Lucy Duttenhofer is a senior associate opinion editor for the opinion desk. She is a third-year Batten student majoring in Public Policy and Leadership and minoring in Spanish. She is from Summit, N.J., and she frequently writes about education policy and local and national politics.
There is no need to optimize every second, schedule every plan to the last minute or know every single person within a 15-foot radius.
The choice is simple — if you want to study, you pay. However, that choice becomes increasingly untenable during the most academically and emotionally taxing weeks of the year.
The truth is that students are a central part of the Charlottesville community for four years, which means they must step up to voice their opinions, whether they want to or not.
As an institution, U.Va. Health can close its own loopholes by voluntarily removing any potential for repayment costs.
Although there is no stadium at the University that makes students feel like Olympic athletes competing for gold, the major declaration process does.
A growing pattern of political interference and upheaval is quietly destabilizing the foundations of both academia and the University itself.
If she succeeds in steadfastly fighting for her vision, Virginia will not just talk about fixing the education system. It will finally do it.
When considering the value of a University degree, the focus must shift away from narrow metrics that solely focus on the immediate return on the investment in an education from the University.
Behind the shadow of the University’s wealth and prestige, Charlottesville city schools are running out of space, staff and support.
Kneecapping the foundation of the country’s research enterprise just to follow nativist principles is an absurdly self-defeating, short-sighted strategy that is a threat to us all.
