Although U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced in September that President George W.
The financing of the Darden School, specifically the school's reliance on lucrative executive education programs, was criticized last week at financial firm TIAA-CREF Institute's conference about financing higher education. Executive education programs allow adult students to participate in programs targeted toward their careers and allow businesses to commission specific programs for their employees. University of California at Berkeley Prof.
The Nov. 4 News story "NAACP Challenges Restructuring" mistakenly stated that the Rewards and Recognition program was first introduced on Sept.
The NAACP has announced its intent to oppose any management agreement under the Higher Education Restructuring Act that would create what the organization refers to as a 'two-tier workforce.' The organization objects to what it perceives as a lack of public input into the plan and the potential negative impact it could have on lower-wage employees in the future, according to a NAACP press release. The University is ironing out the agreement with Gov.
Thanks to the addition of a writing component to the SAT I, college admission officers now can compare a student's own, candid writing ability with their college application essays to gauge the level of outside help a student may have received during the application process. Kaplan, a test preparation company, performs an annual survey of college admissions officers across the country, and the focus of this year's survey was on the new writing component, which became an official part of the SAT I for the high school class of 2006, said Jon Zeitlin, general manager of SAT and ACT programs at Kaplan. Kaplan wanted to determine if admissions officers would give the writing score the same weight as the traditional math and reading portions and if admissions officers would look at the actual essays or just the final score, Zeitlin said. According to the survey, 47 percent of the colleges are adopting a "wait and see" approach, meaning they will not give the writing component scores any weight until more information about the exam is available. Survey results show that the University, along with colleges like Harvard and Duke, falls into the group of schools that will give the writing component equal weight with the math and critical reading sections. While not all colleges will give the actual writing score any weight in the admissions process, Zeitlin said 58 percent of colleges said they would reference a student's SAT essay when there were discrepancies with his or her application essays. Dean of Admissions John Blackburn said University admissions officers will review the SAT essays if there is a question about test scores or the application essays. "If we see something that looks like it could be published in 'The New Yorker,' we would expect good SAT reading and writing scores," Blackburn said.
With advising week almost over, something that is incubating in the back of every student's mind is the upcoming course enrollment for Spring 2006.
A white supremacist and anti-Semitic newspaper called the Aryan Alternative was distributed around the Charlottesville community Wednesday. Published in Missouri, the issue distributed Wednesday in Charlottesville was the newspaper's third issue.
With the gubernatorial election only four days away, students, faculty and community members filled the Student Activities Building yesterday to show their support for visitors from the Commonwealth's Democratic ticket. "Tim Kaine is eager to come to colleges and universities because, unlike his opponent, he has a positive vision to bring down the cost of tuition," University Democrat President Dave Wasserman said. Members of the College Repblicans also were present outside the SAB before the rally began. "We are out here rallying for Jerry Kilgore," College Republicans President Brian Gunn said.
With ever-increasing amounts of Americans falling prey to weight problems, pharmaceutical companies are working on alternatives to help people lose weight other than good old-fashioned healthy eating and exercise. "Disease" or "epidemic" is a term you may hear in the context of the flu, cancer or heart problems.
The University administration and the University Police Department are urging students to exercise caution when posting their personal information on social networking Web sites and online personal journals. University Police wants to "warn students and make them aware that this information has been used in the past to threaten students and make them feel unsafe," University Police Sgt.
Three University professors were selected for the honor of fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this week.
According to a study conducted by Albemarle County officials, the traffic congestion on U.S. Route 29 in northern Charlottesville is caused primarily by local drivers and therefore would not be solved by a long-proposed Rt.
Students in elementary, middle and high schools across the country are engaging in the nation's largest online mock election hosted by the University's Center for Politics Youth Leadership Initiative. According to Lea Brown, director of instruction for the Youth Leadership Initiative for the Center of Politics, the majority of students will vote using an electronic ballot, but for classrooms with limited technology access, paper ballots also have been provided.
Student Council held a forum and social open to members of the community who wished to voice their concerns about Council or the University community in Maury Hall last night. There is a renewed drive to get people involved this year, Council Vice President for Administration Okey Udumaga said. "We're going to lay the groundwork, but we need the support," he said. Fewer than 10 non-Council members came to address their concerns.
Student Council passed a resolution to support a request from first-year visiting students from Tulane to apply to the University as transfer students in a majority vote last night. First-year visiting students circulated a petition, garnering over 100 signatures, to allow them to transfer to the University before earning 24 credits.
Enrollment of graduate students from underrepresented groups increased significantly during the 2003-2004 academic year, according to a national report by the Council of Graduate Schools released Monday. The report showed a significant increase in enrollment of African-American students in biological science programs and business programs, 16 percent and 8 percent, respectively.
College students across the country faced more than $31 billion in unmet financial need for the 2003-2004 school year, according to an analysis by a non-profit organization called Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY. The organization, which based its findings on a survey performed by the Department of Education, studied the reported financial situations of both dependent and independent students who attended institutions of higher-education.
For most members of the University community, Charlottesville represents a center of intellectual pursuit and learning, a city of privilege and status.
