This is a state objective, a mandate as it were ** -- 133743Hokie 05/07/2019 3:02PM
That's what he was accustomed to at Perdue ** -- Hokie in CT 05/07/2019 1:17PM
Meanwhile, FWIW, small Va. privates are struggling/dying. -- 501 05/07/2019 12:40PM
Va. private schools problem is the $$$$. Sticker price for a lot of these -- RhinoVT 05/07/2019 1:42PM
Yeah I don't think too many pay "sticker price" but the advertised price -- 501 05/07/2019 1:50PM
Hollins offered my daughter a "scholarship" that added up to over $100K -- RhinoVT 05/07/2019 1:57PM
I just think about 30,000 TOTAL students is a good marker -- PDXHokie 05/07/2019 1:13PM
Already there ** -- 133743Hokie 05/07/2019 3:03PM
Clemson has a program -- bigbadbird 05/07/2019 12:06PM
I’d be willing to bet the kids who take the CC classes are getting a -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 12:48PM
I disagree -- PDXHokie 05/07/2019 3:53PM
The kids this is impacting aren’t the ones getting jobs in Portland or -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 7:57PM
Agree- Bait and Switch -- bigbadbird 05/07/2019 12:54PM
I said below... -- Go VT 05/07/2019 12:40PM
Closest CC is an NRCC satellite location at the NRV Mall, or the main -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 12:12PM
Are the bars going to be able to handle this many people? -- HokieAl 05/07/2019 11:59AM
The beer pipeline is still years away ** -- `lag 05/07/2019 2:48PM
This is the real "infrastructure problem" people are talking about ** -- typed by ben 05/07/2019 12:49PM
There are still empty locations downtown!! like the old Sharkeys building ** -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 12:18PM
What worries me is the apparent lack of communication with town... -- HokieDiver 05/07/2019 11:49AM
I'm sure if we know about it, the town of Blacksburg knows about it. -- EDGEMAN 05/07/2019 12:03PM
Didn't say they didn't learn about it, i said that it was unidirectional. -- HokieDiver 05/07/2019 12:13PM
In his defense, he said he wanted to grow the university when he arrived... -- EDGEMAN 05/07/2019 12:21PM
Has anyone read the 30 year plan? -- Hokie1992 05/07/2019 5:45PM
That's the problem. There isn't much construction on the horizon -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 12:56PM
In the end State > Town ** -- Nelsonia Hokie 05/07/2019 8:55PM
Guess Sands can open a second undergraduate campus in NOVA... ** -- EDGEMAN 05/07/2019 1:24PM
Wow 30,000 applicants. The top 2 schools my daughter got admitted to had -- wc hokie 05/07/2019 11:42AM
As a parent of kids that attended other schools let me tell you about UF -- Go VT 05/07/2019 11:20AM
So, they like the cash, but don't want to provide services for it? -- `lag 05/07/2019 11:39AM
They paid a firm to help them guess how many would accept- -- bigbadbird 05/07/2019 11:19AM
TOOB: "7,500 freshman, and none of them are ACC-caliber basketball . . . -- HokieKip 05/07/2019 10:59AM
Not as holistic as they claimed -- Hokie1992 05/07/2019 11:37AM
VT doubled in size during my tenure ** -- TomTurkey 05/07/2019 10:56AM
VT doubled in tuition during my tenure. ** -- Tafkam Hokie 05/07/2019 12:25PM
But that was in 1873 ** -- HokieDan95 05/07/2019 11:18AM
We were on a roll** -- TomTurkey 05/07/2019 11:20AM
Agree, I don't mind growth, but infrastructure is lagging behind. -- DHokie 05/07/2019 10:38AM
Math Emporium isn't that bad -- vtegr2192 05/08/2019 10:41PM
I am sorry, but you are completely out of your mind. -- HokieFan14 05/07/2019 3:15PM
Re #5 you are wrong. Steger and the BOV put VT on the research -- 133743Hokie 05/07/2019 9:54PM
You are showing your lack of understanding. -- HokieFan14 05/07/2019 10:25PM
You clearly have no understanding how research funding works and how it -- 133743Hokie 05/08/2019 08:12AM
I know exactly how it works. To say it replaces state funding is not -- HokieFan14 05/08/2019 09:30AM
I know the facts. As someone involved with the college of engineering snf -- 133743Hokie 05/08/2019 9:09PM
You lie and way to deflect there champ. -- HokieFan14 05/08/2019 9:15PM
It DOES. And that was the major driver 10 to 15 years ago to move to a -- 133743Hokie 05/08/2019 9:21PM
See, you're caught in lies and now already back tracking. -- HokieFan14 05/08/2019 9:26PM
I've done no backtracking and held the same line. You're just wrong -- 133743Hokie 05/08/2019 9:34PM
The biggest infrastructure need is to widen and improve I-81 ** -- Hokie1992 05/07/2019 6:43PM
All of these things happened before Sands. Math Emporium has sucked -- jmanatVT 05/07/2019 12:14PM
There's direct evidence about Dorm Construction, but what about the others? -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 10:50AM
My son's actual calc "class" was at the Math Empo. It was a self..... -- Jackie VT 05/07/2019 12:18PM
I have yet to hear one positive thing about math emporium. My kid hated it, -- RhinoVT 05/07/2019 10:59AM
My freshman despises it. She’s trying to keep a C -- VT Pops 05/07/2019 1:00PM
Yuck. ** -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 12:15PM
It is atrocious. It's a cheap way to avoid hiring real professors. -- jcvt11 05/07/2019 11:17AM
The classes I took there were usually math I had in high school -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 11:04AM
Its still the same now. ** -- vtegr2192 05/09/2019 12:28AM
My son is there now, and it was not supplemental, math was self taught -- DHokie 05/07/2019 10:58AM
Just curious, how is this Time Sands fault? did he set the goal? -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 10:34AM
Doesn’t the board of visitors make the decision? -- Hokie1992 05/07/2019 11:19AM
GMU, like VCU, is a commuter campus for the large local population ** -- 133743Hokie 05/07/2019 3:07PM
VCU has over 6,000 on campus dorm beds, not quite the commuter -- KeithHokie89 05/07/2019 9:28PM
Vs ,30k plus students. Still a local campus. Look -- 133743Hokie 05/07/2019 9:49PM
The BOV are worthless, political appointees of the Governor. They just . . -- UEMcGill 05/07/2019 11:38AM
I know for a fact that they all put more into their position than you do in -- hokiehill1117 05/07/2019 2:58PM
Yean, not true, research the background of the members of the BoV -- Hokie1992 05/07/2019 2:02PM
Not entirely true..... -- 2hhoop3 05/07/2019 11:49AM
I do remember Bruce Smith catching flack for rarely attending ** -- One4VT 05/07/2019 12:03PM
I have had lunch with one of them. Your characterization is overly simple ** -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 11:45AM
It is your perogative to be idealistic, but it is a bit idealistic to . . . -- UEMcGill 05/07/2019 3:15PM
IF you have.... -- 2hhoop3 05/07/2019 4:55PM
Wear the big hat, take the heat... hes compensated for it all ** -- One4VT 05/07/2019 10:37AM
Losing the on campus requirement makes me sad -- JoesterVT 05/07/2019 10:22AM
A lot of kids might have the issues with living on their own but -- hokiehill1117 05/07/2019 11:22AM
You mean like the prison showers and living with strangers? -- bigbadbird 05/07/2019 11:13AM
You don't go to a university to learn a trade. If you want to learn a -- 133743Hokie 05/07/2019 3:09PM
You really missed out on the best parts of college ** -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 11:23AM
College wasn't $20,000 a semester when we went -- bigbadbird 05/07/2019 12:03PM
Federal student loans are the enablers. ** -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 12:32PM
Freshman had the option to live off campus when I started at VT in 2001 -- hokiehill1117 05/07/2019 11:11AM
^^This idea is why housing in Blacksburg is so hard to deal with -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 11:14AM
It's not a story unique to VT/Blacksburg either - virtually every college -- hokiehill1117 05/07/2019 11:15AM
Agreed. But this resulted due to unexpected #s of kids accepting. I think -- Stork 05/07/2019 10:55AM
Or, possibly the new "Holistic" approach? ** -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 12:33PM
I would like to see this year's confirmation rate compared to past #s ** -- HokieDiver 05/07/2019 11:44AM
I never lived on campus, and it affected my experience I'm sure -- WestyHokie 05/07/2019 10:53AM
You make a valid point -- Burke Hokie 05/07/2019 11:21AM
It's absolutely true. That first year on campus is very important, -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 12:27PM
That's exactly right; also, there were no activities for "transfers" then -- WestyHokie 05/07/2019 12:11PM
I was a transfer too, but I didn't feel slighted. -- EDGEMAN 05/07/2019 12:35PM
Kids today: what's a map? ** -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 12:28PM
Same here. Are there not enough beds on campus? I would rather -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 10:31AM
They were using study halls and putting 3 to a room in dorms -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 10:34AM
I was a freshman in 2001. They had to do this then. ** -- halesvb11 05/07/2019 11:13AM
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Like has been said, -- HokieSignGuy 05/07/2019 10:36AM
My son is VT2023 and I want him to be on campus and he agrees. Slusher out -- RhinoVT 05/07/2019 11:03AM
Lthink you are right.... -- 2hhoop3 05/07/2019 11:14AM
They changed their application review process and instead of being -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 11:06AM
Wish I owned rental property in Blacksburg. That market about to get tight. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 10:24AM
There were rumors back in the day that T Marshall Hahn an buddies.. -- `lag 05/07/2019 11:00AM
Yeah, this is all priced in now. As usual, a day late and a dollar short. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 11:20AM
Nobody on the wait list was accepted. ** -- BobG 05/07/2019 10:19AM
Several years in a row now. Dd was wait listed last year -- Hokie1992 05/07/2019 11:31AM
Pick an unusual major to get in - do well first semester/year - transfer -- RTFC 05/07/2019 7:18PM
School in a tough spot. It’s a classic business dilemma. You have a target -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 10:17AM
Still don't like the 30,000 undergrad goal ** -- PDXHokie 05/07/2019 10:24AM
I think the 30,000 is just.... -- 2hhoop3 05/07/2019 10:39AM
In the 2047 Beyond Boundaries, 30K is in the next five years -- Hokie1992 05/07/2019 6:36PM
Really good point on some freshmen not fully equipped to live on their own. -- 4dhokies 05/07/2019 4:25PM
Is that an official goal? Link please. (Not arguing...I honestly didn’t -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 10:25AM
It was in the article he linked ** -- JoesterVT 05/07/2019 10:26AM
No. They set that as the maximum, not the target. They will simply offer -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 10:29AM
Has there ever been a time in human history... -- JoesterVT 05/07/2019 10:31AM
I can at least spell sense ** -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 10:35AM
I spelled it correctly... -- JoesterVT 05/07/2019 10:38AM
Pssst. Buddy, use the "e-d-i-t" button . . . ** -- RhinoVT 05/07/2019 11:19AM
That’s for loosers ** -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 11:47AM
Well, in the case of your offer of money, you are using a transitive verb -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 10:46AM
A very cival discussion... ** -- TomTurkey 05/07/2019 11:10AM
Problem is housing in Blacksburg and surrounding area. VT should be -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 10:23AM
Are all of the houses on frat row full/in use? -- hokiehill1117 05/07/2019 11:14AM
A little confused. Do you think VT should be shrinking? ** -- CPRVHokie 05/07/2019 10:26AM
They should be bobbing up and down in #'s, staying somewhat even keel -- hoosnowahokie 05/07/2019 10:33AM