The Miller Center announced the creation of the nonpartisan National Commission on Financing 21st Century Education, aimed at finding solutions to the high costs of higher education in America. The commission held its first meeting on March 31.
The University Curry School of Education will begin offer three degrees completely online starting in the fall. They include a master of education degree in reading education, a master of education degree in curriculum and instruction, as well as an education specialist degree in reading education.
As a defamation case, the lawsuit will seek reparations for the personal injuries Phi Kappa Psi brothers experienced as a direct result of false statements made against them in the article. While specific details of the lawsuit have yet to be released, legal experts are already speculating what it will entail.
The Undergraduate Research Network held their 14th annual research symposium in the mural room of Clark Hall Thursday.
A special report from Penn State’s Daily Collegian and the University of Virginia’s Cavalier Daily
American colleges and universities are using an increased number of visiting or adjunct professors to teach classes that would otherwise have been taught by tenured professors.
Data on University faculty salaries was recently made public by the University for the 2014-15 fiscal year and reflects last year’s policy to increase salaries across the board.
The new University Judiciary Committee voting members appointed senior support officers April 2 including two senior counselors, a senior investigator, a senior educator and a senior data manager.
Batten Hour featured a talk about Safer Grounds Wednesday which focused on allowing students to feel more comfortable around Grounds and barriers faced by female students and faculty due to safety concerns.
Following the release of admissions decisions in late March, prospective students were invited to attend Days on the Lawn the end of March and throughout April. Days on the Lawn is the University’s program designed to give admitted students a preview of life at the University, through info sessions, walking tours of Grounds and a dining hall food experience.
Forensic accountant R. Steven Spitzer released an interim report Monday on the finances of Sweet Briar College. In the report, Spitzer said Sweet Briar College’s finances do not support its decision to close after the 2015 summer session.
Brown, a senior at Georgetown University, is a policy analyst for the Autistic Self Advocacy Network as well as president and co-founder of the Washington Metro Disabled Students Collective.
Caroline Herre, third-year College student and Jefferson Scholar, will be the 21st recipient of the highly acclaimed Sky Alland scholarship, the Sky Alland Foundation announced Tuesday.
Donna Riley, an engineering professor at Virginia Tech, visited the University Monday to discuss gender-based violence in science, technology, engineering and math fields.
The Columbia School of Journalism held a press conference Monday addressing its report released Sunday night analyzing Rolling Stone’s failed reporting and editing procedures for Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s “A Rape on Campus” article.
The University is one of 27 universities participating in climate survey on sexual assault and sexual misconduct organized by the Association of American Universities.
Sweet Briar students and faculty held a protest Friday against the college’s board and president’s decision to close the college. The rally attracted about 10 faculty members, 50 students and 20 alumni.
Governor Terry McAuliffe issued an executive order last Friday mandating the Department of Human Resource Management remove all questions on State employment application forms regarding criminal history.
The University’s chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity announced plans to take legal action against Rolling Stone magazine in a statement released Monday.
University President Teresa Sullivan sat down with The Cavalier Daily on Friday morning to discuss the Affordable Excellence initiative which the Board of Visitors approved on March 24.
