Unethical leadership can stem from many causes, according to a talk given at the Batten School Tuesday, but fixing this problem can be as easy as holding leaders more accountable for their actions.
A recent study by College Measures, a division of the American Institutes for Research, showed students who graduate from Virginia’s public universities with career-oriented bachelor’s degrees earn more than those with liberal arts degrees.
The University recently announced Billy Cannaday, dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, will take on new duties in the newly-created position of vice provost for academic outreach while continuing his duties as dean. In his new post, Cannaday will be in charge of developing collaborative strategies to better serve students who take classes off Grounds. Cannaday will work with deans, faculty and alumni to “create a strategy for fulfilling the University’s academic outreach mission as a public university,” according to a University press statement released last week.
Football players on average graduate at lower rates than non-student-athletes despite opposing claims by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. According to the latest Adjusted Graduation Gap (AGG) report released Tuesday by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, football players graduate at a rate 22 percent lower on average than full-time male students in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
