University System News

USG VALUE:
www.beta.effinghamherald.net
http://beta.effinghamherald.net/section/6/article/20265/
GSU again named ‘military-friendly school’
Staff report
Georgia Southern University has been named a military-friendly school for the second year in a row by Military Advanced Education in its 2013 Guide to Military-Friendly Colleges and Universities. The list appears in the December issue of the magazine. “This is proof that when it comes to meeting the needs of troops and veterans, our university is serving those who serve our country,” said Brooks Keel, president of Georgia Southern University. “Georgia is fortunate to have a number of military bases and military personnel, and Georgia Southern takes great pride in having these students pursuing their degrees either in classrooms on campus or online. We are committed to helping them achieve the success they deserve.”

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/50669/
Forensic Frontier: Dr. Karla-Sue Marriott
by B. Denise Hawkins
When Dr. Karla-Sue Marriott interviewed in 2006 for a teaching and program post in the College of Science and Technology at Savannah State University, Dr. Jonathan Lambright was a faculty member. The young chemist, he recalls, was “very genuine, very down to earth, and very accomplished, academically,” Lambright says enthusiastically before easing into one of the things that also “makes her unique.” …Marriott is on a mission in the classroom and in her laboratory. During her first five years at Savannah State, the new professor worked with other faculty and administrators to transition a minor in forensic science to an undergraduate major with concentrations in chemistry and biology. The program was one of the first in the state of Georgia. Since 2011, the program has been training graduates who are competitive and prepared for positions in areas like toxicology and criminal justice, says Marriott, whose first job out of college was as a forensic officer in charge of rape and murder cases.

www.globalatlanta.com
http://www.globalatlanta.com/article/26023/looking-ahead-atlanta-to-realize-potential-as-africa-hub/
Atlanta to Realize Potential as Atlanta Hub?
by Trevor Williams
African leaders had their eyes on Atlanta in 2012, and the trend is only set to continue in the new year. While it has been happening for years, when the Zambian commerce minister visits Gwinnett County, Botswana’s ambassador holds an investment forum in Midtown and the prime minster of Kenya and vice president of Liberia make separate trips to Atlanta, it’s safe to call it a banner year. As with many of the city’s attributes, Atlanta gained its status as an African business gateway without central planning. It has developed naturally as companies like Coca-Cola Co. and Delta Air Lines Inc., institutions like CARE and schools like Spelman Collegeand Emory University developed work on the continent. . . . But this year should bring a measure of cohesion to disparate grassroots efforts to engage the continent, thanks to an initiative the Georgia Institute of Technology’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts is planning for 2014.

USG NEWS:
www.thebrunswicknews.com
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/open_access/local_news/SKIDAWAY-011413-GJ-hr#
College casts eyes to Skidaway Island
By MICHAEL HALL The Brunswick News
The coastal ecology program at College of Coastal Georgia may have new opportunities opening after the University System of Georgia Board of Regents made Skidaway Institute of Oceanography a part of the University of Georgia. The move, which will take effect July 1, was part of Chancellor Hank Huckaby’s efforts to streamline the university system’s operations. The Skidaway Institute at Savannah, which is an autonomous unit of the university system, has 65 employees who conduct oceanographic research on a regional and global scale. It also provides research-based educational opportunities to students from other university system institutions and from around the world. “The new alignment between the institute and the university will streamline operations and enhance the research efforts of both Skidaway and UGA’s excellent marine and coastal programs,” said Houston Davis, the university system’s chief academic officer and executive vice chancellor.

www.henryherald.com
http://www.henryherald.com/news/2013/jan/12/regents-approve-gordon-appeal-human-services-degre/
Regents approve Gordon appeal for human services degree
By Johnny Jackson
BARNESVILLE — Gordon State College will offer a bachelor’s degree in human services. Officials announced the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia approved the new degree program Tuesday. “This program will help provide well prepared graduates to fill the human services workforce needs being experienced in the region we serve and across the state of Georgia,” said Jeffery Knighton, chair of the Division of Business and Social Science at Gordon. Human services is a multidisciplinary profession that integrates psychology, sociology, government and administration.

www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/01/14/2343603/uga-to-offer-more-undergrad-courses.html
UGA to offer more undergrad courses online
The Associated Press
ATHENS, GA. — The University of Georgia is increasing the number of undergraduate courses it offers online. The Athens Banner-Herald ( http://bit.ly/UfPcur) reports that the school will feature more classes online beginning this summer. Georgia has trailed many other schools in moving into online learning. For years it has taught only a limited number of online courses or certificate programs. But vice president Laura Jolly says Georgia is now making it a priority to develop a stronger online curriculum.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/campus/sprinkler-malfunction-floods-psychology-building-morning-classes-cancelled-there/article_9391d93e-5f11-11e2-a32c-001a4bcf6878.html
Sprinkler malfunction floods Psychology Building, morning classes cancelled there
Staff reports
According to a release from the University of Georgia, a faulty sprinkler head in the Psychology Building flooded portions of four floors of the building, forcing classes to be cancelled this morning. An on-site Fire Star cleaning employee said the flooding began on the fifth floor. Clean-up will last until approximately noon today, and classes in that building will resume at their regular noon start. Faculty and staff who work in that building are urged to report to work to assist in damage assessment.

www.wsbtv.com
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/georgia-state-ranked-as-fastest-growing-sugar-baby/nTwbc/
Georgia State ranked as fastest growing ‘Sugar Baby’ college
By Laura Diamond
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Why take out a college loan when you can ask a Sugar Daddy for tuition money? Georgia State was ranked as the fastest growing Sugar Baby School in the nation by a dating web site that connects wealthy men with cash-strapped female co-eds. Seekingarrangement.com reported Monday a 58 percent increase in the number of college students who signed up in 2012. Georgia State had 292 new sign-ups, the most of any school in the nation. University of Georgia came in at No. 8 with 148 new users. “Georgia State prides itself on fostering an enterprising and entrepreneurial spirit among its students,” said Don Hale, vice president for public relations and marketing communications. “We are surely surprised to see it manifested in this way by these women.”

GOOD NEWS:
www.americustimesrecorder.com
http://americustimesrecorder.com/local/x964874079/GSW-continues-partnership-with-Hong-Kong-Baptist-University
GSW continues partnership with Hong Kong Baptist University
The Americus Times-Recorder
AMERICUS — AMERICUS — With agreements at more than 20 institutions in China, South Korea and India, Georgia Southwestern State University is making an effort to attract students from all over the world. On Monday, Jan. 8, university officials met with representatives from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) formally agreeing to continue working together for the mutual benefit of both institutions. “I am grateful to the Carters for their having helped us make the HKBU connection,” said GSW President Kendall Blanchard, Ph.D. “While the university is larger than Georgia Southwestern, it shares with us many of the same values. I am confident our partnership will reap benefits for both universities.”

RESEARCH:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-01-14/patient-expectations-length-acute-bronchitis-not-consistent-best-evidence-says-uga
Patient expectations on length of acute bronchitis not consistent with the best evidence, says UGA study
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
New research from the University of Georgia exposes a large discrepancy in the length of time patients expect an acute cough illness, also called acute bronchitis, to last and the reality of the illness. This mismatch may be a factor in the over-prescription of antibiotics. Examining the gap in patient expectations and the actual length of time the body takes to rid itself of a chest cold, Dr. Mark Ebell, associate professor of epidemiology in the UGA College of Public Health, recently published an article in the Annals of Family Medicine. His results show that most patients expect to cough for seven to nine days. In reality, a bronchial illness takes closer to 18 days on average to run its course.

Related article:
www.usatoday.com
Coughing for two weeks? You still don’t need antibiotic
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/14/cough-lasts-long-antibiotics/1833029/

www.techcrunch.com
http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/10/up-close-with-shimi-the-only-robotic-dancing-iphone-dock-youll-ever-need/
Up Close With Shimi, The Only Robotic, Dancing iPhone Dock You’ll Ever Need
JOHN BIGGS
We’ve covered Tovbot’s Shimi from inception to launch at TechCrunch Disrupt and this week we got a closer look at the little dancing robot that could at our CES stage. Shimi is an intelligent phone dock (developed at Georgia Tech) that uses cloud processing that will dance along with your music and even find music that you might like based on your preferences. You can also clap a beat to get Shimi to play a similar song. In short, it’s pretty cool. Tovbot just announced an iPhone version and they will ship their product later this year.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/federal-climate-report-predicts-spike-in-hot-days-for-washington-dc/2013/01/14/b582b34e-5e5b-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_blog.html
Federal climate report predicts spike in hot days for Washington, D.C. by mid-century
By Jason Samenow
Washington, D.C. just experienced its warmest year on record, and its three hottest summers in as many years. The message from the draft of a newly released federal report? Get used to it. The draft National Climate Assessment (NCA) posted Friday afternoon says the punishing, record-setting streak of 11 straight days above 95 D.C. experienced last summer is exactly the kind of event that may occur with increasing regularity in the future. . . . Georgia Tech atmospheric scientist Judith Curry, who frequently stresses the need for qualifying climate projections, blogged that the report needs to more comprehensively communicate uncertainty. “I am very concerned that the highly confident story being told here has enormous potential to mislead decision makers,” she wrote.

www.gigaom.com
http://gigaom.com/2013/01/14/13-battery-startups-to-watch-in-2013/
13 battery startups to watch in 2013
by Katie Fehrenbacher
Batteries are the quiet work horses of our gadgets, and our cell phones, and they’ll also one day remake our power grid and our vehicles. But battery innovation is difficult — it takes a long time to develop and commercialize new batteries, and it can also take a lot of money. That’s why we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight some of the rare next-generation battery startups out there that are using nanotechnology, new printing technologies, high-powered computing, and other innovations to produce the future’s batteries. . . . 8). Sila Nanotechnologies: Sila Nanotechnologies was founded in 2011 by Valley entrepreneurs working with the Georgia Institute of Technology. The company is building a lighter lithium ion battery that has double the capacity of current lithium ion batteries. The company received a $1.73 million grant from the DOE.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2013/01/15/college-students-earn-lower-grades-when-parents-pay-more-toward-their-educations/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
College students post lower grades when parents pay more toward their educations
I had a conversation Monday night with a friend who, along with paying tuition, provided her daughter with $1,300 a month for living expenses in college. That money went to rent, meals and extras. I felt Scrooge-like as I only gave my two older children $400 a month to cover rent once they left the college dorms and moved into shared off-campus rental apartments where they were responsible for their meals. I didn’t pay anything else toward their related living expenses. My kids held part-time jobs so I assumed they could cover their own groceries. (One worked in a restaurant and ate there a lot, while the other made a lot of Ramen noodles, They both graduated college in less than four years, probably because they were starving. ) Turns out that my miserly ways could have had some value.

www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2013/01/14/faced-with-tuition-bills-more-gsu-and-uga-students-turning-to-sugar-daddies/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Faced with tuition bills, more GSU and UGA students turning to “Sugar Daddies”
When I received this email about a “dating” service that matches up wealthy older (mostly) men with young, cash-starved college students, more and more who attend Georgia schools, I thought it was a spoof. A service where attractive young college students pay their bills and buy their “Fendi” bags by “dating” wealthy men sounded like a Lifetime movie. I was wrong. Apparently, there is a nationwide online service that matches “Sugar Daddies” with “Sugar Babies,” many of whom are college students exchanging their youth, beauty and attention, sexual and otherwise, for cash and other expressions of gratitude from wealthy men in what the company calls “mutually beneficial” relationships.

www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/01/georgia-chamber-plans-initiatives-for-new-year/
Georgia Chamber of Commerce plans several new initiatives for 2013
By Maria Saporta
Published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Friday, January 11, 2013
Several new initiatives will be part of the 2013 work plan for the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, which will hold its annual meeting on Jan. 15 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Those initiatives will help continue the recent success that the Georgia Chamber has enjoyed in getting its legislative agenda passed. In 2012, the Georgia Chamber had the “best legislative session we’ve had in 20 years,” said Chris Clark, president of the organization. “We’ve got a tough act to follow,” said Stephen Green, who will chair the Georgia Chamber in 2013. “It was probably the most pro-business session in recent history.”

www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323442804578232232920012910.html
The Rise of the Accreditor as Big Man on Campus
The gatekeepers of federal student aid wield too much influence in higher education.
By HANK BROWN
Who’s in charge of our colleges and universities—their boards of trustees or the accreditation organizations that are the gatekeepers of federal aid? That’s the question I’m left asking after a decision by the Southern Association of Colleges (SACS), one of six regional accreditors recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, to put the University of Virginia, founded in 1819 by no less than Thomas Jefferson, on “warning.” SACS’s action comes in the wake of efforts by the University of Virginia’s governing board this summer—later reversed—to remove President Teresa Sullivan in favor of a leader more aggressively focused on cost controls. After months of criticism and second-guessing of the board’s decision, last month the accreditor sanctioned the university and placed it on a warning status pending further investigation. As the former president of two universities, I know this is not the first time accreditors have inappropriately injected themselves into governance issues and contributed to the breakdown of oversight in higher education.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/researchers-moocs-and-online-programs
Researchers, MOOCs, and Online Programs
By Joshua Kim
Whatever you think of MOOCs or online learning programs (they are different things!), one great benefit of all the focus on both of these trends is a renewed focus on teaching. Suddenly, everyone is talking about learning. They are talking about learning at CES, in the press, and at provost and presidential meetings. As an edtech guy, someone who hangs out with learning designers and spends his days (and nights) as part of an online/blended learning program team, I am overjoyed with all the focus on teaching and learning. One aspect of the entire online learning and MOOC discussion that is not getting enough attention is research.

www.washingtonmonthly.com
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/the_university_of_californias.php
The University of California’s Online Failure
by Daniel Luzer
Remember California’s plan to create an all-online UC? Back in 2010 the University of California system, wracked by state funding cuts, decided to try to raise money by offering some of its most popular programs, in calculus, chemistry, physics, and freshman composition, online. It hasn’t worked out so well. According to an article by Nanette Asimov in the San Francisco Chronicle: The University of California is spending millions to market an ambitious array of online classes created to “knock people’s socks off” and attract tuition from students around the world. But since classes began a year ago, enrollment outside of UC is not what you’d call robust.

www.allthingsd.com
http://allthingsd.com/20130114/in-a-twist-udacity-will-offer-cheap-remedial-public-school-algebra-courses/?KEYWORDS=%22University%22
In a Twist, Udacity Will Offer Cheap, Remedial Public School Algebra Courses
Liz Gannes
Over the past year, Udacity has established itself as a provider of free classes, mostly in computer science, offered online to large audiences across the world. Now it’s going to do something quite different. In partnership with the state of California, Udacity will teach remedial and introductory courses on algebra and other topics to public university and community college students, for a vastly reduced fee. Udacity co-founder Sebastian Thrun (the former Stanford professor and ongoing Google X autonomous car leader) and California Governor Jerry Brown are to announce the program at a press conference at San Jose State on Tuesday morning. A pilot program to adapt MOOCs — massive open online courses — for this purpose will open this month.

www.nasdaq.com
http://www.nasdaq.com/article/high-paid-manufacturing-turns-to-us-analyst-blog-cm207340#.UPWE146TpGM
High Paid Manufacturing Turns to U.S. – Analyst Blog
By Zacks.com
Outsourcing or offshoring has had a profound effect on the U.S. job market. Industries such as textiles, toys, shoes and a part of electronics have moved overseas to low-cost destinations such as China, Mexico and the Philippines. Consequently, traditional blue collar manufacturing jobs have shrunk in number in the U.S. Furthermore, globalization and trade have caused middle class income stagnation for the most part. Employment in manufacturing has declined from 32% of the workforce to about 9% at present. As part of the process, however, the U.S. economy has transitioned from a brawn to brains or “ideas economy”. Yet, Americans are by and large not better off today than they were 30 years ago in terms of the median income. While globalization has reduced wages for many workers, its benefit is derived by shoppers in terms of cheaper consumer goods.

Education News
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/emory-surpasses-fundraising-goal/nTwjx/
Emory surpasses fundraising goal
By Laura Diamond
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emory University culminated its seven-year fundraising goal having raised more than $1.69 billion. Nearly 150,000 people donated to Campaign Emory, which had a goal of $1.6 billion. The money, some of which is already being spent, will be used to enhance academic programs and research, address building needs, improve patient care and address other college needs.

www.usnews.com
http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/2013/01/14/us-news-ranks-2013-best-online-education-programs?s_cid=rss:us-news-ranks-2013-best-online-education-programs
U.S. News Ranks 2013 Best Online Education Programs
Discover which programs earned No. 1 rankings for their online bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
By KELSEY SHEEHY
It’s hard to deny the economic benefits of a college education, particularly in a sluggish economy. Students with a bachelor’s degree earn 84 percent more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma, and the unemployment rate for workers without a college education is more than double the rate for those with a four-year degree, according to reports by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. With the number of schools offering fully online degree programs nearly double what it was 10 years ago— 62.4 percent of colleges and universities offered fully online programs in 2012, compared with 34.5 percent in 2002, according to a January 2013 online education report by the Babson Survey Research Group—more students can unlock the benefits of higher education without quitting their jobs or uprooting their families.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/15/aaup-calls-faculty-participation-financial-exigency-declarations
Shared Crisis
By Colleen Flaherty
Citing a recent wave of unilateral moves to eliminate academic programs by university administrators claiming financial crisis, the American Association of University Professors today released new guidelines designed to tighten the definition of financial exigency and increase faculty participation in deciding whether to close programs. “We had a standard, and that standard was clearly being ignored” by a variety of institutions, said Michael Bérubé, who led a two-year AAUP investigation into department closures that resulted in the proposed guidelines and an accompanying report, “The Role of the Faculty in Conditions of Financial Exigency.” “But addressing them one-by-one was like playing ‘Whack-a-Mole.’ ” AAUP accepts that academic programs may be cut due to true financial exigency or sound educational reasons, said Bérubé, professor of English at Pennsylvania State University and immediate past president of the Modern Language Association. But some of the cuts in recent years have not been based on a “you’re bankrupt and owe money to the mob tomorrow” imperative, but rather “festering” financial crises related to the greater economic climate in which administrations have looked to cut instructional costs before other, extracurricular priorities, such as athletics.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/01/15/caels-new-tack-credits
CAEL’s New Tack on Credits
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) this week announced that it is now partnering with colleges to directly award college credit based on its LearningCounts prior learning assessments, which measure learning gained outside of the traditional classroom. The announcement marks a shift for CAEL, which had previously included credit recommendations from the American Council on Education (ACE) as one of its credit pathways under Learning Counts. But after this month, ACE will no longer issue those recommendations.

www.twincities.com
http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_22189250
College debt isn’t just for kids: More older Americans saddled with student loans
By Mila Koumpilova
Julie Iverson feels a heady mix of hope and anxiety months before her college graduation at age 56. She is hopeful she will line up financing for a pet supply shop, where her two golden retrievers will greet customers. Failing that, she trusts her St. Paul College entrepreneurship degree will help replace the job the Great Recession claimed. But she also worries about repaying $30,000 in student loans well into her 60s. “I am certainly daunted by what’s ahead of me,” said Iverson, of Minneapolis. A growing number of Americans 50 and older face student loan payments, defying the conventional wisdom of college debt as a concern of those in their 20s and 30s.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/15/lynn-university-require-all-new-students-buy-ipads
iPad U.
By Alexandra Tilsley
When the Commission on Presidential Debates selected Lynn University as the site for the third presidential debate, it probably didn’t realize that hosting the debate would force Lynn to upgrade its wireless infrastructure to accommodate the thousands of reporters who would swarm the campus – and that those upgrades would be significantly discounted because of the debate. This turned out to be just the push the university needed to launch a program it had been discussing for a while: moving its new core curriculum to the iPad. “We thought we were a few years out, but realized after the debate that we could throw that switch. We’re set up now for a mobile environment in a way we never were before,” said Lynn President Kevin Ross. University administrators had been eyeing a move toward the iPad for some time. Since revamping its core curriculum, an 18-month process that started in 2006, Lynn has been looking for ways to integrate technology. The core curriculum, called the Dialogues of Learning, is highly prescriptive, ensuring similar experiences for all students, and is grounded in the liberal arts.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/01/15/union-college-offers-free-last-semester-increase-retention-rate
A Free Semester
By Alexandra Tilsley
Marcia Hawkins, the first-year president of Union College in Kentucky, feels a special connection with this year’s freshmen, who started at Union the same time she did. So when she decided to host a Christmas party for the class, she knew she wanted to give them something really memorable. The night of the Christmas party, each student received a stocking. Each stocking contained a few pieces of candy and a miniature scroll, tied up with ribbon and imprinted with a script-like font. Unrolled, the scroll announced the student’s true present: the promise of a tuition-free final semester for those who earned good grades and got involved in college life.
“There were obvious gasps in the audience,” Hawkins said, describing how she told students what was written on the scroll. “While some of them probably don’t really get the significance of that, because they don’t pay for it, there were several who I felt really understood what the opportunity was for them.”

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/01/15/california-will-announce-big-online-push
California Will Announce Big Online Push
California officials will today announce a program in which San Jose State University and Udacity, a provider of massive open online courses, to create online courses in remedial algebra, college-level algebra, and introductory statistics, The New York Times reported.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Female-Philosophers-Shake-Up/136629/?cid=at
Women Challenge Male Philosophers to Make Room in Unfriendly Field
By Robin Wilson
Atlanta
America’s philosophy professors are having a party, the sort of gathering that has become an institution at the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association. In a ballroom on the lowest level of a sprawling downtown hotel here, clumps of men sit talking, laughing, and drinking beer at big, round tables. The association calls the gathering a reception, but everyone here knows it as the “smoker,” even though no one is allowed to smoke anymore. It caps the first day of sessions at the association’s Eastern Division meeting and is not only an occasion for old friends and colleagues to catch up but also a time for young job candidates to talk informally with professors at campuses that have faculty openings. …The two gatherings in Atlanta are emblematic of what’s happening in philosophy, where a small group of female professors is trying to shake up the field. The women want to broaden the discipline to embrace feminist ideas, raise the number of women in the faculty ranks, and put an end to sexist remarks and behavior. …The University of Georgia hired Victoria M. Davion in 1990 along with another young female philosopher. At the time, they were the only women in a department of about a dozen men. …Ms. Davion is now head of the philosophy department at Georgia, where 43 percent of the faculty members are female—the largest proportion of women in any of the top 51 Ph.D.-granting philosophy departments in the country, according to Mr. Leiter’s report.

www.usatoday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2013/01/14/retirement-community-saving-home/1817793/
Retirement Living: College towns lure Boomers
Rodney Brooks, USA TODAY
You really didn’t expect Baby Boomers to flock to those staid retirement communities in Florida and Arizona, did you? The generation that defined so much of American culture also demands more when they call it quits, and some are beginning to discover that college towns offer some really good — and low-cost — places to retire these days. “Historically, it was always Florida and Arizona,” says Coldwell Banker President Budge Huskey. “It seems as though for many people, the attraction to what their passion is now outweighs the typical retirement option. Instead of retiring to Florida and the warm weather, many retire to a college town, or a ski village because they love skiing. The traditional patterns are changing.” …Which brings us to another benefit of college towns. You get to see major college sports for a fraction of what you pay for pro sports in major cities. Imagine paying $10 to see two college powerhouse baseball teams duke it out.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Flu-Season-LoomsColleges/136667/
Flu Season Looms, and Colleges Plead: ‘Wash Your Hands’
By Libby Sander
As students return to their campuses for the start of the spring semester, colleges are bracing for what federal health officials predict could be a particularly severe flu season. Two dozen states are already reporting high levels of “influenzalike illness,” and all but three states and the District of Columbia show widespread flu, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On some campuses, health officials are preparing for the worst. They’re paying close attention to the number of documented flu cases, and some are submitting data to the CDC as part of a national surveillance program. They’re also trying mightily to prevent new cases, by administering last-minute flu shots; encouraging students still on break to get vaccinated at home; handing out fliers and posting signs to urge students, faculty, and staff to cover their coughs and sneezes; and issuing repeated instructions for anybody feeling sick to stay home.
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