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Thursday, June 1, 2006

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

STUDY: EARLY SCIENCE BUG HOLDS ON TIGHT
By Christina Tkacik of the Daily Progress
Students who pursue degrees in science probably developed their interests by middle school, according to a recent study lead by University of Virginia associate professor Robert Tai. Tai, whose findings will appear in the next issue of Science magazine, has spent the past few months analyzing data from students who were in eighth grade in 1988. He found that those who said they wanted to pursue a science-related career were two to three times more likely to do so than students who said they hoped to pursue other careers. "Kids are making decisions fairly early," he said.

THE BUNGALOW BIND / MIDDLE-AGED SUBURBS WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF HOUSES FROM THE 1950S AND '60S ARE IN TROUBLE
By Alan Ehrenhalt of Governing / June 2006
[...] as they looked at middle-aged suburbs across the nation, [U.Va. Professors Bill Lucy and David Phillips] found a variety of problems. The schools weren’t particularly good. The  commercial districts, dominated by aging strip malls with vacant storefronts, were  unappealing. But these were almost certainly symptoms of decline, not causes. The real issue was something remarkably simple and easy to measure: the size of the houses themselves.

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

BUILDING THE BLIND'S BIZ SKILLS
By The Associated Press / May 30
[...] Under the leadership of Jim Gibbons, a 42-year-old former AT&T exec who is blind himself, [the National Industries for the Blind] has set out to correct a longstanding imbalance in the world of employment for the blind. While many blind people have entry-level type jobs in business, relatively few have advanced into the management ranks, even in agencies that exist to employ blind people. Besides the fellowship program, Gibbons helped set up a business management and training course designed for blind students in cooperation with the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business in 2004.

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

SAMUEL BODILY
Bodily, professor at the Darden School of Business, was quoted in an article in the Virginian-Pilot headlined:
JURORS REJECT TESTIMONY
By Michelle Shaw of the Virginian-Pilot / May 26
(Not available online.)

ROBERT S. BROWN
Brown, professor of psychiatric medicine at the School of Medicine, was quoted in a Men's Health article headlined:
THE 115-LB PICKUP
By Men's Health

ROBERT BRUNER
Bruner, dean of the Darden School of Business, was quoted in an article in the Virginian-Pilot headlined:
IT'S PRUNING SEASON IN THE BUSINESS WORLD AS COMPANIES SHED DIVISIONS
By Tom Shean of the Virginian-Pilot

GREGORY B. FAIRCHILD
Fairchild, professor at the Darden School of Business, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
BLACKS MAKE GAINS IN BUSINESS / OWNERSHIP GROWS AS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS REALIZE OPTIONS
By Jeffrey Kelley of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

TIMOTHY LASETER
Laseter, assistant professor at the Darden School of Business, was quoted in an special section of Strategy + Business headlined:
OPERATIONS EXPERTS MAKE A COMEBACK IN THE EXECUTIVE SUITE

WILLIAM LUCY AND DAVID PHILLIPS
Lucy and Phillips, urban planning professors, were featured in a Governing magazine article headlined:
THE BUNGALOW BIND / MIDDLE-AGED SUBURBS WITH A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF HOUSES FROM THE 1950S AND '60S ARE IN TROUBLE
By Alan Ehrenhalt of Governing / June 2006

MICHAEL SKRUTSKIE
Skrutskie, professor of astronomy, was cited in a Hawaii Herald-Tribune article headlined:
TEAM RECEIVES ASTRONOMY AWARD / 2MASS SURVEY HONORED BY ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF PACIFIC
By Hawaii Tribune-Herald / May 30

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in a USA Today article headlined:
BLOGS - THE HILL'S VERSION OF TALK RADIO
By Andrea Stone of USA Today / May 31

ROBERT TAI
Tai, an assistant professor at the Curry School of Education, was featured today in a (Charlottesville) Daily Progress article headlined:
STUDY: EARLY SCIENCE BUG HOLDS ON TIGHT
By Christina Tkacik of the Daily Progress

W. BRADFORD WILCOX
Wilcox, assistant professor of sociology, was quoted today in a PRWeb press release headlined:
MOTHER'S DAY AND FATHER'S DAY NOT EQUAL, POLL FINDS / MOST DADS BELIEVE MOMS UNFAIRLY GET BETTER TREATMENT ON MOTHER'S DAY THAN THEY RECEIVE ON FATHER'S DAY
By PRWeb

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

TREVOR BROWN
Brown, who received an MBA from Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, was quoted May 30 in a Business Week article headlined:
PUFFED-UP PAYCHECKS / AVERAGE STARTING SALARY FOR NEWLY MINTED MBAS: $92,000
By Janie Ho of Business Week / May 30

JEFFREY DIETZ
Dietz, who received his bachelor's degree in economics from U.Va. in 1992, was featured May 31 in a Culpeper Star Exponent article headlined:
HIGH SCHOOL UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP / JEFFREY DIETZ TO REPLACE OUTGOING
By Rhonda Simmons of the Star Exponent / May 31

JENNIFER PARISH
Parish, a U.Va. graduate and newly named chief academic officer for the York County, Va., school system, is mentioned in a (Hampton Roads) Daily Press article headlined:
YORK COUNTY SCHOOLS NAME NEW PERSONNEL
By staff reports in the Daily Press

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

LOSING THEIR EDGE?
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed
Study suggests that Internet may have eliminated link between working at an elite university and doing the best research.

HOW HEALTHY ARE CAMPUS HEALTH CENTERS?
By Rob Capriccioso of Inside Higher Ed
Directors share perspectives on where their profession is going - and some worry about the trends.

PITCHING A PUBLIC SERVICE ACADEMY
By Elia Powers of Inside Higher Ed
They were idealistic 20-somethings with degrees from private East Coast colleges. They met one summer in Sunflower County, Miss., lived and worked together in that rural community and forged a friendship that has lasted a decade. When Shawn Raymond and Chris Myers Asch finished their two-year Teach For America assignments, they weren't ready to leave public education behind. With little capital and lofty aspirations, the two started the nonprofit Sunflower County Freedom Project, which provides after-school mentoring and academic tutoring to hundreds of low-income students.

HIGHER ED INFLATION UP
By Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed
This will come as no surprise to college officials dealing with rising energy costs, but the measure of inflation for expenses for higher education will hit 5 percent for fiscal 2006, the largest increase since 2002. The rate - known as the Higher Education Price Index - is calculated by the Commonfund Institute. The idea behind the rate is that the expenses that colleges face aren't necessarily in line with national rates of inflation.
  
INFLATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION JUMPS IN 2006
By Erin Strout of The Chronicle of Higher Education

INTERNATIONAL GROUP ENDORSES PRINCIPLES FOR RANKING OF HIGHER-EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
By Burton Bollag of The Chronicle of Higher Education
An international group of educators, higher-education experts, and publishers that met in Berlin last month has come up with a set of principles for ranking colleges and universities.

UPDATES ON BILLION-DOLLAR CAMPAIGNS AT 22 UNIVERSITIES
Compiled by Jason M. Breslow of The Chronicle of Higher Education
The 22 American universities that are seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $332.8-million in gifts and pledges during the last month for which they had data available. The campaign with the largest gain in the month since its previous report was the University of Miami, with $44.6-million. The 22 universities -- each with its most recent total, last month's increase,* the original goal, and the planned completion date -- are as follows:
* Brown University, $655-million as of April 30 (increase of $19-million in the last month); the goal is $1.4-billion by 2010.
* The California Institute of Technology, $1.113-billion as of April 30 (increase of $2.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1.4-billion by 2007.
* Dartmouth College, $705.8-million as of April 30 (increase of $18.3-million in the last month); the goal is $1.3-billion by 2009.
* The Johns Hopkins University, $2.173-billion as of April 30 (increase of $22-million in the last month); the goal was $2-billion by 2007. * Michigan State University, $1.117-billion as of April 30 (increase of $7-million in the last month); the goal is $1.2-billion by 2007.
* New York University, $1.602-billion as of April 30 (increase of $19.3-million in the last month); the goal is $2.5-billion by 2008.
* North Carolina State University, $925-million as of April 30 (increase of $3-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2008. * Purdue University, $1.335-billion as of April 30 (increase of $9.3-million in the last month); the goal is $1.5-billion by 2007.
* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, $670.5-million as of April 30 (increase of $1.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2008.
* Texas A&M University at College Station, $1.186-billion as of April 30 (increase of $21.7-million in the last month); the goal was $1-billion by 2006.
* The University of California at San Diego, $882.1-million as of April 30 (increase of $8.1-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2007.
* The University of Chicago, $1.53-billion as of April 30 (increase of $27.8-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2008.
* The University of Kentucky, $880.1-million as of April 30 (increase of $4.1-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2007.
* The University of Miami, $1.098-billion as of April 30 (increase of $44.6-million in the last month); the goal is $1.25-billion by 2007.
* The University of Michigan, $2.131-billion as of April 30 (increase of $28-million in the last month); the goal is $2.5-billion by 2008.
* The University of Missouri at Columbia, $642-million as of April 30 (increase of $5-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2008.
* The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, $1.71-billion as of April 30 (increase of $14.9-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2007.
* The University of Pittsburgh, $935-million as of April 30 (increase of $10-million in the last month); the goal is $1-billion by 2007.
* THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, $879.7-million as of April 30 (increase of $20.4-million in the last month); the goal is $3-billion by 2011.
* The University of Washington, $1.725-billion as of April 30 (increase of $19.2-million in the last month); the goal is $2-billion by 2008.
* The University of Wisconsin at Madison, $1.739-billion as of May 11 (increase of $9.6-million in the last month); the goal was $1.5-billion by 2007.
* Vanderbilt University, $1.21-billion as of April 30 (increase of $17.2-million in the last month); the goal is $1.25-billion by 2008.
Over the past 12 months, universities that were seeking to raise at least $1-billion collected a total of $4.978-billion in gifts and pledges.

* Monthly comparisons are based on totals previously reported in The Chronicle. We do not adjust figures to account for pledges that are not fulfilled as scheduled.

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