It has increased resources for the teaching of undergraduates. Graduate enrollments have been trimmed back and faculty redeployed to undergraduate programs. Aca demic leaders have initiated a number of projects to promote balance between teaching and scholarship. The goal is to ensure that effective teaching is a regular and predictable prod uct of faculty learning and that it is recognized as a key part of the University's mission to create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge. The creation of knowledge is a joint enterprise at the University of Virginia.
Faculty routinely involve students in their research.
Here, associate professor of chemical engineering Roseanne Ford works with undergraduates and graduate students. The University has also made a concerted effort to expand academic options to students. As part of this reexamination of the curriculum, faculty members are revising requirements for majors, coordinating course content more carefully, and encouraging students to enroll in classes outside their major field of study. The architecture school has added courses in environmental sustain ability and now permits students to fulfill some requirements in other schools of the University. The nursing school is working with the educa tion school to encourage students to enroll in its infant development program.