A new measurement of poverty in Virginia is challenging conventional views of economic distress in areas such as Northern Virginia and Southwest Virginia. The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service unveiled the Virginia Poverty Measure on Wednesday as part of an effort to more accurately reflect the economic conditions of the commonwealth.
New ads hitting your TV this week offer a new glimpse into the governor's race, and the strategy to win undecided voters. A one-minute ad for Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli touts his relationship with the family of a slain police officer Michael Garbarino. In the ad, one of Garbarino's daughters says, "Every time I was in the hospital, I would see Ken Cuccinelli." "I think it sort of tries to humanize Ken Cuccinelli through the death of his friend and going to the hospital," said University of Virginia political analyst Kyle Kondik.
"I think a lot of people were watching it online, which, you know, how many people were actually doing that who weren't just political junkies? For the average person, were they really going to be paying that close of attention?" asks Geoff Skelley, an analyst with the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
In a study of what makes high-achieving, low-income students more likely to apply to selective colleges, Hoxby and Sarah Turner, an economist at the University of Virginia, provided students with vouchers they could use to waive application fees, even though many of the students would have qualified for fee waivers anyway. The researchers found that the waivers – when coupled with other information about the application process and aid offered by selective institutions – had a large effect on the number of applications the students submitted.
Before Dom Starsia talks about national titles, he unfolds a two-foot-wide spreadsheet that gives University of Virginia recruits a look at life after lacrosse. A big part of the coach’s sales pitch for a university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 is VLAN, or the Virginia Lacrosse Alumni Network, a 300-person database of former male and female players who work in finance and other fields and are willing to help cub Cavaliers get there, too.
According to Larry Sabato of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, while Cuccinelli had a good chance of pulling off a primary win, Jackson—who scored only 12,000 votes in his last statewide run for office—didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell without the convention. At best, that could mean serious trouble for the Cuccinelli campaign; at worst. it could mean a very scary four years for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
There is at least one place with huge potential for ending wasteful higher education spending: to stop subsidizing students who do not graduate and put their education to good use, say Jenna Ashley Robinson and Jay Schalin of the Pope Center for Higher Education. … The University of Virginia is at the other extreme, wasting less than a quarter of a million dollars per year due to drop-outs.
The survey found that many start pursuing career opportunities while still in school even – 21 percent of those surveyed were working online while still currently enrolled at a university. These students are getting a jumpstart on building a career in a way that allows them to progress faster than traditional hierarchical organizations would. Ashoka Rajendra is a 21-year-old biology student at the University of Virginia whose work in bioresearch won him awards even in high school. But when he tried to continue research in college, he encountered frustrating red tape. Realizing that his p...
Experts are not certain that this message will resonate with voters in the middle of the political aisle. "It might come down to those voters," said Geoffrey Skelley, with the University of Virginia Center for Politics. "How do they decide? If they view this ticket as too conservative perhaps they end up voting for the Democrats or they stay home."
The most direct evidence that the Dove commercial is misleading comes from the work of Nicholas Epley of the University of Chicago and Erin Whitchurch of the University of Virginia. In a series of studies, Epley and Whitchurch showed that we see ourselves as better looking than we actually are.
For those who just graduated from business school, landed their first jobs and are already thinking of job-hopping, you may want to reconsider, says University of Virginia Darden School of Business Dean Robert Bruner.
University of Virginia Center for Politics analyst Geoff Skelley says the candidate for lieutenant governor may act as a drag on the ticket. "If Jackson does prove to be a true liability for the Republican ticket, then they will probably look back on the decision to shift to a convention with some remorse," he says.
For the University of Virginia, the future is now, just greatly improved. University committees, and a consultant hired to provide a strategic vision for UVa, are recommending the university focus on its current strengths and improve them. The advice comes after interviewing more than 10,000 students, faculty, alumni and officials from other universities around the country. In a report to the UVa Board of Visitors on Tuesday, Art & Science Group recommended that the university rework itself into a collegiate research university. The school would emphasize student academic experience and in...
"I definitely say it is safe under the right circumstances," says University of Virginia junior Celia Dyer, who picked up riders last summer while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, Mass. "However, finding the right circumstances can be nearly impossible."
At this year’s ECR the first of two Management in Radiology sessions addressed the issue of innovation management and future challenges. According to key speaker Bruce Hillman, Professor of Medical Imaging and Public Health at the University of Virginia, ‘accessed innovation’ has proved a remarkable success story during the past forty years. ‘It has brought radiology up from a specialty hidden in basements … to being one of the premier specialties in all of medicine,’ he said. ‘What we need now is innovation that will carry us into the future, respond...
Larry Sabato has yet to be persuaded that it will. He’s the noted political pundit who has covered Virginia politics for decades and is the director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. “If McAuliffe is to beat Cuccinelli, he has to energize the Democratic base to turn out in large numbers, something that proved a big problem when Bob McDonnell was elected in 2009,” Sabato says. “Social issues are his key—abortion, gay rights, climate change, etc.—because Cuccinelli has taken very conservative positions on these topics in a state that is except...
While the government has recently received a great deal of criticism for the purported crackdown on journalists, some policy makers and academics argue that the recent string of unveiled security leaks has a negative impact on the U.S.’s foreign policy and will lead other countries to not trust government agencies with sensitive information. “Even if the press reports classified stuff that is not all that important, it sends a message to foreign countries that the U.S. can’t be trusted,” Robert Turner, the associate director for the University of Virginia’s Center...
(Commentary) Cleveland’s belief in a limited government may be why he doesn’t achieve his status when ranked with other presidents. This from the Miller Center at the University of Virginia: “In the final analysis, Cleveland thought more in terms of command than leadership. As the nation’s chief executive, he had no real vision for the future, nor was he interested in articulating one, suggesting that his was still a pre-modern presidency. … In his mind, it was enough for him to be hard working, honest and independent. These are virtues in a small town mayor, per...
“I can see why there is a lot of concern on the Republican side, because he doesn’t exactly have a track record of being a proven candidate,” said Geoff Skelley, media relations coordinator for the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “Does that mean he can’t go out and win? Absolutely not. He may pass the test with flying colors, but I do think there is a lot of ammunition out there for Democrats to attack him with.”
(Commentary) Alt-ac folks are in all corners of the academy – and beyond it. Preliminary research conducted by Katina Rogers at the University of Virginia, confirms this. Rogers’ survey focused on alt-ac workers with humanities Ph.D.s – and the public database compiled via that survey reveals people working on campuses in positions ranging from teaching center director to librarian to university advancement and beyond, including people in positions outside of the academy, working in publishing, at technology websites, as entrepreneurs, and more.