President’s Posts

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

Category results for: September 2014

Title IX training

Nationwide, college students report sexual assault, harassment, domestic-dating violence and stalking incidents. Rightly so, federal laws and regulatory guidance have increased a focus on these campus and societal issues, aiming to reduce these incidents by increasing education, transparency and accountability at colleges and universities. Since Virginia Commonwealth University is committed to establishing a campus culture […]

A focus on student debt

Across the nation, public universities such as VCU face more competition for fewer resources. Though The Great Recession has officially ended, 48 states are still spending less per student on public higher education than they did before the recession began in 2008. Only 10 states increased funding for higher education last year compared to 2012, […]