse and caring for patients, Andrea Gum also went above and beyond for family, friends, neighbors and pets. Her nature is why this loss is especially hard for the community to overcome.
Two basic ideas underlie the legal concept of content discrimination according to a 2012 article by Lisa Kendrick, a law professor at the University of Virginia. The first is that “it is usually wrong for the government to regulate speech because of what it is saying.” On the flipside, “it is usually acceptable… for the government to regulate speech for reasons other than what it is saying.”
(Commentary) As the University of Virginia law professor Paul Stephan has noted, this view of customary international law holds that "state practice entails not the observable behavior of states, which is messy and often lawless, but rather what states assert as norms." "In other words," he writes, proponents of this view "mean not what states and their agents do, but rather what they say." Stephan observes that this kind of "new international law . . . embraces a system of formulating and imposing norms on state and individual behavior that operates outside ...
Teacher turnover negatively affects student learning in math and English, a researcher from the University of Michigan School of Education and colleagues (including James Wyckoff of the University of Virginia) found.
The victim of Wednesday’s tragic train accident near Waynesboro was Andrea Gum, 47, who most recently had worked as a nurse in the University of Virginia Medical Center's endoscopy unit.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has produced data that show which degrees and which schools produce the highest incomes for recent college graduates.The figures have a lot of qualifiers, but the data at least gives parents and high school seniors a better picture of what to expect after graduation.
"There are about 60 free clinics in Virginia, and we're one of the largest in terms of the patients we see and services we provide," said Erika Viccellio, executive director of the Charlottesville Free Clinic. "Having both the University of Virginia and Martha Jefferson hospitals as key partners allows us to do much more than what some of the other clinics are able to do. And it takes the support we get related to the concert, as well as the volunteerism, that allows us to do what we do. I can tell you the patients we serve are beyond grateful, and that's what matters mo...
It's a hot topic for parents and high school seniors every year: The Forbes' ranking of America's Top Colleges. But just what does "top" mean? This year's list ranks Stanford University in California No. 1; University of Virginia in Charlottesville No. 29; and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore No. 46. Forbes released its annual list this week. But Richard Vedder, director of the Center for College Affordability, says what's the behind the rankings may be more revealing.
According to Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, the attention generated from a campaign kickoff event can be fleeting. “The announcement itself is usually just a media event, a set piece full of symbolism designed to put the candidate in the best possible light,” Sabato wrote. “It’s mainly used for TV ads, after the initial burst of positive free publicity that fades quickly.”
The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges announced Thursday it has formed a committee that will examine how boards and regents govern higher education – and its leaders say they hope to bring much-needed change.
Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia, said the addresses are unlikely to undo the logjam between the White House and Capitol Hill. “Presidential speeches in and of themselves almost never reset administrations,” he said. “Events and trends do.”
For the first time, the FORBES Top Colleges ranking has two non-Ivies at the top: Stanford University (No. 1) and Pomona College (No. 2). It is also the first time that two California schools take the gold and silver. The best state school in America is University of California, Berkeley at No. 22. Here is what makes this shift so significant: It may splinter the grip of the East Coast Establishment colleges and open up a more diverse, accessible portfolio of best schools for students. (Note: The University of Virginia ranks 29th overall, and is the No. 2 public. Complete list here.)
Another indicator of economic health is consumer confidence, according to Tom Guterbock, the director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Survey Research. The center recently finished conducting a Jefferson Area Community Survey — its third one in the past two years — that revealed, on average, more people in Nelson County are feeling confident about the economy than were at the same time last year.
That two more physicians are vying for a Senate seat to join the fight in repealing Obamacare is not surprising to one political strategist. "Most GOP nominees will focus on Obamacare, whether they are medical doctors or not," wrote Larry Sabato in an email to CNBC. "Republicans are planning to use opposition to Obamacare to motivate and energize the party base in 2014. Turnout drops a great deal, so mobilization is a critical part of politics in midterm elections."
High-cost investment choices by consumers and fiduciaries are substantially hurting 401(k) returns, according to a new study. University of Virginia law professor Quinn Curtis and Yale law professor Ian Ayers analyzed 2009 data from 12,475 plans supplied by Brightscope Inc. to conduct the study.
(Letter to the editor by Colin Welch, and environmental science and urban planning student) The ban on uranium mining in Virginia that is currently in effect has been under pressure recently by Virginia Uranium Inc. for repeal because of two sizable uranium deposits in Pittsylvania County. Keeping the ban firmly in place should be the goal of Virginians across the state, not just in our southwestern family.
Virginia's population is going to look quite different in three decades, according to the University of Virginia's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The center has released demographic projections for all 50 states, looking at population estimates up to 2040. The numbers show that minority groups will continue to rise nationwide. And that trend will show itself in Virginia.
In politics, the “outsider” tag is a sought-after commodity. But in policy, some of the best advice can be found in those who have spent their careers inside the Beltway. This is the advice six former Transportation Secretaries recently offered to Anthony Foxx. James Burnley, Andrew Card, Samuel Skinner, Rodney Slater, Norman Mineta, and Mary Peters sat down to reflect on their time at DOT and what advice they could offer to Foxx, who succeeded Ray LaHood as Secretary on July 2. The gathering was part of the David R. Goode National Transportation Policy Conference, orga...