Editing Roanoke, Virginia (section)

==Education==
Two four-year private institutions are situated in neighboring localities – [[Roanoke College]] in the city of Salem,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.roanoke.edu/ |title=Roanoke College |website=Roanoke.edu |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719121529/https://www.roanoke.edu/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Hollins University]] in [[Roanoke County]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollins.edu/who-we-are/why-hollins/hollins-at-a-glance/ |title=Hollins University: Hollins At A Glance |website=hollins.edu |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629003929/https://hollins.edu/who-we-are/why-hollins/hollins-at-a-glance/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Virginia Tech and Radford University's main campuses are located in the nearby [[New River Valley]], and both of those schools have partnered with Carilion Clinic, the regional nonprofit health care organization based in Roanoke, to create medical colleges in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=5 |title=Virginia Tech, Carilion will create joint medical school in Roanoke |publisher=Virginia Tech |website=Vtnews.vt.edu |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=August 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602030607/http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2007&itemno=5 |archive-date=June 2, 2010}}</ref><ref name=Rife4>{{cite news |last=Rife |first=Luanne |date=April 23, 2019 |title=Radford University will seek to double number of nursing students after merger with Jefferson College |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1A}}</ref> Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and Research Institute was founded in 2007,<ref name=JonesS1>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Sarah Bruyn |date=September 28, 2008 |title=Va. Tech Carilion Medical School taking shape |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1A0}}</ref> and Radford University Carilion was established in 2019.<ref name=Wall5>{{cite news |last=Wall |first=Sam |date=October 12, 2019 |title=Radford University hires first health sciences provost |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1B}}</ref> The Roanoke Higher Education Center opened in 2000 in the former Norfolk and Western General Office Building{{Endash}}North, and provides over 150 programs ranging from [[General Educational Development|high school equivalent]] degrees to [[doctorate]]s.<ref name=Edwards1>{{cite news |last=Edwards |first=John S. |date=August 19, 2020 |title=Twenty years of the Roanoke Higher Education Center |work=The Roanoke Times |page=51B}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About the Center |url=https://www.education.edu/about-rhec/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Roanoke Higher Education Center |language=en-US |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804155017/https://www.education.edu/about-rhec/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Virginia Western Community College]] is located in the city and provides [[associate degree]]s as well as facilitated transfers to many four-year colleges in the area.<ref name=Adkins1>{{cite news |last=Adkins |first=Andrew |date=February 21, 2019 |title=Education Notebook: Hollins University, Virginia Western announce guaranteed admission agreements |work=The Roanoke Times |page=2B}}</ref><ref name=Adkins2>{{cite news |last=Adkins |first=Andrew |date=July 20, 2018 |title=Virginia Western, Averett reach deal linking criminal justice programs |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1B}}</ref> [[ECPI University]], a private for-profit institution, also has a campus located in Roanoke.<ref name=Mattingly1>{{cite news |last=Mattingly |first=Justin |date=May 22, 2020 |title=ECPI University reopens campuses, will take temperatures as people enter buildings |work=The Roanoke Times |page=2B}}</ref>

The local [[Public school (government funded)|public school]] [[School division#United States|division]] is Roanoke City Public Schools.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rcps.info/ |title=Official website of Roanoke City Public Schools |website=rcps.info |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722130331/https://www.rcps.info/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The two general enrollment public high schools in the city are [[Patrick Henry High School (Roanoke, Virginia)|Patrick Henry High School]], located in the Raleigh Court area,<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2023 |title=Patrick Henry High |url=https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/patrick-henry-high-2 |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=Virginia School Quality Profiles |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814174218/https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/patrick-henry-high-2 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[William Fleming High School]], located in Northwest Roanoke.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 28, 2023 |title=William Fleming High |url=https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/william-fleming-high |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=Virginia School Quality Profiles |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814174220/https://schoolquality.virginia.gov/schools/william-fleming-high |url-status=live}}</ref>

A prominent [[parochial school]] in the city is [[Roanoke Catholic School|Roanoke Catholic]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Roanoke Catholic School – Mission Statement |url=http://www.roanokecatholic.com/main/index.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318132014/http://roanokecatholic.com/main/index.php |archive-date=March 18, 2009 |access-date=August 27, 2009 |website=Roanokecatholic.com}}</ref> which dates to 1889 and shares its campus with the Basilica of St. Andrew.<ref name=Hammack3>{{cite news |last=Hammack |first=Laurence |date=April 24, 2015 |title=School celebrates 125 years of being 'a light on the hill' |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1B}}</ref> Private non-parochial schools in Roanoke include Community High School of Arts and Academics. The school was first housed in the Jefferson Center before moving to its current location in downtown Roanoke in 2011.<ref name=McCallum1>{{cite news |last=McCallum |first=Annie |date=March 20, 2013 |title=Roanoke school halves its tuition fee |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1A}}</ref>