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MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Virginiaâs funding of colleges is inequitable, a report charges.
The report cites wealthy universities such as The College of
William and Mary, which receives more money per student than
schools such as Radford University, which enrolls a higher share of
students from low-income backgrounds.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Radford University has long appealed to first generation, lower
income students, something that s addressed in a new
report.
MATT GENTRY, The Roanoke Times
Radford University Davis College of Business and Economics
graduates struggle to keep their caps from blowing off during their
graduation ceremony in May. A new report is critical of how
ERIC KOLENICH
Richmond Times-Dispatch
A new think tank report says the way Virginia funds its colleges is âirrational, inequitable and unjustâ and criticizes the state for not giving enough money to the students who need it the most.
The report, released last week by Education Reform Now, singles out the College of William and Mary, a wealthy university that receives more money per student than Old Dominion University, Radford University and George Mason University, which all enroll higher shares of low-income students.
Too often, the report says, limited funds are going to already wealthy families, and the method the state uses for awarding funds lacks transparency and consistency.
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Tony and Debbie Steffey are retirees who live on a fixed income in southwest Virginia, and they re desperate for internet. To get it, they d have to pay $10,000 for a fiber line to their double-wide trailer in the community of Carbo. We don t have it, we have no choice, Debbie Steffey, 67, said of not having the money to pay for the construction of a line. We don t even have email or nothing, added Tony Steffey, 65.
It s the Steffeys desperation that sent them to an event Friday in Abingdon, which is close to some of the state s most restricted areas for broadband access. They wanted to talk to U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia to find an answer to their internet woes.