SALEM, Va. (AP) — Roanoke College is expanding opportunities for international students to improve their English language skills. LCI Language Centers has opened a school on the campus, with the first full term for international students set to begin in January. LCI English schools aim to provide students the language skills and cultural experience needed … Continue reading
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Study: US preschool enrollment low among developed nations
Sixty-six percent of American 4-year-olds are enrolled in early childhood education, placing the United States well below average compared to other developed countries at a time of increasing focus on early learning, according to a report released Tuesday. As U.S. presidential candidates weigh the costs and benefits of early childhood education on the campaign trail, … Continue reading
UVa looks to private donors to fund student financial aid
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The University of Virginia is increasingly looking to private donors to cover tuition costs for low-income students amid shrinking state funding. Virginia’s flagship public university currently raises more than $10 million a year for need-based scholarships, UVa spokesman Anthony de Bruyn told the Charlottesville Daily Progress (http://bit.ly/1QNN7VR ). That’s up from … Continue reading
Colleges grapple with best ways to address race incidents
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials were slow to handle racial incidents at the University of Missouri, and that contributed to protests, a student hunger strike, a threatened boycott by the football team and ultimately, the resignations of two administrators. At the University of Oklahoma, damage over a racist chant that was caught on video was kept … Continue reading
The Latest: Police say speed was a factor in bus crash
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The latest about a bus crash that injured about 36 people, most of them college students returning to school at the close of the holiday weekend. All times local. Noon Virginia State Police say speed was a factor in a bus crash that injured about 36 people, most of them college … Continue reading
Feds say U of Chicago threat a response to police shooting
CHICAGO (AP) — An online threat against the University of Chicago that led the school to cancel all activities Monday appears to have been motivated by the shooting of a black teenager by a Chicago officer in 2014, federal authorities said. Jabari R. Dean, 21, of Chicago, threatened online to kill 16 white male students … Continue reading
Police find threat against Muslims in Virginia Tech bathroom
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Virginia Tech authorities say they are investigating a threatening message found inside a bathroom on campus. Local news outlets report campus police received a report Monday concerning graffiti inside a bathroom stall at Price Hall. The message read: “I will be here 11/11/2015 to kill all muslims.” The Virginia Tech Police … Continue reading
Student’s attack at California college came without warning
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — There was no outward warning that a quiet 18-year-old would burst into a university classroom and slash fellow students over a dispute about a study group, investigators say. Faisal Mohammad had no previous run-ins with police and no clues in his past behavior to suggest that the freshman at University of … Continue reading
Organizers to seek funds for proposed Virginia med school
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — Organizers are kicking off a campaign to raise funds for a proposed medical school in Southside Virginia. The Martinsville Bulletin (http://bit.ly/1WH4ECS ) reports that the campaign aims to raise $54 million to $58 million to develop the medical school in Martinsville. The Integrative Centers for Science and Medicine plans to buy … Continue reading
Virginia public colleges expect enrollment growth to slow
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Enrollment growth at Virginia’s public colleges and universities is expected to slow over the next six years, unlike private institutions in the state. Overall, public two- and four-year schools expect a 5 percent increase by 2021-2022. Four schools anticipate a decline in enrollment. The forecast is brighter at private, nonprofit higher … Continue reading
Fraternity files $25M defamation suit against Rolling Stone
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The fraternity that was the focus of a debunked Rolling Stone article about a gang rape filed a $25 million lawsuit against the magazine Monday, saying the piece made the frat and its members “the object of an avalanche of condemnation worldwide.” The complaint, filed in Charlottesville Circuit Court, also names … Continue reading
U. of Missouri president, chancellor leave over race tension
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The president of the University of Missouri system and the head of its flagship campus resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as indifference to racial tensions at the school. President Tim Wolfe, a former business executive with no previous experience … Continue reading
San Francisco school delays election over lack of diversity
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A student government election at a mostly Hispanic San Francisco middle school turned into a debate about the democratic process when the principal delayed the results because the winners did not reflect the school’s diversestudent body. Everett Middle School Principal Lena Van Haren announced the winners on Monday, more than a … Continue reading
Virginia student sues liquor agents over bloody arrest
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A University of Virginia student filed a $3 million lawsuit Tuesday against the state liquor agents involved in his bloody and highly scrutinized arrest. Martese Johnson, 21, of Chicago filed the complaint in U.S. District Court in Charlottesville. It alleges unlawful detention and excessive use of force by three Alcoholic Beverage … Continue reading
Virginia school board eyes broader policy on rebel flag
CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school district that suspended students for wearing clothing emblazoned with the Confederate battle flag to school is moving toward a broader policy on the divisive symbol. The Montgomery County School Board voted 6-0 Tuesday night to have a policy drafted that would ban all clothing, emblems, decals or jewelry … Continue reading
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