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(12/05/13 5:19am)
Writing requirements seem like a topic for dead-eyed academic bureaucrats: a subject undeserving of attention, let alone debate. But what a school asks of its students tells us a great deal about that institution’s values and goals.
(12/04/13 3:35am)
A vehicle accident in Rockbridge County, Va. early Tuesday morning that killed a Washington and Lee University student and left three others seriously injured reminds us that drunk driving remains a major problem for college students.
(12/03/13 4:02am)
It’s a trend so well-observed that we hesitate to bring it up once more. In the last few decades, state funding for higher education has declined across the U.S. In 1980, state funding accounted for 46 percent of public institutions’ operating budgets, according to the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities. Average support fell to 27 percent by 2005.
(12/02/13 3:13am)
The Cavalier Daily has had a tumultuous history — one that includes name changes (the paper was founded in 1890 as College Topics) and periodic sparring with administrators and nearly every other student organization on Grounds. But during the course of 123 years of publication, one aspect of our organization has, to the best of our knowledge, remained constant: our paper has always been run exclusively by current students.
(11/26/13 3:44am)
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors started lobbying lawmakers in Richmond this week. The board is pushing for a host of legislative efforts. Its 2014 legislative program, which it approved this fall, takes stances on everything from infrastructure (the state should put more money toward road construction) to government corruption (make misuse of public funds a felony).
(11/25/13 6:27am)
The University’s pre-major advising system is, in its current form, slapdash. During fall orientation, first-year College students are assigned to faculty advisors. Like any blind date, it doesn’t always go well. Students get little choice in what advisor they are paired with. A name appears on SIS, and a few days later you’re dutifully knocking on an office door.
(11/22/13 3:24am)
We’ve written before about threats to academic freedom — most notably, Peking University’s dismissal of economist Xia Yeliang last month.
(11/21/13 5:03am)
More and more American college students are studying abroad. The 2013 Open Doors Report released last week by the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit that promotes international student exchange, found that roughly 9.4 percent of U.S. students study abroad at some point during their undergraduate degree programs. In the 2011-2012 academic year, 1.4 percent of all U.S. undergraduates completed study-abroad programs.
(11/20/13 4:13am)
State Sen. Creigh Deeds, a Democrat who represents Virginia’s 25th district, which includes Albemarle County, was taken to the University Hospital Tuesday after being stabbed multiple times at his home in Bath County. As of press time Deeds remains in fair condition, after arriving at the hospital in critical condition.
(11/19/13 5:18am)
After more than two years of planning, the University is putting its revamped internal financial model into practice.
(11/18/13 4:40am)
The Board of Visitors Friday approved a new mission statement for the University, which the Faculty Senate drafted. The new mission statement emphasizes adherence to “a founding vision of discovery, innovation, and development of [students’] full potential.” It also highlights the University’s global presence and the school’s desire to remain accessible to students from all walks of life.
(11/15/13 3:39am)
The Board of Visitors gathers Friday in the Rotunda for another round of meetings. Of the items on the Board’s docket, two stand out: a meeting of the special committee on diversity, and a full Board meeting on the University’s strategic plan.
(11/14/13 6:14am)
Protests against cuts to AccessUVa took on a second wind this week.
(11/13/13 4:22am)
The University of Virginia recently introduced the Institute of World Languages as the first of many initiatives in its latest series of interdisciplinary programs. The institute combines language study with courseworks in a number of different departments, including medicine, business and politics.
(11/12/13 4:23am)
A recent New York Times article recounts the story of a college applicant whose explicit and offensive tweets were noticed by the college admissions officers at the school to which she was applying. Although the student was ultimately rejected because of an unsatisfactory academic record, not the tweets, the incident raises the question of whether examining social media is a proper means of determining whether to accept an applicant to an institution of higher education.
(11/11/13 4:18am)
At the University, the importation of business jargon into conversations about higher education tends to raise our hackles. When it comes to vacuous buzzwords, “strategic dynamism” is the one we know best.
(11/08/13 3:23am)
In his first press conference after a narrow victory over Republican challenger Ken Cuccinelli, Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe announced that his first executive order as governor would prohibit discrimination against LGBT state employees.
(11/07/13 6:28am)
Amid the thunderous headlines proclaiming the death of the humanities, it’s hard to hear the students talking about Kant in the classroom next door. Before we slap a toe tag on our Shakespeare anthology, we might consider the possibility that the humanities are still kicking.
(11/06/13 6:44am)
Election night is an unofficial holiday for political junkies and journalists alike — even when the race isn’t a nail-biter. So Democrat Terry McAuliffe’s unexpectedly slim victory over Republican Ken Cuccinelli had our entire newsroom on edge.
(11/05/13 4:35am)
After two first-year students died in their dorm rooms in October, Colorado State University is picking up the pieces.