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Research and CommentaryStudent Loan Payment Pause Benefits High-Income Households the MostBatten School Professor Sarah Turner, Batten student Eileen Powell and UVA economics doctoral candidate Diego Briones researched who benefits the most from the pause on student loan payments in a piece for Education Next.
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Investigations, Distrust, and Stigma: Why George Santos May Not Get Much Done in CongressFacing investigations after lying about whether he graduated college, worked on Wall Street, founded a charity, owned rental property, and descended from Holocaust survivors, Republican Rep. George Santos of New York may find it more difficult than the typical freshman lawmaker to deliver results.
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AccoladesUVA Has 5% of Education Scholars Ranked as ‘Most Influential’Four Batten School faculty members affiliated with the EdPolicyWorks research center once again placed in the national rankings of influential education scholars.
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Student ExperienceThe Batten School Community Once Again Gives Back – and Celebrates – During the Holiday SeasonThis holiday season, the Batten School community came together once again to give back and act in meaningful service. During a semester that was peppered with impactful events, both tragic and uplifting, the opportunity to thoughtfully commemorate the end of the academic period was a powerful reminder of what being a part of Batten means.
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Faculty In ActionEileen Chou: Leadership Skills and Effectiveness
Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy professor Eileen Chou spoke to UVA Lifetime Learning's podcast about leadership, including her belief that leaders are made and not born.
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UncategorizedBatten Showcase 2022: Leadership in Difficult Times ft. Ian SolomonIn this lecture, Dean of the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy and professor, Ian Solomon, shared from his experience and work how to lead in difficult times.
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Faculty In ActionBuilding Connections & Finding Purpose: Prof. Daniel Player on TeachingDaniel Player, associate professor of public policy with a focus on education policy, found his "dream job" teaching at the Batten School.
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Profiles In Public ServiceProfile in Public Service: A Passion for Education and Community Impact Drives Andrew Bishop (MPP ’20)Andrew Bishop (MPP '20) relies on lessons from his Batten education, including foundational knowledge in education policy, ability to analyze complex data sets and the leadership and presentation skills to explain complex solutions, in his role today in the Richmond school system.
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Faculty In ActionBatten Faculty Member Tapped to Lead Outreach at Penn StateLarry D. Terry II, executive director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service and faculty member at the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, has been selected as the vice president for outreach at Penn State University.
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Faculty In ActionWant To Help Save the World? This New Book Club Offers a Novel ApproachNews and facts about humanitarian crises don't drive people to action, but a good fiction book might. Batten School professor Kirsten Gelsdorf and Humanitarian Collaborative practitioner fellow Adrienne Ghaly created a book club that might save the world.
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Research and CommentaryGeneral: New Space Force Needs Leaders With Fresh PerspectivesGeneral Saltzman, the chief of space operations for the Space Force, addressed students at the invitation of the National Security Policy Center at UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
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Research and CommentaryNancy Pelosi Was the Key Democratic Messenger of Her Generation. Passing the Torch Will Empower Younger LeadershipBatten School professor Gerald Warburg, in a piece written for The Conversation, states that Nancy Pelosi's stepping aside will leave the door open for others.