One new feature we will be introducing in the next few months is enabling Hub viewers to learn about issues of importance to them and what their representatives and candidates are saying and doing about these issues.

We will be providing premium memberships for issue advocates who want to author posts on issues that the Hub is focusing on. These Advocate members will need to honor our curation guidelines.

Hub members will be able to participate in forum discussions on these issue posts.

We have currently begun to explore how best to evolve this “Issues feature” focusing on “Funding Higher Ed”, “Redistricting”, and “Abortion”.

Current Situation:
The data show that Virginia has above-average in-state tuition and below-average per-student tax appropriations. Tuition and fees at Virginia public research, four year, and two year institutions in 2017-2018 are among the highest in the US.

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Challenge:
How to make higher education more affordable for Virginia residents particularly lower income students while expanding educational opportunities and controlling costs?