Even as some American cities' saw forecasts turn into reality as their crime rates increased last year, the crime rate in the City of Charlottesville and at the University decreased overall by 12 percent. City of Charlottesville spokesperson Ric Barrick?
At least 100 University students packed the entrances to The Cavalier Daily office last night to protest several comics printed recently and to call for a long-term solution to what they see as an ongoing problem with Cavalier Daily comics.
Mary Simonson marched to the beat of a different drummer when she graduated this month with the Commonwealth's first Ph.D.
The University recently named James L. Pughsley executive director of the Darden/Curry Partnership for Leaders in Education. The PLE program teaches business practices to school districts, which in turn take these principles and use them to help underachieving schools succeed, according to Darden spokesperson Ken White. Pughsley will direct the training of principals and administrators at struggling schools, White said. An example of the business principles that the program translates into the educational sector is the
A recent study conducted at Princeton University reported that "legacy students admitted with lower than average SAT scores to elite institutions have higher drop-out rates and significantly lower grades than minority students and athletes," according to Steven Barnes, spokesperson for the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The survey was based on a sample of students from 28 U.S.
Charlottesville was recently ranked number three in the 2006 Digital Cities Survey, conducted by the Center for Digital Government, which composed a list of the top 10 digital cities in America. The city of Charlottesville spokesman Ric Barrick said the city was judged on its ability to use technology to better inform local citizens.
