Parker has an undergraduate degree from Davidson College and a law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. Before getting into law, Parker briefly taught history in Montgomery Public Schools.
Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system.
US colleges and universities recorded a third year of enrollment growth this fall, according to preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse. Total headcount rose 2%, with undergraduate enrollment up 2.4%.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made clear Friday that it won’t sign the federal “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” that has been extended to all institutions after seven of the original nine universities invited rejected the offer, WRAL reported.