Pell Grants may face reduction
A proposed federal budget for the 2012 fiscal year threatens to slash funding for Pell Grants, which provide financial aid for low-income students.
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A proposed federal budget for the 2012 fiscal year threatens to slash funding for Pell Grants, which provide financial aid for low-income students.
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced guidelines Monday to help schools and colleges across the nation better understand their obligations when responding to allegations of sexual assault. One guideline instructs administrators to require allegations of assault to meet a "more likely than not" standard of evidence, rather than the stricter "clear and convincing" standard that most institutions currently employ.
Employers expect to hire 7 percent more interns this year than they have in years past, according to a report released last Thursday by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Despite the increase, experts predict students will compete now more than ever to acquire internships, following the popular idea that such work is necessary for students who want a successful career after graduation.
The Virginia Mock Trial team won two bids to the American Mock Trial Association National Championship Tournament this past weekend while competing in Washington D.C., beating out schools such as Georgetown, Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania. The feat marks the fifth consecutive year the team will travel to nationals - currently the longest streak in the country.
The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society held the 48th annual Restoration Ball Saturday night, raising an estimated $5,000 for the Heart of the Grounds Campaign, a capital campaign for the restoration of the Rotunda.
A research team of University aerospace engineering students unveiled a 30-foot hypersonic scramjet engine prototype yesterday. One day, the technology could allow a plane to fly from New York to Hong Kong in just two hours.
The University Board of Elections announced the 13 elected representatives for the University Judiciary Committee last night in Jefferson Hall on the West Range. Each school is represented by two students, with the exception of the College, which elects three judges.
As the Board of Visitors convened Friday, more than 200 workers and University students assembled on the southern part of the Lawn, unfazed by the gusty winds, to march for a living wage.
College-aged students and low-income women could face obstacles to receiving reproductive services in the greater Charlottesville area, pending the outcome of controversial legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced Feb. 3 that he will submit a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court asking to take the state's health care lawsuit immediately. If the petition is successful, the case would bypass the Federal Appeals Court in the process of determining its constitutionality.
A proposed regulation announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would require that student health insurance plans provided through universities and colleges comply with certain provisions in the Affordable Care Act that was signed into law last March.
Former University student David Solomon, 26, was arrested Jan. 27 at his home in Reston, Va. by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department. He was charged with two counts of unauthorized filming, one count of attempted unauthorized filming and five counts of possession of child pornography.
A male student reported being assaulted early Wednesday morning while walking in the 200 block of 15th Street. Charlottesville Police Lt. Ronnie Roberts said the individual claimed four males approached him at approximately 1:55 a.m.
Students and faculty gathered last night in Nau Auditorium to discuss ongoing demonstrations and political turmoil rapidly unfolding in the Middle East.
For the second year in a row, Virginia's public school system ranked fourth in the nation in the release of Education Week's Quality Counts report earlier this month. The commonwealth received an overall grade of a B-minus, compared with the national average of a C.\nThe annual report ranks state public school systems according to six areas: K-12 achievement, school finance, chance for success, policies related to transitions and alignment, the teaching profession and standards, and assessment and accountability.\nKacy Sellers - a research associate in Editorial Projects in Education - said grading for these six areas was based on surveys, four of which were sent out directly to state departments of education to evaluate the policies already in place in each state, and two of which measured outcome and achievement based on testing.\nThe recession a had significant impact on education both in Virginia and across the country as schools faced dramatic budget cuts.\nNevertheless, a press release from Education Week showed that education has become the "engine of the jobs recovery, with education-related positions accounting for more than half (337,000 jobs) of all jobs saved or created through federal stimulus spending."\nDespite Virginia's high ranking, officials at the state's Department of Education noted that improvement is still necessary.\n"We have achievement gaps to overcome as students are achieving at high enough levels at the elementary level, but the excitement for learning seems to drop off at the middle-school level," said Charles Pyle, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Education.\nHe noted that challenges facing middle-school students in terms of development and interaction with peers could cause such drops in achievement at this age. To counter these drops, Department of Education officials are raising the bar for middle-school students.\n"By raising expectations for these students and requiring them to stretch, we expect to see higher achievement," Pyle said. He hopes that these measures "increase the percentage of students who enter high school on trajectories that result in them graduating with college- and career-ready skills".\nThe department also saw other areas where improvement was needed. Virginia ranked ninth in the category of "Providing Opportunities to Succeed," almost 10 points behind first-ranking Massachusetts.\nGov. Bob McDonnell also outlined further plans for improvement and called for "tax credits for corporations that help disadvantaged children gain access to new educational opportunities" and to promote a pilot program providing pay grants for schools that are having trouble attracting and retaining quality teachers, he stated.\nThese improvements will help the state line up with the federal government's goal to "shore up the foundations of the economy by upgrading skills in the workforce," as stated in the Education Week press release. The hope is that higher education in students will yield success for the nation as a whole as job preparedness will improve.\n"We must continue to provide more options for our young people and parents while ensuring accountability at every level in our public school system.
Virginia officials have submitted the state's revised plan to fix the Chesapeake Bay watershed, meeting the Environmental Protection Agency's Nov. 29 deadline, according to the Office of the Secretary of Natural Resources.
The state of Virginia's total budget has increased by 59 percent during the past 10 years, according to a report released Monday by the General Assembly's Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. Of this increase, the University's budget ranked in the top four areas that saw the biggest growth.
ormer U.S. Secretaries of Transportation Norman Mineta and Samuel Skinner briefed President Obama at the White House Oct. 4 about a transportation report produced in conjunction with the Miller Center of Public Affairs.
The 2008-09 academic year marked the first time that women in the United States earned more doctorate degrees than men, according to a report issued by the Council of Graduate Schools.
The use of hand sanitizer might not significantly impact the transmission rate of the cold or flu virus, according to a study conducted by Dr. Ronald Turner of the University's Pediatrics department.\nAfter the study was concluded, 51 rhinovirus infections were reported in a pool of 100 volunteers who didn't apply hand sanitizer, as opposed to 42 cases in another pool of 100 volunteers who used hand sanitizer. Furthermore, the study found that only three more people per 100 study participants were actually infected with influenza when they did not use hand sanitizer.