May 19, 2006Governor Kaine discusses research rankings of Virginia universitiesI had the chance to speak with Gov. Tim Kaine before he addressed graduating Virginia Tech students at commencement last Friday. I asked him what he thought about the latest National Science Foundation rankings that came out last month. For the third year in a row, no Virginia universities were among the top-50 universities in the nation in research spending. "That's a very troubling thing," he said. "In the critical area of NSF rankings we haven't stacked up well...One of the things about the budget there isn't a dispute about whether this (increased funding for university research) should be done." Kaine categorized Virginia as being at "the end of the beginning" when it came to funding for university research and was optimistic about future funding because it was a bipartisan cause. Kaine also answered a question about diversity in higher education by saying that preparation at a young age is the best way to close "readiness gaps" that occur between children in families of different income levels. Kaine also said achieving base budget adequacy in state funding for universities was among the top-2 goals of his administration, along with fully funding secondary education. |
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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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