
VCU poll finds majority willing to pay more taxes to support schools
A new VCU Commonwealth Education Poll found Virginians remain strongly supportive of funding for public schools and see funding as having a direct impact on school quality.

A new VCU Commonwealth Education Poll found Virginians remain strongly supportive of funding for public schools and see funding as having a direct impact on school quality.

Why does federal bureaucracy need a bigger role in higher education? This is the question many of us are asking as the Obama Administration continues to propose policies that further government intrusion into our education system.

The House of Delegates passed two bills today aimed at making college more affordable in Virginia.

A VCU professor has received a five-year, $505,000 award from the National Science Foundation to make lithium-ion batteries — which power electric vehicles and portable electronic devices — far more efficient, sustainable and environmentally friendly.

Changes in drinking water quality in the 21st century are coming from a myriad of circumstances, and not all are for the best.

Political conservatives in the United States are somewhat like East Asians in the way they think, categorize and perceive. Liberals in the U.S. could be categorized as extreme Americans in thought, categorization and perception.

Legislation to provide $66.7 million in state funding for new Veterans Care Centers in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads advanced from the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday.

Economists are not famed for their romantic insights. But a new study by two University of Virginia economists, Leora Friedberg and Steven Stern, has found quantitative evidence of love.

Darryl Hill – “known as the Jackie Robinson of Southern college football” – became the first African American scholarship athlete to play sports for the University of Maryland in 1963.

The 2015 Session of the General Assembly is underway. This is a short session, scheduled to adjourn on February 28, 2015, so the work will be fast and furious.
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