December 29, 2006The year in reviewIt's been a busy year in higher education in Southwest Virginia. Below are links to some stories covering the big events and issues of 2006, in chronological order. Next week I'll take a look at some important dates and themes to keep in mind for 2007. Jesse Jackson comes to Blacksburg and speaks at Virginia Tech on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. House Bill 1572, limiting gun control measures on campus at public universities in Virginia is proposed. It dies in subcommittee. Virginia Tech unveils a new tagline and spruced up logo. Alas, it's not the only school to proclaim it's inventing the future. December 12, 2006Conspicuous consumption collegesToday's New York Times has a story about how some colleges actually raise tuition with the hopes it will make them more desirable to applicants. It seems that parents and students don't want to go to schools perceived as "cheap." They'd rather look at universities with big sticker prices that offer financial aid. With the cost of attending college continuing to soar, it might depress some young parents to see that there's a counter-intuitive reason for colleges to raise tuition, in addition to the more traditional reasons they give. December 5, 2006Virginia Tech football makes the grade -- againFor the second year in a row, the Virginia Tech football team met new standards for graduation rates set by the NCAA. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports today that more than a third of bowl-bound football teams failed to meet the criteria. That's better than last year, when 40 percent of teams failed to meet the graduation criteria. Check out the list of bowl schools and how they fared and read the report for more details. Only four schools were actually punished by the NCAA for falling short of the required "academic progress rates" but as more data is collected, more schools will be at risk for losing scholarships. |
About this blog
Rhode Island native and Virginia Tech reporter Greg Esposito posts on everyday college life, trends and issues affecting the 35,000-plus students in the New River Valley and beyond.
Tim Thornton, who is old enough to have children attending college, is still taking classes and is still fascinated by colleges, the students who populate them and the bureaucrats who operate them. His reporting beat is Radford University.
West Virginia native Anna Mallory blogs on student life topics at Virginia Tech, Radford University, New River Valley Community College -- and beyond.
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