The University’s Tech-Connect Community hosted a panel Wednesday to discuss the future of online education at the University.
Changes to federal student loan repayment plans could lead to an increase in student loan forgiveness, according to a study published Tuesday by the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan Washington think tank. Under current rules borrowers must pay 15 percent of their discretionary income toward their loans, and the government forgives the remaining balance after 25 years of payments.
Changes to federal student loan repayment plans could lead to an increase in student loan forgiveness, according to a study published Tuesday by the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan Washington think tank. Under current rules borrowers must pay 15 percent of their discretionary income toward their loans, and the government forgives the remaining balance after 25 years of payments.
Charlottesville Area Transit held an open meeting Tuesday evening to present proposed changes to the free trolley and CAT bus routes.
Restoreuva.com, an online auction raising money for Rotunda repairs, went live Saturday morning with 42 University and Charlottesville-related items available for bidding.
A recent study by College Measures, a division of the American Institutes for Research, showed students who graduate from Virginia’s public universities with career-oriented bachelor’s degrees earn more than those with liberal arts degrees.
A former University laboratory researcher has received more than $800,000 in compensation after a federal jury last week decided he had been unfairly fired after he reported “unauthorized modifications” to the terms of a research grant. Dr. Weihua Huang was notified his contract would not be renewed in November 2009, a little more than a month after he reported his supervisor, Dr. Ming Li, for allegedly increasing the amount of time researchers contributed to a genetics project funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Asst. Dean of Students Mike Citro, who oversees fraternity and sorority and student organizations at the University, spoke at Student Council’s representative body meeting Tuesday evening.
The Batten School revealed last week it had received eight large donations, including two $1 million gifts, as a result of recent fundraising efforts in conjunction with the school’s fifth anniversary this year. A crowd of about 75 Batten faculty, alumni and current students gathered in the Garrett Hall Great Room to hear Batten School Dean Harry Harding reveal the donations Friday.
Tens of thousands of students have signed up for the University’s non-credit online courses set to begin January as part of the University’s venture with online-learning company Coursera, according to data released by University Information Technology Services. Online learning became a hot-button issue during the failed ouster of University President Teresa Sullivan this summer.
The University’s efforts to make sense of its position within the higher-education landscape in the uncertain months following University President Teresa Sullivan’s forced resignation this summer continued Monday with a talk from Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities. Students and faculty struggled to find seats in Minor Hall auditorium to listen to the former Cornell president discuss the plight of public universities. The attempted ouster of Sullivan is part of a pattern among public universities, Rawlings said.
Monday marked the final day Virginia residents could register to vote in the November election. Charlottesville City Registrar Sheri Iachetta said she processed more than 300 registration forms Monday afternoon. A majority of those registering to vote in Virginia since Sept.
The University is set to become the first institution on the east coast with an endowed chair for Mormon studies, Board of Visitors members indicated Monday. Establishment of the $3 million endowed position will likely go before the Board in a February 2013 meeting, University spokesperson McGregor McCance said in an email.
The mother of former Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington is upping the ante on her campaign to obtain justice for her daughter who was found dead in a field in Albemarle County after attending a concert at John Paul Jones Arena.
The inevitable approach of the presidential election has partisans scrambling to garner the votes necessary to win, and pundits say the Latino vote could prove decisive on Election Day. When Max Sevilla, director of policy and legislative affairs for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO), spoke to University students Friday, he was confident that the Latino vote would be a major, if not pivotal, factor in the presidential election in November. “In the 2000, 2004 and 2008 presidential elections the Latino vote played a major role, especially in states such as Florida,” he said.
The Jefferson Literary & Debating Society and the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union squared off Thursday evening in the University Chapel for a debate hosted by the Honor Committee about the honor system’s single-sanction policy.
University Medical School Dean Steven T. DeKosky announced last week he will step down July 31 after five years at the helm of central Virginia’s primary medical facility.
The Association of Governing Boards’ Intercollegiate Athletics Project released a report Tuesday examining the role of university governing boards in overseeing athletic programs.
The Darden School of Business is the number three Master of Business Administration (MBA) program in the world, according to the 2012 Economist magazine rankings released last week.
A college degree remains a worthwhile investment, according to a new report released by the nonprofit think tank, Brookings Institution.
