September 25, 2007Radford boots students more often than mostVirginia's colleges aren't quick to boot students from their schools. \ Rather, they like to focus on rehabiliating inappropriate behavior first. A newspaper's analysis found that Radford University and Old Dominion have some of the higher rates, sending home about 50 students each in the past five years. Schools with more strict honor codes than RU and ODU, such as UVa and VMI have even higher rates -- 115 at U.Va. and 67 at VMI -- according to the analysis. The Virginia Tech Review Panel, which reviewed the events surrounding the April shootings at Tech, suggested the state's colleges look at their conduct and enforcement policies. How far should poor, or alarming behavior go? What do you think should get students expelled? August 7, 2006William and Mary top college in Virginia, according to Washington MonthlyAs I mentioned in a blog last week, the season of college rankings is upon us. One of the non-traditional ranking publications, Washington Monthly, came out with their second annual rankings today. In addition to rankings, the site also has some interesting articles about efforts to measure how well students actually learn along with unflinching criticism for colleges that refuse to release this information and U.S. News and World Report for basing their rankings on what Washington Monthly editors see as faulty criteria. Instead of measuring SAT scores and alumni giving, Washington Monthly based rankings on three criteria: How colleges serve as an engine for social mobility, how they foster scientific and humanistic research and how they promote service to country. So schools that do a lot of research to improve people's lives, schools that enroll a lot of Pell Grant recipients (which translates to low-income students) and schools that send a lot of students to the Peace Corps or the military (VMI, Virginia Tech) are given priority over schools with pristine academic reputations and a wealthy student body (Princeton ranks 43rd on this list). So how did Virginia schools fare? Continue reading "William and Mary top college in Virginia, according to Washington Monthly" » |
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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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