Check out why Longwood University received an &#8220;F&#8221; grade in our Report Card below.
Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia. The university has 163 student organizations to join. In Farmville, students can trek through the historical High Bridge Trail State Park, among other outdoor activities, go shopping in downtown Main Street, or visit historic homes and buildings in the town. Members of the Longwood University community are known as the Lancers.
Longwood University has over 100 areas of study in its undergraduate programs. Notable former students include professional golfer Tina Barrett, professional basketball player Quincy Taylor, and educator Celestia Parrish.

Longwood University receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade by <a href="https://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/schools/3140" target="_blank" rel="noopener">What Will They Learn?</a> which takes into account the university’s educational prowess. Factors include composition, literature, foreign language, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and natural science.
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What Will They Learn? Academic Score 

Longwood University receives a “D” grade for the Average Salary of Recent Graduates. As of 2021, alumni with 0-5 years of experience after graduating from Longwood University with a bachelor’s degree make $50,700 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Recent Graduates  

Longwood University receives a “D+” grade for the Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career. As of 2021, alumni with 10+ years of experience after graduating from Longwood University with a bachelor’s degree make $90,300 on average according to <a href="https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report/bachelors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Payscale</a>.
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Average Salary of Graduates Mid-Career

Longwood University receives an “F” grade for Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for Staff. New faculty <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://longwood.app.box.com/s/lbbljwuj08xp2dq3k4q8e7l1jlzplkl8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">orientation</a> includes a one hour and 25 minute session titled &#8220;Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom.&#8221; Additionally, the Commonwealth of Virginia <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://www.dhrm.virginia.gov/docs/default-source/l-d/required-training-2022.docxb1b71c68-8e41-4aa8-b8d5-62724b4bbab7.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requires</a> all state employees to complete training titled &#8220;Diversity in the Workplace Overview.&#8221;
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Mandated Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity Training for Staff

Longwood University receives a C” grade for having a Bias Reporting System but not a Bias Response Team. Bias Reporting Systems and Response Teams are systems or teams of faculty, staff, and sometimes law enforcement.
According to <a href="https://speechfirst.org/bias-reporting-systems/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpeechFirst</a>, students are “encouraged to report ‘bias incidents’ to these boards (or teams) in the name of inclusion and tolerance, but it’s often unclear what the school considers ‘bias’ in the first place. Overly broad or vague definitions of bias put all kinds of speech at risk of being reported – even unpopular speech which is protected by the First Amendment.”
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Bias Reporting System or Bias Response Team

Longwood University receives an &#8220;F&#8221; grade for the Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs. Out of a list of 20 clubs (10 from each side), the <a href="https://longwoodorgs.campuslabs.com/engage/organizations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university</a> has zero right-leaning clubs and one left-leaning club. PRIDE is the one left-leaning club.
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Ratio of Right-Leaning Clubs to Left-Leaning Clubs

Longwood University receives a “C” grade due to having no active Turning Point USA chapter. The university has not denied a Turning Point USA chapter on campus.
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Denied Turning Point USA Chapter 

Longwood University receives a &#8220;D&#8221; grade for In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants. The State Council of Higher Education for <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://www.schev.edu/financial-aid/in-state-residency">Virginia</a> has a &#8220;Tuition Equity Provision For High School Completers.&#8221; According to The Code of Virginia:
&#8220;Virginia&#8217;s newest in-state tuition provision is reserved for high school completers and is often referred to as the Tuition Equity provision.&#8221;
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In-State Tuition for Illegal Immigrants

Longwood University receives an “A-” grade for the Amount of Foreign Funding Received. According to <a href="https://sites.ed.gov/foreigngifts/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">College Foreign Gift Reporting</a>, the total amount of foreign funding the university has received is $136.03 per current undergraduate student. Oftentimes, foreign parties will convey their influence by funding certain courses, activities, professors, and organizations on campus. In certain cases, universities must abide by restrictions dictated by foreign parties to receive funding. In addition, there have been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-universities-took-billions-in-unreported-foreign-funds-u-s-finds-11603226953" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that claim that universities underreport foreign funding. The figure above only takes into account reported foreign funding.
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Amount of Foreign Funding Received

Longwood University receives a “B” grade for Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students. The <a href="https://catalog.longwood.edu/content.php?catoid=1&amp;navoid=19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">university</a> requires students to complete courses within specific course categories as part of its General Education program. The university requires all students to take the following courses:
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Longwood Seminar&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;English 150: Writing and Research&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Arts&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Mathematics&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Science&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Western Civilization&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Social Sciences&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Cultures and Societies&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Foreign Language&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Fitness&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Ethics&#8221;</li>
<li>&#8220;Advanced Writing&#8221;</li>
</ul>
&#8220;Introduction to Women&#8217;s Studies&#8221; is an example of a course within the university&#8217;s Social Studies category. However, it can be easily bypassed in favor of other course options like &#8220;United States History 1877-Modern Times,&#8221; &#8220;Basic Elements of Geography,&#8221; and &#8220;American Government and Politics.&#8221;
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Required Equity, Diversity, or Inclusion Courses for Students

Longwood University receives a &#8220;C&#8221; grade for Segregated Dormitories, Graduations, and Classes. The university has one segregated convocation and one segregated dormitory (<a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://www.longwood.edu/events/name-8337556-en.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lavender</a> Graduation and <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/rci_fall/49/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Queer housing</a>).
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Segregated Dormitories, Graduations, and Classes

Longwood University receives an “A” grade for Protests and Canceling Speakers. Since 2021, no instances of protests, speech cancelations, or violence/attempted violence against speakers have occurred.
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Protests and Canceling Speakers

Longwood University receives a &#8220;C&#8221; grade for Mask and Vaccine Mandates. Concerning <a class="waffle-rich-text-link" href="http://www.longwood.edu/covid19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vaccines</a>, the university states:
&#8220;Longwood cannot include Covid-19 immunization among the list of required vaccines for students, but we strongly encourage anyone who can safely receive the vaccine and appropriate boosters to do so.&#8221;
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Mask and Vaccine Mandates

Longwood University receives a “D” grade for the Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees. According to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Center (<a href="https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/use-the-data" target="_blank" rel="noopener">IPEDS</a>), as of 2020, 3.04% of the current undergraduate student population graduate with a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) degree. Across the United States, students who graduate with STEM degrees tend to earn more on average than their other student counterparts.
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Percent of Students Graduating with STEM Degrees

Longwood University receives an “A-” grade for Crime Rates in University City or Town. According to the <a href="https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2018/crime-in-the-u.s.-2018" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>, the Farmville, Virginia violent crime rate was 128.57 per 100,000 people in 2018, lower than the 2018 national average of 380.56 per 100,000 people. While campus safety is of utmost importance, it is also pertinent to consider the crime rates of the surrounding town or city as students often tend to venture off campus, especially after their freshman year.
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Crime Rates in University City or Town

Longwood University receives an &#8220;A&#8221; grade for Required Western Civilization Courses for Students.
According to the university, the &#8220;<a href="https://catalog.longwood.edu/content.php?catoid=1&amp;navoid=19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Goal 7 of the General Education Program</a>&#8221; seeks to accomplish the following:
&#8220;The exploration of the foundations and history of western civilization in order to use the past as a model for understanding the present (three credits).
Outcomes: Students will
<ul>
<li>Understand the historical development of western civilization</li>
<li>Relate the development of Western civilization to that of other regions of the world</li>
<li>Discuss how historical cultural developments influence the present day</li>
</ul>
In this category, students can take the following courses
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">&#8220;<a href="https://catalog.longwood.edu/content.php?catoid=1&amp;navoid=19#tt2305" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIST 100 &#8211; Foundations of Western Civilization</a>&#8220;</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">&#8220;<a href="https://catalog.longwood.edu/content.php?catoid=1&amp;navoid=19#tt1878" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIST 110 &#8211; Modern Western Civilization</a>&#8220;</li>
</ul>
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Required Western Civilization Courses for Students

Check out why Longwood University received an "F" grade in our Report Card below.

Longwood University is a public university in Farmville, Virginia. The university has 163 student organizations to join. In Farmville, students can trek through the historical High Bridge Trail State Park, among other outdoor activities, go shopping in downtown Main Street, or visit historic homes and buildings in the town. Members of the Longwood University community are known as the Lancers.

Longwood University has over 100 areas of study in its undergraduate programs. Notable former students include professional golfer Tina Barrett, professional basketball player Quincy Taylor, and educator Celestia Parrish.

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Maureen Walls-McKay

<a href="http://www.longwood.edu/directory/profile/wallsmckaymjlongwoodedu/">Maureen Walls-McKay</a> is the Director of Counseling and Psychology at Longwood University. She prepared a presentation that compared sharing pro-life views with pro-choice students to slashing car tires or committing rape.

<a href="http://www.longwood.edu/directory/profile/wallsmckaymjlongwoodedu/">Maureen Walls-McKay</a> is the Director of Counseling and Psychology at Longwood University. She prepared a presentation that compared sharing pro-life views with pro-choice students to slashing car tires or committing rape.

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