USG VALUE:
www.statesboroherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/48228/
GSU establishes asphalt research lab
Lab will provide research services to variety of state, entities
Special to the Herald
The Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Information Technology recently added a new asphalt research lab, Georgia Southern University announced Tuesday. The new lab will provide research services to a variety of state and private entities, including the Georgia Department of Transportation.
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=258737
UNG President gives consolidation update
By Marc Eggers Staff
OAKWOOD – University of North Georgia President Dr. Bonita Jacobs told the South Hall Business Coalition that things were progressing nicely in the recent consolidation of Gainesville State College with North Georgia College and State University to form UNG.
www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/80288/
UNG president: Region needs more students
By Sharon Dunten
Hall County is one of Georgia’s fastest-growing counties for high school graduates, according to census data between 2007 and 2011, but the higher education numbers aren’t as high. College enrollment in Northeast Georgia is not where it should be, University of North Georgia President Bonita Jacobs said Tuesday at a meeting of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce’s South Hall Business Coalition.
www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/feb/26/asu-cash-mob-helps-downtown-restaurant/
ASU ‘Cash Mob’ helps downtown restaurant
By J.D. Sumner
ALBANY, Ga. — Albany State University students learned a valuable lesson Tuesday. Organized buying strategies are a powerful thing. Between 75 and 100 students, professors and staff from ASU’s School of Business came across the river Tuesday to participate in a “cash mob” — a guerrilla marketing technique aimed at jolting economic prosperity for struggling businesses or areas — at Our Daily Bread in downtown Albany.
GOOD NEWS:
www.lawrenceville-ga.patch.com
http://lawrenceville-ga.patch.com/articles/ggc-food-court-scores-90-on-follow-up-restaurant-inspections-feb-26
GGC Food Court Scores 90 on Follow-up: Restaurant Inspections Feb. 26
A food court at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville score a low A after previously scoring a U.
Georgia Gwinnett College Building A Food Court, 1000 University Center Lane
Score: 90 A
Inspection Date: February 26
www.athens.patch.com
http://athens.patch.com/articles/daily-beast-names-uga-one-of-25-amazing-but-overlooked-schools
The publication makes a case for looking closer at these schools.
The University of Georgia has landed on yet another list. This one is the Daily Beast’s compilation of 25 “amazing but overlooked” schools, ones with some unique trait that doesn’t show up on the rankings.
www.midtown.patch.com
http://midtown.patch.com/articles/ga-tech-industrial-engineering-student-named-2013-new-face-of-engineering
Ga Tech Industrial Engineering Student Named 2013 New Face of Engineering
Mallory Soldner has a passion for affecting change both locally and globally and focuses her research on practical applications with societal impact.
Mallory Soldner, a Ph.D. student in the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, was selected as the Institute of Industrial Engineers representative for the 2013 New Faces of Engineering, a program that honors promising young engineers who are contributing greatly to society, thus promoting the image of engineering globally.
www.gwinnettdailypost.com
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2013/feb/25/gwinnett-tech-georgia-tech-team-up-for-program/
Gwinnett Tech, Georgia Tech team up for program launch
By Frank Reddy
LAWRENCEVILLE — Classes start Monday for Jill Kennedy, a Buford woman studying to be a health records technician. Thanks to a recent grant to boost job creation, tuition is on the house. Kennedy is one of 15 in the inaugural class for a Health Information Technology Certificate, which offers special funding for veterans, the underemployed and the unemployed. Administrators from Gwinnett Technical College and the Georgia Institute of Technology on Monday briefed leaders from healthcare, education and business about the colleges’ HIT education partnership, which is supported by a $1.65 million grant.
USG NEWS:
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/02/25/2371044/correction-west-georgia-presidents.html
Correction: West Georgia-Presidents story
The Associated Press
CARROLLTON, GA. — In a story Feb. 16 about presidential candidates visiting the University of West Georgia, The Associated Press misidentified Charles Patterson’s university affiliation. He is vice president for research and economic development at Georgia Southern University, not Georgia State University. A corrected version of the story is below:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/county-by-county-news-for-wednesday/nWZ8Q/
County by county news for Wednesday
New road traverses GGC campus
Georgia Gwinnett College has opened Lonnie Harvel Boulevard, a now primary artery arching from University Center Lane near the Lawrenceville college’s main entrance to Collins Industrial Way near Walther Boulevard.
RESEARCH:
www.slate.com
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/02/26/remora_suction_could_advance_adhesive_technology_in_medicine_and_the_military.html
Futuristic Adhesives Within Grasp Thanks to Clingy Fish
By Jason Bittel
It’s easy to ignore a remora, the little torpedo of a fish that hitchhikes on sharks, whales, and turtles. But this diminutive creature is full of secrets, not least of which may be the inspiration for versatile adhesive technology of the future. Often called suckerfish, remoras are content to make an inglorious living on the scraps, parasites, and feces of larger creatures. In addition to food, the remora also gains easy transportation and protection through this relationship—after all, who’s going to mess with the guy attached to the tiger shark?… These are just a few of the findings from a new materials research project out of Georgia Tech.
www.darkreading.com
http://www.darkreading.com/insider-threat/167801100/security/attacks-breaches/240149075/how-best-to-break-the-news-to-users-that-they-re-a-bot.html
How Best To Break The News To Users That They’re A Bot
Georgia Tech researchers study data from DNSChanger botnet to discern the best way for ISPs to clean up bot infections
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
Dark Reading
Turns out last year’s massive takedown of the DNSChanger botnet provided a handy case study on the most effective methods of notifying victims and cleaning up their machines. Researchers from Georgia Tech studied the botnet’s remediation efforts, which began early last year, and found that phone contact, billing notices, and redirecting infected users to special Web pages are the best ways to alert them to their infections.
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.bizjournals.com
A http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2013/02/augusta-among-top-10-most-affordable.html
Augusta among Top 10 most affordable cities for seniors
Carla Caldwell, Morning Call Editor
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Augusta among the country’s Top 10 metro areas where retirees can live well on $40,000. …U.S. News says of Augusta: The host city of the Masters Tournament is best known for its golf courses. This city on the Savannah River is also home to the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta State University, and a wide variety of art galleries and museums.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-biggers/march-calls-out-georgias-_b_2766426.html
March Calls Out Georgia’s National Disgrace: Will Regents Finally End College Ban for Undocumented Students?
Jeff Biggers
Author of ‘State Out of the Union: Arizona and the Final Showdown Over the American Dream’
With comprehensive immigration reform afoot in Congress, and measures to grant undocumented immigrant students in-state tuition status spreading across the country, a galvanized movement in Georgia is ramping up its effort to end the state’s extraordinary ban for undocumented immigrant students at the top five state colleges. The nation is watching: How much longer will Georgia’s Board of Regents uphold a blatantly segregationist state law that has made the Peach State a national disgrace? …On March 6th, a large coalition of undocumented Georgia youth, students and a broad array of civil rights groups and supporters will host a march on the University of Georgia campus in Athens, under the banner that “Education is a Human Right,” and remind the state of Regents Vice Chairman Felton Jenkins common sense declaration against the ban two years ago.
www.mdjonline.com
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/21823854/article-Are-you-ready-for-some-KSU-Football-?instance=secondary_story_left_column
Are you ready for some KSU Football!
by Dick Yarbrough
Columnist
How about them Owls! Kennesaw State University has gotten permission to field a football team after the State Board of Regents approved their proposal last week. The Fighting Owls are scheduled to take the field in 2015. Athletics Director Vaughn Williams says the school will have to find a conference to play in as well as hire a coaching staff and, of course, recruit some football players.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/class-struggle/post/biggest-study-ever-says-kipp-gains-substantial/2013/02/26/ff149efa-7d50-11e2-9a75-dab0201670da_blog.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
Class Struggle
By Jay Mathews
Biggest study ever says KIPP gains substantial
KIPP, previously known as the Knowledge Is Power Program, has had more success than any other large educational organization in raising the achievement of low-income students, both nationally and in the District. But many good educators, burned by similarly hopeful stories in the past, have wondered whether KIPP were for real.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2013/02/27/essay-qualities-needed-leaders-small-colleges
Leaders for Small Colleges
By W. Kent Barnds
Recently, I found myself thinking about the most important skills leaders at colleges like Augustana College, where I am executive vice president, should cultivate during the next 5 to 7 years. It was an interesting and challenging task. To think about how a mindset and natural gifts might inform strategy for small colleges is not something I do every day. One of the first things I did was review a number of presidential position descriptions for colleges transitioning from a fairly traditional president to a president who faces disruption never seen in a generation.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/university-venus/taking-time-think-about-expectations-women-undergraduate-science
Taking time to think about expectations for women in undergraduate science
By Marie-Claire Shanahan
Decades of research in higher education has sought to understand why students come to STEM fields and why they leave. This has been especially true for women in science degree programs.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/teaching-googledocs
Teaching with GoogleDocs
By Stephanie Hedge
Stephanie Hedge is a graduate student in the Department of English at Ball State University. You can follow her on twitter at @slhedge.
Welcome to another entry in our loosely-defined-yet-still-exciting teaching with technology series. This week: Teaching with GoogleDocs! Our previous entries in this series include my posts on Teaching with Tablets, Teaching with Twitter, and Teaching with Blogs, Carleen Carey’s Teaching Tools for the Tech Savvy TA, Ashley Wiersma’s 3 Ways to Hack your Class with Google+, and Andrea Zellner’s I’m a Digital Grad in a Digital World.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/edtech-questions-about-phoenix
EdTech Questions about Phoenix
By Joshua Kim
My edtech antennae went up when reading Paul Fain’s article yesterday on Possible Probation for Phoenix. It is clear from both the article and comments that this is an important and complicated story. Many folks in our IHE community will have questions and strong opinions around the specific accreditation issues.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/sounding-board/ethics-admission-pt-ii-undergraduates-and-brass-ring
Ethics of Admission, Pt. II: Undergraduates and the Brass Ring
By Jane Robbins
When I was a doctoral student, faculty would sometimes refer to a college degree as a “lottery ticket” — an entry ticket to a game where the payoff was variable but might be large, the odds of winning were low, and the outcome random.
www.money.cnn.com
http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/26/pf/college/community-college-earnings/
Community college grads out-earn bachelor’s degree holders
By Jon Marcus at The Hechinger Institute
Berevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate’s degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday as a computer-networking engineer at a local television station, making about $50,000 a year. That’s 15% higher than the average starting salary for graduates — not only from community colleges, but for bachelor’s degree holders from four-year universities.
www.money.msn.com
http://money.msn.com/now/post.aspx?post=981d3523-f78b-4104-aebf-eb99a9b376ee
When community college beats getting a bachelor’s
For many middle-wage jobs, the cheaper 2-year associates degree makes more financial sense than spending 4 years in classrooms.
By Jason Notte
Community college: It’s not just a setting for a cult NBC sitcom anymore. Hold your nose if you must, four-year college snobs, but even the starched shirts at Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce acknowledge that nearly 30% of Americans with associate’s degrees from community colleges make more than their counterparts with bachelor’s degrees. In fact, as CNNMoney reports, community college graduates in several states make more immediately after graduation than those who graduate from four-year institutions.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/bottomline/sequester-watch-new-york-texas-and-iowa-eye-cuts/
Sequester Watch: New York, Texas, and Kansas Eye Cuts
By Lee Gardner
One of the frustrating things about sequestration—the automatic, across-the-board federal spending cuts set to go into effect on March 1— is that no one knows for certain what’s going to happen.
Education News
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=258699
Technical and private colleges ink transfer deal
By Derreck Booth Editor
ATLANTA – The Technical College System of Georgia and Georgia Independent College Association have inked an agreement making it easier for credit hour transfers and acceptance.
Related article:
www.valdostadailytimes.com
Goal is College Completion
http://valdostadailytimes.com/schoolnews/x564662067/Goal-is-College-Completi
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=258724
Nordson donates $10,000 to Lanier Tech
By Staff
OAKWOOD – The Lanier Technical College Foundation (LTCF) recently received a $10,000 gift from the Nordson Corporation Foundation to aid the College’s Machine Tool Technology program. The Machine Tool Technology program at Lanier Tech prepares students for careers in the machine tool technology field.
www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/80062/
Habitat High students learn energy conservation
Lanier Tech program allows trainees to get hands-on experience
By Sarah Mueller
Energy conservation was drilled into Habitat High students Thursday during the first class of the initial Green Technologies Training Program. The students are part of a Habitat for Humanity of Hall County program that gives those who have excelled in construction class the opportunity to work on-site building a house during the school year. …The training program, designed and led by staff from Lanier Technical College, is part of Hall County’s environmental management system, EnviroShare.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/26/largest-for-profit-u-s-university-expects-to-be-put-on-probation-by-accreditor/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
Largest for-profit U.S. university expects to be put on probation by accreditor
Posted by Valerie Strauss
The University of Phoenix, the largest for-profit university in the United States and the school with that great “I Am a Phoenix” advertising campaign, is expecting to be put on probation by its accrediting agency.
www.newscentralga.com
http://www.newscentralga.com/news/local/FAFSA-now-required-for-state-financial-aid-programs-193174161.html
FAFSA now required for state financial aid programs
NewsCentral Staff
Beginning with the summer term 2013, if your child is planning to attend a college in Georgia and is seeking state financial aid they will now be required to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/27/college-board-announces-plans-redesign-sat
A New SAT
By Scott Jaschik
The College Board is planning to redesign the SAT, although the process is not expected to be speedy and the precise nature of the changes has not been determined.
Related article:
www.washingtonpost.com
SAT exam to be redesigned
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/26/sat-exam-to-be-redesigned/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/27/study-looks-k12-community-college-transition-california
College-Ready in California
By Paul Fain
High school achievement tests can be good predictors of how students will fare in community college, according to new research that adds to the case for using more than just placement tests to decide which students need to take remedial courses.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51554/#
Nettles: Multiple Factors Determine Student Success
by Eleanor Lee Yates
DURHAM, N.C. — Key factors in a student’s chance for school success include one’s home environment, the quality of the school, and enriching after-school activities, said Dr. Michael T. Nettles, senior vice president of policy, evaluation and research at the Center of Educational Testing Services (ETS).
www.finance.yahoo.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/college-costs-rise-u-parents-050730265.html;_ylt=A2KJ2Ugr4yxRZFkAOBzQtDMD
As college costs rise in U.S., parents fall short of saving goals
By Heather Struck
NEW YORK (Reuters) – With rising U.S. college costs and too many options, parents are saving less than they expected for their children’s higher education. American families are failing to reach their educational goals as short-term budget needs and emergency savings take priority in the household budget, according to “How America Saves for College,” a closely watched study released Tuesday from the education lender Sallie Mae .
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51562/#
Summit Drills In on America’s Dropout Rate
by Barrington M. Salmon
In the United States, a student drops out of school every 26 seconds and more than 3,000 children leave school every day. In response to this national crisis, Gen. Colin Powell and his wife, Alma, established the Grad Nation campaign to stem the tide. Their nonprofit, America’s Promise Alliance, has been instrumental in building capacity to reverse the problem. On Monday, Feb. 25, more than 1,000 educators, corporate executives, researchers, foundations, policymakers, education advocates and others gathered in uptown Washington, D.C., to spend three days focused on the problem, vowing to bump up the nation’s graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020.
www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/02/20/21remediation_ep.h32.html?tkn=UXTFVSSjnyHdVTliI9K%2FvQNqd4gX372CDJq5&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Many Students Don’t Need Remediation, Studies Say
By Sarah D. Sparks
At a time when more high schools are looking to their graduates’ college-remediation rates as a clue to how well they prepare students for college and careers, new research findings suggest a significant portion of students who test into remedial classes don’t actually need them.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/27/users-grade-free-online-courses
Rate My MOOCs
By Ry Rivard
Many educators haven’t figured out what to make of free online classes for the masses, but Silicon Valley developers and students are starting to. At least three sites have started in recent months to let users of massive open online courses review the MOOCs they’ve taken.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/02/27/are-more-college-graduates-living-home
Are More College Graduates Living at Home?
About 45 percent of 18- to 24-year-old college graduates were living with their families in 2011, up from 31 percent a decade earlier, in 2001, according to an article in The Atlantic based on Census data mined by the Pew Research Center.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/02/27/new-data-networks-and-budgets
New Data on Networks and Budgets
More than 60 percent of colleges and universities expect the cost of providing residential network computing access to go up, but only 39 percent saw an increase in their budgets in the last year and 10 percent saw a decrease.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/02/27/profit-groups-report-veteran-education
For-Profit Group’s Report on Veteran Education
A task force convened by the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, which is the primary trade group of the for-profit sector, today issued a report on how colleges can better serve students who are veterans or active-duty members of the U.S. Military.
www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/02/27/22stem.h32.html?tkn=SPNFezFMfdxYv7TLMAWBW0Scz5R9GWg6mk8x&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1
State Councils Propel STEM Education
Key players try to coordinate efforts
By Erik W. Robelen
As STEM education gains ever more prominence, statewide organizations are springing up from coast to coast to advance and better coordinate the cause. Arizona, California, Iowa, and New York are among the states where STEM education networks and councils have been launched in the past few years.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/27/more-universities-use-drones-research-privacy-concerns-remain
Drone U.
By Allie Grasgreen
As Congress debates when and how the executive branch should be allowed to use drones for targeted killing in war zones, more universities here are seeking permission to use unmanned aerial vehicles. UAVs and drones are essentially one and the same: they are radio-controlled aircraft that can be piloted from the ground.