College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS): Recent submissions
Now showing items 1-20 of 2005
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Honaker, VA: Conceptual Redevelopment Plan for the Slate Building Property Final Report
(2020-03-12)The purpose of this project was to work with a Stakeholders Committee and the community from the Town of Honaker to create a conceptual redevelopment plan for the Slate building property located on South Railroad Avenue. -
Search for Delicious, Solo Screening at Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Microscope Gallery is highly respected in the art and cinema world. Their exhibitions are often reviewed and selected as "critic's picks" in Art Forum and the New York Times. The gallery has collaborated with the Whitney ... -
Rebel Oil Companies and Wartime Economic Governance in MENA
Oil smuggling has become a major feature of the war economies across the MENA region but the contest is not just for physical possession of oil through seizure and looting. Equally important is the political, legal and ... -
Das Geld im Raum: August Löschs Geldtheorie und ihre Bedeutung für regionalökonomische Verteilungsfragen
Der zeitgenössische Kanon der Raumwirtschaftslehre stützt sich---besonders unter dem Einfluss der angelsächsischen Literatur---auf die klassischen Dichotomie und beinhaltet daher nur wenige theoretische Ansatzpunkte die ... -
VTIPG newsletter, October 2020
(Virginia Tech, 2020-10)This quarterly newsletter provides updates on activities in IPG, including news, student and faculty accomplishments, and a letter from the director. -
Tweeting the High Line Life: A Social Media Lens on Urban Green Spaces
(MDPI, 2020-10-27)The objective of this study is to investigate elevated parks as urban green spaces using social media data analytics. Two popular elevated parks, the High Line Park in New York and the 606 in Chicago, were selected as the ... -
Catawba Sustainability Center and Catawba Hospital Renewable Energy Site Planning Process Study
(Virginia Tech, 2020-09-29)The transdisciplinary Renewable Energy Facilities Siting Project produced a white paper outlining their proof-of-concept using a case study from the Catawba Valley. -
Epistemological Framework for Computer Simulations in Building Science Research: Insights from Theory and Practice
(MDPI, 2020-10-22)Computer simulations are widely used within the area of building science research. Building science research deals with the physical phenomena that affect buildings, including heat and mass transfer, lighting and acoustic ... -
Policy Brief: Ending DACA Would Limit Access to Higher Education in Ten States
(Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration; Ulead Network, 2020-06-29)On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 vote to maintain DACA in place. The Court found that the Trump administration’s rationale for ending DACA in 2017 was “arbitrary and capricious.” The Court also found ... -
Minnesota Measures: A 2017 Report Higher Education Performance
(Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2017)Obtaining a postsecondary credential increases economic opportunity, promotes income equality, and prepares the state to meet future workforce demands. Not all Minnesotans are equally prepared there remains an educational ... -
Advising Undocumented Students in Rhode Island for College Access 2019/2020
(College Visions, 2020)Approximately 26,000 undocumented immigrants reside in Rhode Island and of those, 3,000 undocumented students ages 25 and older receive their Bachelor’s degree. That’s only 14% of the population. This report was created ... -
How Many Unauthorized Immigrants Graduate from U.S High Schools Annually?
(Migration Policy Institute, 2019-04-01)In this report, the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) estimates that 98,000 undocumented students, ages 15 to 19, graduate from high school every year, a dramatic increase from the commonly used estimate of 65,000 students ... -
2019 College Senior Survey
(Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, 2020-02-01)The Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) has administered the College Senior Survey since 1993; this year marked the 27th administration of the survey. This report highlights data from 17,363 seniors graduating ... -
Higher Ed Guide to Tuition, Financial Aid & Other Funding for Undocumented Students: FAQs for Public and Private Colleges and Universities
(Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration, 2020-04-16)This report provides a higher education guide to tuition, financial aid and other funding for undocumented students. -
Undergraduate Teaching Faculty: The 2013-2014 HERI Faculty Survey
(Cooperative Institutional Research Program; Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, 2014)This report summarizes the highlights of a national survey of college and university faculty conducted by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) at the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) during the ... -
Undergraduate Teaching Faculty: The HERI Faculty Survey 2016-2017
(Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA, 2019)This report summarizes the highlights of a national survey of college and university faculty conducted by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) at the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) during the ... -
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (2020): A Checklist and Implementation Guide for Community College Boards
(Association of Community College Trustees, 2020-08-25)This guide is intended to assist community and technical college boards of trustees and CEOs to actively implement and reinforce a culture that values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion. The governing board’s ... -
A Service Science Perspective on Higher Education: Linking Service Productivity Theory and Higher Education Reform
(Center for American Progress, 2012-08-01)Policymakers are currently wrestling with fundamental but complex questions about the future of higher education, including how to hold colleges responsible for the billions of dollars in federal financial aid money they ... -
Fact Sheet: Improving the Formula for Federal Higher Education Coronavirus Funding
(Center for American Progress, 2020-05-12)In March 2020, as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Congress authorized the largest one-year, direct investment in colleges since the Great Recession. This fact sheet summarizes policies ... -
Documenting Implementation Realities: Undocumented Immigrant Students in California and North Carolina
(National Association for College Admission Counseling, 2010)Shortly before September 2001, comprehensive national immigration reform seemed to be making its way to the top of the US policy agenda (flores and Chapa 2009; Waslin 2009). While sentiments around immigration in a ...
