<p>Here’s an interesting article about UVA’s hiring of James Hilton who is leaving Michigan for Virginia. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2005/20051209jameshilton.html[/url]”>http://www.virginia.edu/topnews/releases2005/20051209jameshilton.html</a></p>
<p>According to the article, Hilton was drawn to UVa because of what he calls "the breathtaking trajectory of U.Va. . . . I believe that higher education, especially public higher education, will undergo radical changes during the next decade. Only a handful of schools are poised to meet that challenge, and among these the University of Virginia is uniquely positioned to lead the great publics through that transformation.</p>