USG NEWS:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/ksu-football-plan-sound-regents-vote-next/nWNQS/
KSU football plan approved, hopes to field team in 2015
By Doug Roberson
Kennesaw State will field a football team. The Board of Regents approved the university’s financial plan to support football and other Title IX initiatives on Wednesday, fulfilling a hope that began in 2008. KSU hopes to play its first game in 2015.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/ksu-football-plan-sound-regents-vote-next/nWNQS/
KSU football plan ‘sound,’ Regents vote all that’s left
By Doug Roberson
Kennesaw State’s football dream is at the goal line.
The finance committe of the Board of Regents approved Kennesaw State’s financial plan to support football and other Title IX initiatives on Wednesday.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-archives-bill-filed/nWMrR/
Georgia Archives bill filed
By Kristina Torres
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The University System of Georgia would take over management of the Georgia Archives under proposed legislation introduced in the House.
www.designworldonline.com
Herty Advanced Materials Development Center Opens Nation’s First Pilot Pellet Mill
Herty Advanced Materials Development Center Opens Nation’s First Pilot Pellet Mill
Stacy Combest
Georgia Southern University’s Herty Advanced Materials Development Center has opened the first fully-integrated pilot pellet mill in the United States.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/seedy-business-uga-backs-monsanto-in-pivotal-supreme-court-case/article_bbe0c262-74b3-11e2-8aca-001a4bcf6878.html
Seedy business: UGA backs Monsanto in pivotal Supreme Court case
by EMILY SCHOONE
Even though their research abilities are at stake, prominent universities across the nation are supporting big agriculture — namely, Monsanto. …“I think that lawsuit will be very harmful to the University of Georgia. There’s a whole group of universities that have filed a court brief, and that includes us,” he said. “Monsanto’s not the only one that sells seeds. We sell seed too. The University probably gets about one million in sales from our seeds sales. With the state budget cut backs, that’s pretty much how we keep going.”
GOOD NEWS:
www.coastalcourier.com
http://coastalcourier.com/section/5/article/53154/
U.S. News & World Report ranks GSU high
STATESBORO — For the third consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has recognized Georgia Southern University as one of the top national universities that students want to attend.
www.statesboro.wtoc.com
http://statesboro.wtoc.com/news/news/94995-mba-program-allows-state-tuition-lowcountry-students
MBA program allows in-state tuition for Lowcountry students
Submitted by WTOC Web Staff
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC)- Georgia Southern University will be holding an information session about its Savannah MBA program in Bluffton. …The MBA degree program from GSU’s College of Business Administration can be completed at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah or online.
RESEARCH:
www.bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/charging-your-smartphone-with-every-step-t9RMgJvWR0mK98RvfImq7A.html
Charging Your Smartphone With Every Step
(Bloomberg) — Planet Forward examines how a team of engineers at Georgia Tech have found a way to harness the energy of everyday movements to power small electronic devices.
www.technologyreview.com
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/511196/willow-garage-wont-do-research-anymore-but-itll-sell-you-a-robot/
Willow Garage Won’t Do Research Anymore, but It’ll Sell You a Robot
The lab developed key technologies that have advanced personal robotics, but its funding wasn’t sustainable.
By Jessica Leber
Willow Garage, a private laboratory that built a popular open-source operating system for robots, as well as the PR2, a capable robot for use by researchers, is rebooting itself. In a blog post published yesterday, CEO Steve Cousins said it will move away from developing new research technologies, and would “enter the world of commercial opportunities.” Founded in 2006 by early Google engineer Scott Hassan to advance the frontiers of robotics, the Menlo Park, California, lab has spun out several companies and created software and hardware now in use around the world… The Georgia Institute of Technology is, for example, using its PR2 to develop software and user interfaces for robots that could assist elderly people living at home. “They have been a key facilitator of collaborative infrastructure for robotics,” says Henrik Christensen, Georgia Tech’s director of robotics. “We have to figure out how this can be continued.”
www.southcarolinasc.com
http://www.southcarolinasc.com/2013/02/university-of-west-georgia-research-suggests-regulatory-burden-is-harming-smaller-banks-and-georgias-economy/
University of West Georgia Research Suggests Regulatory Burden is Harming Smaller Banks and Georgia’s Economy
Main Street Solutions, a non-profit Georgia think tank, today announced the results of research conducted by the University of West Georgia’s Richards College of Business and its Center for Business and Economic Research that suggest regulatory failure in the form of the mark-to-market accounting rule could be hampering Georgia’s economic recovery.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.norcross.patch.com
http://norcross.patch.com/articles/how-will-the-georgia-legislature-improve-education
How Will the Georgia Legislature Improve Education?
Democratic state lawmakers are focusing on educational opportunities such as restoring HOPE and preventing school dropouts in the 2013-2014 legislative season. Do you think they’re focusing on the right thing?
By Joy L. Woodson
This month the Georgia House Democratic Caucus offered its legislative agenda for 2013-2014. On Tuesday, they held a public hearing focusing on education. In a press release, House Democrats said their agenda “concentrates on supporting successful students, promoting empowered parents and securing stronger schools.”
www.thebrunswicknews.com
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/story/printer/EDIT-WEDS-021313
Editorial
It’s about time someone in the Georgia General Assembly listened to administrators and teachers in public school education. Sen. William Ligon, R-St. Simons Island, apparently has. He’s questioning why Georgia is locking itself into the Common Core State Standards, a plan created by the National Association of Governors and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The idea is to present a nationally uniform blueprint for education.
www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2013/02/13/feds-release-college-scorecard-announced-by-president-obama-during-state-of-the-union-address/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Feds release College Scorecard announced by President Obama during State of the Union address
As promised by President Obama last night, here is the info on and link to the new federal College Scorecard. The easy-to-use site provides basic information — the tuition costs, the grad rate, average loan amount, repayment rate and some employment information.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/student-affairs-and-technology/does-student-affairs-need-technology-mooc-samooc
Does Student Affairs Need a Technology MOOC? #saMOOC
Eric Stoller
Does your student affairs / higher education graduate program have a technology class? Have you ever hoped for a student affairs technology book? Maybe it’s time to look at something outside of our usual wheelhouse. What am I talking about? Well, last October, I tweeted out a question about whether or not we should look at creating a Student Affairs Technology MOOC.
www.economix.blogs.nytimes.com
Immigration and Innovation
By A. MUSHFIQ MOBARAK
A. Mushfiq Mobarak is an associate professor of economics at the Yale School of Management.
The United States economy has a comparative advantage in science and innovation. The country of Apple, Google, Facebook, Ford, General Motors, Boeing, Microsoft and FedEx thrives by creating new products and introducing entirely new markets. The American economy is innovation-driven, and such innovation requires, first and foremost, people with good ideas and skilled workers who can transform those ideas into marketable products.
Education News
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-02-12/georgia-lawmakers-consider-allowing-school-personnel-carry-weapons
Georgia lawmakers consider allowing school personnel to carry weapons
By RAY HENRY ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — School employees in Georgia could not be required to carry a firearm, but those who did would face rules over how that gun is stored, under a changed plan debated Tuesday by state lawmakers.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51275/
Ark. Panel Advances Guns on Campus Proposal
by ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK Ark. — A proposal advanced by a House panel Tuesday would leave the decision of whether to allow faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns up to college and university boards after the lawmaker behind the idea changed his bill to allow schools to opt out.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51263/
Community Colleges Rise as Leaders of Technological Education
by Cherise Lesesne
Although the economy has slowly begun to piece itself back together, several new college graduates and incoming college students have still found themselves at a disadvantage in finding employment while holding a liberal arts degree and, thus, have continued to incorporate graduate school as a stepping-stone to either enter or elevate their career pursuits. Yet, instead of opting for admission into some of the nation’s most prestigious and respected four-year institutions, many students have alternatively chosen community colleges in order to market themselves as competitive and qualified candidates for their desired jobs.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Pell-Grant-Restrictions-Hurt/137275/
Pell Grant Restrictions Hurt Enrollment at Community Colleges in the South, Study Finds
By Allie Bidwell
Community colleges throughout the United States have seen lower enrollments this year for a number of reasons, including a recovering economy that is steering students toward jobs, and budget cuts that have led to fee increases and fewer course offerings. But in the Deep South, where state student-aid programs are less substantial, two-year institutions have also been hard hit by changes in federal Pell Grant eligibility that took effect last year, according to a new study.
Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
Students in South Hit Hard by Pell Changes
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/02/13/students-south-hit-hard-pell-changes
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/13/obama-calls-more-attention-price-value-accreditation-state-union
On Notice, Again
By Libby A. Nelson
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Tuesday night called for major changes to the criteria accreditors use to evaluate colleges, asking Congress to either require accreditors to take college prices and educational value into account or to create an alternative system based on “performance and results.”
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Obama-Puts-Federal-Weight/137281/
Obama Puts Federal Weight Behind Calls for College Affordability
By Kelly Field
Washington
In the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Obama asked Congress on Tuesday night to limit looming cuts in education and research, and called on lawmakers to link some federal student aid to college “affordability and value.”
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Calif-Legislative-Analyst/137279/
California Legislative Analyst Slams Governor’s Higher-Education Budget
By Eric Kelderman
Gov. Jerry Brown’s plans to give California’s public colleges and universities more state money in the coming fiscal year hit a snag on Tuesday. A legislative analysis advised lawmakers to discard several elements of the higher-education spending plan his budget proposes.
Related article:
www.diverseeducation.com
Report: Higher Education Funding Proposal Too Lax
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51279/
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2013/02/12/stanford-university-hikes-tuition.html
Stanford University hikes tuition
Shana Lynch
Managing Editor-Silicon Valley Business Journal
MBA students, get ready to pay a few grand more for that prestigious Stanford stamp of approval.
Stanford University’s board of trustees approve tuition hikes for the 2013-14 school year, upping undergraduate and most graduate programs by 3.5 percent, and MBA students by 3.9 percent.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/13/scholars-reject-idea-college-costs-cant-be-controlled
Rejecting the New Normal
By Colleen Flaherty
Professors pushed back against what they called the “new normal” of higher education – namely that it can no longer be free or at least affordable – Tuesday during a forum organized by the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/02/13/academic-minute-hate-speech-and-free-speech
Academic Minute: Hate Speech and Free Speech
In today’s Academic Minute, Corey Brettschneider of Brown University explores American society’s ongoing struggle to minimize hate speech while preserving the First Amendment. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
www.nytimes.com
College Health Plans Respond as Transgender Students Gain Visibility
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Over the last decade, as activists started pushing colleges to accommodate transgender students, they first raised only basic issues, like recognizing a name change or deciding who could use which bathrooms. But the front lines have shifted fast, particularly at the nation’s elite colleges, and a growing number are now offering students health insurance plans with coverage for gender reassignment surgery.
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