Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006

UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS

WE'RE NO. 1 / VIRGINIA LEADS FORBES SURVEY, BUT STAYING ON TOP IS ANOTHER MATTER
By the Newport News Daily Press / Aug. 24
Virginia is not just best for business, says Forbes.com. It's the "runaway winner" in the Internet site's first annual listing of "The Best States For Business."...The schools perform. Or, at least, the major colleges and universities do. "The University of Virginia and College of William and Mary spit out up to 5,000 graduates a year, many of whom stay in state," says Forbes. "They help contribute to Virginia's college attainment rate of 34 percent which is the seventh highest in the country."

UNIVERSITY RESEARCH IN THE NEWS

HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIALS DISPUTE WEST VIRGINIA SURVEY
By the Associated Press / Aug. 24
D-C-area homeland security officials are disputing a West Virginia University study showing that millions of area residents would flee the region during a terrorist attack. … But the officials in Maryland, Virginia and D-C say a study conducted by the University of Virginia last year found that most D-C-metro area residents would comply with shelter in place directives.

STUDENTS IN THE NEWS

RAY HAFNER
Hafner, a law student, was cited in a USA Today article headlined:
YOUNG DOCUMENTARIANS SET OUT TO TALK TO 'GEN NEXT'
By Sharon Jayson of USA Today / Aug. 23

FACULTY ARTICLES AND OP-EDS

CHARLES J. GOETZ
Goetz, a law and economics scholar who retired from the Joseph M. Hartfield Chair in Law, wrote a Roanoke Times commentary headlined:
GMU'S LAW SEMINARS ARE FRUITFUL AND NONPARTISAN
By Charles J. Goetz for the Roanoke Times / Aug. 24

FACULTY/STAFF/ADMINISTRATORS IN THE NEWS

ROGER CHEVALIER
Chevalier, The W.H. Vanderbilt Professor of Astronomy, was quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch article headlined:
PLANET PLAN DRAWS LIGHT AND HEAT / ASTRONOMY GROUP VOTES TODAY -- AND PLUTO MAY LOSE ITS STATUS
By A.J. Hostetler of the Richmond Times-Dispatch / Aug. 24

DAVE LEITAO
Leitao, coach of the men's basketball team, was featured in an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch headlined:
OFF TO THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN
By Jeff White of the Richmond Times-Dispatch / Aug. 24

LARRY J. SABATO
Sabato, politics professor and director of the Center for Politics, was quoted in an Associated Press article headlined:
ALASKA A POSSIBLE INCUMBENT WARNING
By The Associated Press / Aug. 24

JAMES SAVAGE
Savage, a political scientist, was cited in a Washington DC Examiner editorial headlined:
EARMARKING THE $*@% OUT OF THE PUBLIC
By the Washington DC Examiner / Aug. 23

ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

RICHIE DAVIS
Davis, who earned a master's degree in education and history at U.Va., was featured in a Roanoke times article headlined:
BROTHERS VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES / RICHIE AND BEV DAVIS ARE COACHING FOOTBALL WHILE CONTINUING TO PRACTICE LAW.
By Ray Cox of the Roanoke Times / Aug. 24

BRIAN T. MANGINO
Mangino, who received his JD and his BA from U.Va., was cited in a Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP press release headlined:
FRIED FRANK NAMES SEVEN NEW PARTNERS
By Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson / Aug. 24

GAR RAGLAND
Ragland, who was an undergraduate at U.Va., was featured in a Winchester Star article headlined:
FESTIVAL BRINGING NEW ARTISTS, NEW SONGS TO SHEPHERDSTOWN
By Christine Miller Ford for The Winchester Star / Aug. 24

DANA SHERIDAN
Sheridan, who holds a doctorate in educational psychology from U.Va., was featured in a Princeton Packet article headlined:
COTSEN CHILDREN'S LIBRARY TRUNKS HAVE SHOW, WILL TRAVEL
By Hilary Parker of the Princeton Packet / Aug. 22

CAVALIER DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

DELTA TAU DELTA HAS CHARTER REVOKED

WEBB, ALLEN TO ENGAGE IN DEBATES AS GAP IN POLLS NARROWS

U.VA. LANDS SPOT ON LIST OF 'NEW IVIES'

UVA TOP NEWS DAILY HIGHLIGHTS

U.VA.'S EDUCATION SCHOOL LAUNCHES PILOT PROGRAM TO ASSESS READING
SKILLS OF SPANISH-SPEAKING KIDS

TJ AWARD NOMINATIONS SOUGHT; DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING IS SEPT. 20

HARMON JOINS U.VA. LAW SCHOOL, BRINGS PROSECUTORIAL EXPERIENCE TO THE CLASSROOM

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HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- VIRGINIA

NO SAT TEST REQUIRED FOR SOME APPLICANTS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY IN VIRGINIA
By Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press / Aug. 23
George Mason University is becoming one of the nation's first four-year public universities to drop the SAT and other standardized tests from its admissions requirements for certain students. High school seniors with at least a 3.5 grade-point average and who are in the top 20 percent of their class won't have to submit an SAT or ACT score with their application beginning this year.

HIGHER EDUCATION NEWS -- U.S.

HOW THE FINANCIAL AID FLOWS
By Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed / Aug. 24
Federal student aid - with its various needs tests - generally goes to low income students. But federal tax breaks for college costs, largely adopted during the Clinton administration, are having a significant impact on the amount of federal assistance going to wealthier students.

FEDERAL REPORT TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT STUDENT AID AND THE COST OF ATTENDING COLLEGE
By Samantha Henig of The Chronicle of Higher Education / Aug. 24

EVOLUTION MAJOR VANISHES FROM APPROVED FEDERAL LIST
By Cornelia Dean of The New York Times / Aug. 24
Evolutionary biology has vanished from the list of acceptable fields of study for recipients of a federal education grant for low-income college students. The omission is inadvertent, said Katherine McLane, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, which administers the grants. "There is no explanation for it being left off the list," Ms. McLane said. "It has always been an eligible major." Another spokeswoman, Samara Yudof, said evolutionary biology would be restored to the list, but as of last night it was still missing.

CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANESE GROUP CAUSES SOME COLLEGES TO SUSPEND STUDY-ABROAD PROGRAMS
By Eugene Mccormack of The Charnicle of Higher Education / Aug. 24
While many American colleges and universities have decided to go forward with their study-abroad programs in Israel for the fall semester despite the military conflict there, other institutions have opted to keep their students away from the country until at least the spring.

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