Allow me to divulge a secret about my past three spring breaks. I have not been going to crazy college island parties in the Caribbean as I may claim to friends. Instead, I have been sneaking down to Florida to spend a few days with my grandparents.
Dragas’ term as rector ends this June. She has made it clear that she is unwilling to step away from a university that largely dislikes her. But what Dragas must realize is that she cannot continue to act as if she has absolute power, like she did last summer, and expect positive outcomes. Dragas is both unwilling to admit she lost the battle of wills last summer and unable to shelve her pride and trust the woman who defeated her. But to salvage her legacy, she must do both.
If you were to camp out by Minor Hall, a few times a semester you would see professors and students file in for lectures on liberal arts and the future of the university. Each time the group would look much the same: literary critics and classicists, historians and philosophers, eager students in square-rimmed glasses. Would they gather so frequently to discuss the state of higher education if there weren’t a danger that their world could collapse?
Approximately 75 percent of public universities grant their librarians faculty status, according to a 2008 study by a scholar at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In 2009 Wake Forest University transitioned librarians from staff to faculty. The University, however, has chosen to move in the opposite direction. In this academic climate, this decision seems out of place.
The Path to Prosperity walks a difficult line between idealism and realism, but in all fairness, there is no easy path.
The University of Virginia is the number-one party school in the country, according to a ranking that Playboy Magazine published in September 2012. But regardless of who published it, Playboy was just confirming what we already knew, right? I am not so sure.
Human understanding of neuroscience has grown exponentially in the past few decades, particularly when it comes to the connection between our emotions and physical health. Such findings have widespread applications, especially in the field of medicine. Chronically negative emotions slow patient recovery from illness, make us susceptible to new diseases and even shorter our life span.
Like adults speaking with hushed voices at the dinner table, some University leaders have moved to bar what they euphemistically call “the summer’s unpleasantness” — the Board of Visitors’ attempted ouster of University President Teresa Sullivan — from polite conversation.
Recently, I walked past a gathering of hundreds of motorcyclists with American flags in Washington, D.C.
Crime in Charlottesville should serve to remind us that the community we live in is not always a safe one.
Informed retraction. Wait, I’m not talking about the honor system. Surprised? I know; it’s a phrase you’re tired of hearing.
College students are often looking to make a statement. Sometimes, such statements are political and manifest themselves through a boycott of a company or product.
Gun violence in Charlottesville is not a new phenomenon. If shootings occur far enough from the University’s bubble, students may never hear about them.
The managing board’s occasional survey of notable numerals
Clumsy authors often use weather to bombastically set a scene’s mood or signify a character’s emotions.
The Board of Visitors recently approved updated enrollment projections through the year 2020. The plan is for the undergraduate student body to increase by about 1300 students while maintaining the current in-state to out-of-state ratio.
When the recent University-wide election results came in, I noticed one number in particular: the voter participation rate.
I recall the days when I was studying for the SAT (yes, I actually studied for the SAT). I remember memorizing random vocabulary and wondering if colleges really expected us to use those words.
A disturbing account of inaction has recently come to light. Even more disturbing is the fact that the inaction was during a life-or-death situation.
Though the Princeton Review last month named the University the No. 1 “best value” public institution, not all higher-education rankings are as celebratory of Virginia’s flagship school. In the 2012-13 Times Higher Education world university rankings, published October 2012, the University came in not first but 118th.
