USGNEWS:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-02-14/next-uga-president-names-transition-team
Next UGA president names transition team
By LEE SHEARER
University of Georgia presidential designee Jere Morehead recently named a 12-person transition team as he gets ready to assume the top administrative job at the university July 1.
www.henryherald.com
http://www.henryherald.com/news/2013/feb/14/deal-backs-effort-expand-access-tech-schools/
Deal backs effort to expand access to tech schools
Legislation combines 2.0 requirement for HOPE Grant with plan to increase the number of graduates
By Rachel Shirey
McDONOUGH — Gov. Nathan Deal recently unveiled a proposal to lower GPA requirements for the HOPE Grant to allow more students access to state funds for technical schools. The HOPE Grant is given to students in the technical college system, including two programs at Clayton State University.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/fifth-third-bank-kennesaw-states-5-million-sponsor/nWPdG/
KSU football’s $5 million sponsor revealed
Fifth Third Bank gets naming rights to KSU Stadium
By Doug Roberson
Kennesaw State’s $5 million sponsor is Fifth Third Bank.
An unnamed sponsor was referenced in documents given to the Board of Regents on Wednesday before they approved the $100-per-semester fee increase that will underwrite the Owls’ new football program, which will start in 2015.
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Fifth Third Bank to sponsor Kennesaw State University football
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/02/14/fifth-third-bank-to-sponsor-kennesaw.html
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KSU stadium to be named for Fifth Third
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/21717390/article-KSU-stadium-to-be-named-for-Fifth-Third?instance=home_lead_story
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Bank to get naming rights for Kennesaw stadium
http://www.wsav.com/story/21210513/bank-to-get-naming-rights-for-kennesaw-stadium
GOOD NEWS:
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2013-02-14/savannah-tech-armstrong-sign-justice-agreement#.UR5P9Y6TpGN
Savannah Tech, Armstrong sign ‘justice’ agreement
By Savannah Morning News
Savannah Technical College President Kathy Love and Armstrong Atlantic State University President Linda Bleicken signed an agreement Thursday to ensure a seamless educational pathway for criminal justice students between the two institutions.
www.wsav.com
http://www.wsav.com/story/21202270/ga-schools-look-to-form-criminal-justice-alliance
Ga. schools look to form criminal justice alliance
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) – Two coastal Georgia colleges have announced plans to form a criminal justice education partnership. WTOC-TV (http://bit.ly/X8m1M6 ) reports Savannah Tech and Armstrong Atlantic State University are working to form an alliance allowing students who receive associates degrees at Savannah Tech to apply all of their coursework to a bachelor of science in criminal justice at Armstrong.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/four-projects-win-state-engineering.html?page=all
Four projects win state engineering awards
Staff
Atlanta Business Chronicle
…Facility Design Group Inc. Georgia Tech Clough Commons Cistern: In an effort to help Georgia Tech meet sustainability goals established for the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons project, Facility Design Group Inc. conceived, planned and designed a 1.4 million-gallon underground cistern to treat, store and distribute harvested storm and condensate water.
RESEARCH:
www.tiftongazette.com
http://tiftongazette.com/local/x503852197/Resistant-varieties-saved-Georgia-tomatoes-from-viral-destruction
Resistant varieties saved Georgia tomatoes from viral destruction
Clint Thompson/University of Georgia, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
CNHI
TIFTON — Once a major threat to the tomato industry, the thrips-vectored tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) has been unable to penetrate the vegetable’s latest line of defense — resistant cultivars. Scientists from the University of Georgia, University of Florida and Clemson, North Carolina State universities have collaborated over the last two decades in an effort to try to alleviate what had become a deadly problem.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/proton-treatment-center-set-to-break.html
Proton treatment center set to break ground
Christine Hall, Contributing Writer
After years in the making, the Georgia Proton Treatment Center will begin to take shape in Midtown later this month. Crews will break ground on the state-of-the-art radiation therapy center, which will go on 2.3 acres at 615 Peachtree St., and could be completed by 2015. It is a joint venture including Emory University and Advanced Particle Therapy LLC of San Diego. The project is in line with the Midtown Alliance’s goals of fostering an “innovation district” that aims to attract and create development and jobs through a combination of education, business and urban amenities. The $200 million Georgia Proton Treatment Center will collaborate with nearby institutions including Emory’s Midtown hospital, as well as Emory and Georgia Tech collaborations like the Predictive Health Institute and Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/on-twitter-language-use-varies-by-gender/2013/02/14/c58a7660-76e2-11e2-8f84-3e4b513b1a13_story.html
On Twitter, language use varies by gender
By Caitlin Dewey
You don’t need a linguistics degree to know that men and women speak differently. But a new study from researchers at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and the Georgia Institute of Technology suggests we tweet differently, as well.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/housing-recovery-starting-has-long.html?page=all
Housing recovery starting, has long way to go
Douglas Sams
Commercial Real Estate Editor-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Metro Atlanta’s housing supply has dropped to 3.8 months of sales inventory — the lowest number since the housing crisis unfolded in 2007. That’s a nearly 75 percent reduction compared with peaks reached during the worst of the slowdown in 2008 and 2009, when supply topped 15 months, according to market data from First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS). Homes between $100,000 and $200,000 have seen some of the greatest supply reductions… A new study by Georgia Tech professor Dan Immergluck looked at investors who bought foreclosed homes in distressed neighborhoods.
www.nytimes.com
Now Atlanta Is Turning Old Tracks Green
By ROBBIE BROWN
ATLANTA — Until last year, the old railroad tracks that snaked through east Atlanta were derelict. Kudzu, broken bottles and plastic bags covered the rusting rails. But these days, the two-mile corridor bustles with joggers, bikers and commuters. Along a trail lined with pine and sassafras trees, condos are under construction and a streetcar is planned. he Eastside Trail, as the path is known, is one of the first legs of an ambitious proposal that has been in the works since the early 2000s — to transform 22 miles of vine-covered railroad into parks, housing and public transit around Atlanta…The idea began humbly, as a graduate thesis at Georgia Tech.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/midtown-on-its-way-to-becoming-living.html?page=all
Midtown on its way to becoming ‘living lab’
Kevin Green
Over the last dozen or more years, Midtown Alliance has focused its efforts on creating a premier, urban experience. Recognizing that the streets and sidewalks are where we experience the city, we have concentrated on eye-level “public realm” improvements and walkability. …Advancing Midtown as a 21st-century Center of Innovation. Midtown is home to world-class institutions bridging technology, health and the arts. These include Georgia Tech, Emory University Hospital Midtown and Savannah College of Art and Design.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/educational-institutions-critical-to.html?page=all
Educational institutions critical to Midtown
Diane Loupe, Contributing Writer
Midtown is developing into Atlanta’s version of Silicon Valley, with area research institutions helping to spawn high-tech startup companies, which hire student interns. Leaders at Georgia Tech and Emory University say their institutions are working together and with area businesses to ensure that innovations developed in the lab will reach the marketplace.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/blueprint-midtown-becoming-reality.html?page=all
Blueprint Midtown becoming reality
Doug DeLoach, Contributing Writer
Blueprint Midtown, a community planning initiative launched in 1997 by the Midtown Alliance and supported by stakeholders from business and government, put the Midtown submarket on a trajectory that has produced a significant urban transformation. “The Blueprint was a physical plan, which was put together using visual preference surveys, and through discussions among representatives from the residential community and business community about what they wanted Midtown to be and look like,” said Kevin Green, president and CEO of Midtown Alliance… One of the original objectives of Blueprint Midtown was to draw anchor institutions to the area. In 2003, Georgia Tech’s decision to jump across “the Gulch” (the downtown expressway) to Technology Square ranks among the pioneering efforts.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/midtown-alliance-seeks-inviting.html?page=all
Midtown Alliance seeks ‘inviting public realm’
Staff
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Dennis P. Lockhart has been the 14th president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta since March 1, 2007, and also chairs the Midtown Alliance. At the bank, he is responsible for all activities, including monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation, and payment services. In addition, he serves on the Federal Reserve’s chief monetary policy body, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
www.redorbit.com
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112784060/picky-fish-keep-coral-reefs-clean-021413/
Underwater Cameras Track Fish Cleaning Up Coral Reefs
Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com
Few pet owners would expect their dog or cat to clean up the house, and anyone who has ever camped in places such as Yellowstone Park knows that bears can visit and will leave a campsite in worse shape than they found it. Fish on the other hand could actually be doing some good in cleaning up coral reefs. A recent study conducted in the Fiji Islands found that four species of herbivorous fish were primarily responsible for removing common and even potentially harmful seaweeds on reefs. This research has been published online ahead of the print journal Ecology, and was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Teasley Endowment to Georgia Tech.
www.newsle.com
http://newsle.com/article/0/60160597/
Is Reshoring Really Working?
While there are promising signs for U.S. domestic production, the jury is out on job impact.
Adrienne Selko | IndustryWeek
Are manufacturing companies and operations coming back to the U.S.? Yes, in some cases. Are they bringing back jobs? Yes, but not enough to counter what has been lost. Could this economic tide change radically? Some believe it could with the right national policies. A number of studies circulating suggest that companies plan to reshore manufacturing operations to the U.S. . . . While energy cost is one important factor, affecting certain industries more than others, all manufacturers need to manage supply chain costs. “One of the biggest reasons companies have come back to manufacture in the U.S. is the need to quickly meet market demand,” says John Zegers, director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing, Georgia Institute of Technology. Moreover, says Zegers, local sourcing is an important component of successful innovation. “OEMs are using job shops in the U.S. to innovate,” he observes.
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
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http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-02-14/new-lobbying-rules-would-prohibit-airfare-expenses
New lobbying rules would prohibit airfare expenses
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — Newly proposed rules would ban lobbyists from buying airfare for Georgia’s state officials under an amended plan released Thursday by a leading Republican. The latest version of House Speaker David Ralston’s legislation would prevent lobbyists from paying the airfare of public officials when they travel to events.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/kyle-wingfield/2013/02/14/welcome-to-atlanta-mr-president-now-about-pre-k/
Kyle Wingfield
Welcome to Atlanta, Mr. President. Now about pre-k . . .
President Barack Obama is expected in Atlanta today, to pitch a problem to a solution. No, I don’t have that backward. The president’s planned visit today to a Decatur pre-k school comes on the heels of his lauding Georgia’s preschool program during his State of the Union address Tuesday night. He wants to use it as a model for a federal effort “to make high-quality preschool available to every child in America.”
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/02/15/midtown-right-place-at-right-time-for.html
Midtown: Right place at right time for startups
Gary McKillips, Contributing Writer
Being in the right place at the right time is usually very good. Sometimes, however, it’s extraordinary as is the case with Midtown Atlanta, which finds itself at the intersection of small-business growth and today’s high-tech revolution.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51331/
Building Your Personal Brand While in College Leads to Better Job Offers
by Laura Wilson
College is all about planning for your future, but it is easy to get caught up in the “campus life” while at college and forget to start planning your career well before graduation. Excelling in class is not the only thing you can do while you are in college that will help ensure you land your dream job upon graduation. In fact, building your personal brand while in college will make you stand out to your future perspective employers.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish/let’s-talk-why-suing-librarians-bad-idea
Let’s Talk: Why Suing Librarians is a Bad Idea
Barbara Fister
It suddenly seems as if suing librarians is the new business model for some publishers. There are a lot of reasons this seems unwise. For one, pissing off your customers is likely to cause your market to dry up. For another, it’s going to result in a lot of publicity, but not the kind you want.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/high-quality-online-learning-discussion-uscs-karen-gallagher
High Quality Online Learning: A Discussion with USC’s Karen Gallagher
By Joshua Kim
Karen Symms Gallagher, Dean of USC Rossier School of Education, caught my eye for two reasons. First, I read a couple of opinion pieces in which she argued that we need to look beyond MOOCs to the potential of providing extremely high quality and intimate for-credit degree programs that leverage new options in technology and new opportunities in non-profit / for-profit partnerships.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/stratedgy/moocs-moccs-and-harvardx
MOOCs, MOCCs, and HarvardX
By Margaret Andrews
Yesterday I got a peek behind the curtain. Previous StratEDgy posts have addressed the rise of MOOCS and MOCCs (our own term for Mid-sized Online Closed Courses) and edX – and today about HarvardX.
Education News
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/education/obama-pushes-preschool-programs-in-georgia-trip/nWN9M/
Obama pushes preschool plan, won’t discuss cost
By JOSH LEDERMAN
The Associated Press
DECATUR, Ga. — Raising hopes among parents who want preschool for all, President Barack Obama on Thursday rolled out a plan to vastly expand government-funded early childhood while keeping the price tag a secret.
Republicans, wary of high costs and questionable outcomes, made clear they have no intention of signing a blank check.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-02-14/obama-pushes-preschool-programs-georgia-trip
Obama pushes preschool programs in Georgia trip
By JOSH LEDERMAN AND PHILIP ELLIOTT
DECATUR — President Barack Obama on Thursday pitched a new plan to make preschool available to all 4-year-old children, declaring, “Education has to start at the earliest possible age.”
www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/new-pell-grant-restrictions-hurt-community-college-enrollment/
New Pell Grant Restrictions Hurt Community College Enrollment
Source: Youth Today
Fewer people from the country’s poorest states are enrolling in community college since Congress tightened eligibility rules for federal tuition assistance through Pell grantslast summer, according to a new report.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Groups-Propose-a-New-Deal-for/137341/
Groups Propose a ‘New Deal for Students’ to Tackle Debt and Other Issues
By Katherine Mangan
Two student-advocacy groups joined the chorus of critics taking on the nation’s trillion-dollar student-debt problem this week with calls to make the Pell Grant program a mandatory budget item, allow private-loan debt to be discharged in bankruptcy, and increase the minimum wage.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Low-Income-Students-Should-Be/137323/
Low-Income Students Should Be Able to Graduate Debt-Free, Report Says
By Allie Bidwell
College tuition has risen sharply at institutions across the country in recent years, outpacing the growth of resources available to students and forcing many to take on heavy loan debts. But a white paper released on Thursday says a redesign of the federal financial-aid system could help low- and middle-income students avoid such financial burdens.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51319/
Duncan: Sequestration Cuts Could Take a Major Toll on Higher Ed
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Washington – Calling it a case of “educational malpractice, economically foolish and morally indefensible,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Thursday pleaded with a Senate committee to stave off the 10 percent across-the-board cuts set to take place throughout the federal government on March 1.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Education-Secretary-Outlines/137333/
Education Secretary Outlines Grim Consequences of Looming Budget Cuts
By Kelly Field
Washington
Looming budget cuts would end financial aid for thousands of students and force the U.S. Department of Education to slice payments to contractors that administer the federal student-aid programs, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told members of Congress on Thursday.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/15/presidents-hot-seat-not-signing-gun-letter
In the Crosshairs
By Allie Grasgreen
In the two months since a couple of college presidents launched a campaign urging swift legislative action to prevent gun violence, the spotlight has been on the more than 370 top administrators who signed a letter demanding specific changes by policymakers. But now, some of the focus is starting to shift – to those who have not added their names to the list.
www.post-gazette.com
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/overcoming-obstacles-colleges-open-doors-for-nontraditional-students-675215/
Overcoming obstacles: Colleges open doors for nontraditional students
Colleges open doors for nontraditional students
By Mary Niederberger / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
With three children ages 12, 7 and 1, Celeste Smith doesn’t have much free time, a reality that might have kept her from pursuing as an adult the college degree that she bypassed when she graduated from high school. But when she heard about Chatham University’s Gateway program for women age 23 or older — a program that can include academic credit for knowledge gained through such experiences as employment, volunteer work or travel — Ms. Smith, 40, knew it was her door to higher education. She is among the nontraditional students who are taking advantage of programs designed to meet the needs of those who have the desire to pursue higher education but often see obstacles that prevent them from doing so.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/15/new-firm-helps-2-year-colleges-create-honors-programs
Private Capital, Community Colleges
By Doug Lederman
There is nothing subtle about the home page of a new venture unveiled Thursday. “$1 Trillion U.S. Student Loan Debt” it screams, with the dollar figure in large yellow type. It then displays the average price of four years at public and private colleges ($71,000 and $158,000, respectively), and follows with data showing that more than a quarter of all bachelor’s degree-holders start out at a community college.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51334/
UT System Pushing 4-Year Tuition Option
by Jim Vertuno, Associated Press
AUSTIN Texas — University of Texas System regents on Thursday ordered their campuses to offer students a four-year, fixed-rate tuition option by fall of 2014 to encourage them to graduate on time.
www.walb.com
http://www.walb.com/story/21196148/mtc-opens-its-new-stat-lab
MTC opens its new STAT Lab
TIFTON, GA (WALB) – With information from Moultrie Technical College-
Moultrie Technical College’s (MTC) Tifton Campus unveiled its new STAT Lab today. The STAT (Surgical Technology Academy Training) Lab is the only one of its kind in the state of Georgia and within several hundred miles of South Georgia.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/15/professors-syllabus-bars-students-using-fox-news-assignment
A Professor vs. Fox News
By Scott Jaschik
Students in a political science class at West Liberty University were given an assignment recently to keep a “politics journal” in which they would record their reactions to various articles they had selected.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/02/15/more-space-science-research
More Space for Science Research
Science and engineering research space at research-performing colleges and universities increased 3.5 percent from fiscal year 2009 to fiscal year 2011, growing to 202.9 million net assignable square feet, according to a new analysis from the recent data from the National Science Foundation.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Faculty-Has-a-Role-in-Dealing/137331/
Faculty Has a Role in Dealing With Campus Sexual Assaults, AAUP Says
By Ann Schnoebelen
To handle the difficult issue of sexual assault, with its serious personal and institutional consequences, campuses often turn to student-affairs or law-enforcement officials, but the American Association of University Professors says faculty members could play a more important role. In a nine-page report released on Thursday, the group outlines the scope of the issue and suggests ways to prevent and manage sexual violence, with an eye toward faculty responsibilities.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/North-Dakota-State-U-Gives/137339/
North Dakota State U. Gives Go-Ahead to Controversial Sex-Education Program
By Peter Schmidt
North Dakota State University officials cleared the way on Thursday for two faculty members to offer a controversial, federally financed sex-education program in partnership with Planned Parenthood after the state’s attorney general determined the effort would be legal.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/02/15/ex-student-loses-13m-suit-over-c
Ex-Student Loses $1.3M Suit Over a C+
A Pennsylvania judge ruled Thursday that a former student had failed to demonstrate that a professor at Lehigh University was arbitrary in an illegal way in awarding her a C+, Lehigh Valley Live reported.