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Led in part by Professor Liz Ackley, the project gives Salem and Covington residents a powerful tool to monitor and improve ...
Information sessions and tours are available at Roanoke College every day during the designated week, and the Council of ...
Prospective college freshmen, transfer students and their families are warmly invited to visit Roanoke College as part of Virginia Private College Week, which takes place July 21-26, 2025, and is ...
In the project background, the key consideration is your preparation for this project. This is your chance to explain what your project is about, what prior research or planning you’ve done, and what ...
Most respondents trust the government in Washington to do what is right only sometimes (57%) or never (22%). While a majority (51%) thinks that ordinary citizens can influence the federal government, ...
Political Anxiety and Politics The overall index of 89.41 is up 13 points since November 2024. While that increase is minimal, it masks significant changes within political parties. Democrats jumped ...
Immigration Virginians generally favor increasing opportunities for legal immigration to the U.S. (81%), but also favor increasing deportations of those who are here illegally (59%). They also favor ...
Roanoke College faculty voted Wednesday to approve the creation of a transdisciplinary Cannabis Studies Program that will allow students to obtain a Bachelor of Science in either the science of ...
The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College interviewed 680 adult residents of Virginia between Feb. 12 and Feb. 21 in a survey addressing topics such as approval and ...
Virginians have mixed opinions on direction of Virginia and nation; Virginians skeptical about expected impact of legislative elections on state government; Political anxiety up overall. The Institute ...
The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College interviewed 702 adult residents of Virginia between Aug. 6 and Aug. 15, 2023, in a survey of public attitudes related to ...
The Institute for Policy and Opinion Research (IPOR) at Roanoke College has been asking Virginians about the upcoming Super Tuesday primary and looking ahead to the November general election. IPOR ...