USG NEWS:
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-03-04/savannah-man-appointed-georgia-board-regents#.UTX8C46TpGM
Savannah man appointed to Georgia Board of Regents
By Savannah Morning News
Don L. Waters, chairman, president and chief executive officer of local dental equipment manufacturing firm, Brasseler USA, has been appointed to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents by Gov. Nathan Deal. “It’s a great honor for me to be nominated and appointed by Gov. Deal,” Waters said.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-03-02/morehead-notes-plan-big-changes-uga
Morehead notes plan for big changes at UGA
By LEE SHEARER
University of Georgia president-designate Jere Morehead likes being an administrator for a pretty simple reason. “You have the ability to solve problems,” he said in a recent interview. “I like to solve problems and make things better.”
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-03-04/uga-developing-plan-be-more-sustainable
UGA developing plan to be more sustainable
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia’s carbon emissions continue to rise despite the university’s big gains in energy and water efficiency over the past five years. But UGA planners hope to reverse that trend in coming years.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/engineering-technology-grads-take-applied-approach/nWdq2/
Engineering technology grads take an applied approach to the field
By Laura Raines
For EDU Atlanta
Hear the word “engineering” in Georgia, and you most likely think of Georgia Tech, which houses the nation’s largest school of engineering. But there’s more than one way to get into the engineering field.
Just ask the engineering technology students at North Georgia Technical College, who are working toward an associate degree. Thanks to a recent articulation agreement between Southern Polytechnic State University and the Technical College System of Georgia, many will go on to earn a bachelor’s degree in civil, electrical, industrial or mechanical engineering technology.
USG VALUE:
www.globalatlanta.com
http://www.globalatlanta.com/article/26128/atlanta-firm-to-help-secure-south-african-companies-power-supplies/
Atlanta Firm to Help Secure South African Companies’ Power Supplies
By Phil Bolton
An Atlanta company has signed an agreement to work with one of South Africa’s largest information technology distribution companies, to help Africa’s biggest economy always keep its lights on. Cape Town, South Africa-based First Distribution signed on March 4 an agreement with Innovolt Inc., a locally headquartered provider of electronics management technology, to distribute Innovolt’s technology throughout South Africa… Innovolt was founded by Deepak Divan, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, who holds a series of patents related to the privately held company’s success. Dr. Divan remains affiliated with the company as its chief scientist.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/college-was-well-worth-wait/nWdpd/
College was well worth the wait
After delaying school for six years, student will graduate with majors in math and chemistry, and a formula named for him
By Clare Morris
For EDU Atlanta
At 30, Marcus Bartlett has done what some academicians dream of for an entire career. The Clayton State University senior, a double major in chemistry and mathematics, discovered a mathematical formula that now bears his name.
RESEARCH:
www.bbc.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21576376
Robot warriors: Lethal machines coming of age
By Jonathan Marcus
BBC Diplomatic Correspondent
The era of drone wars is already upon us. The era of robot wars could be fast approaching. Already there are unmanned aircraft demonstrators like the arrow-head shaped X-47B that can pretty-well fly a mission by itself with no involvement of a ground-based “pilot”. There are missile systems like the Patriot that can identify and engage targets automatically. And from here it is not such a jump to a fully-fledged armed robot warrior, a development with huge implications for the way we conduct and even conceive of war-fighting. On a carpet in a laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Professor Henrik Christensen’s robots are hunting for insurgents.
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/first-gun-bill-passes-senate/nWggt/
Gun bills begin to move forward
By Aaron Gould Sheinin and Kristina Torres
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The names and personal details of gun owners licensed to carry a weapon in Georgia would be kept secret under a bill passed Monday by the Senate.
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-03-05/gop-backed-bills-would-ease-rules-guns-ga#.UTYXL46TpGN
GOP-backed bills would ease rules on guns in Ga.
By RAY HENRY
ATLANTA — Just ahead of a crucial legislative deadline Republican lawmakers are moving to loosen restrictions on where Georgians can carry or keep firearms.
www.pickensprogressonline.com
http://www.pickensprogressonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2236:jasperse-introduces-gun-law-legislation&catid=42:news&Itemid=18
Jasperse introduces gun law legislation
Bill will increase the number of places Georgians can carry firearms
A major new piece of Second Amendment legislation was introduced last week in the Georgia General Assembly by State Rep. Rick Jasperse, who represents Pickens County. The legislation would increase the number of places Georgians can carry firearms, including churches, bars and college campuses.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/dual-enrollment-classes-boosted-for-hope/nWgZy/
Dual-enrollment classes boosted for HOPE
By Aaron Gould Sheinin
High school students who take college-level classes would get the same advantage for HOPE scholarship eligibility as those who take advancement placement classes, under legislation approved by the state House on Monday.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/03/04/atlanta-georgia-still-hot-spots-for.html
Atlanta, Georgia still hot spots for economic development projects
Jacques Couret
Senior Online Editor-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta and Georgia remain among the best places for economic development projects, according to Site Selection magazine’s ranking of states with economic development projects.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2013/03/04/chancellor-keep-guns-off-georgias-college-campuses/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Chancellor: Keep guns off Georgia’s college campuses
Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby spoke in opposition today to House Bill 512, which would comprehensively sweep away most restrictions on carrying firearms in Georgia, including on college campuses, on public school grounds and in churches.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/business/2013-03-02/athens-government-schools-athens-tech-deserve-credit-economic-development-roles
Athens government, schools, Athens Tech deserve credit for economic development roles
Much has been written over the last year about some of the community economic successes we have achieved and challenges that we face. We still rightfully enjoy basking in the sun of some of our more publicized successes, such as Caterpillar and Ethicon. We all know the importance and significance to our community that the University of Georgia plays, and the significance of the medical school partnership and the new engineering school.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/illogics-times-higher-education-reputation-rankings
On the Illogics of the Times Higher Education Reputation Rankings
Kris Olds
Amidst all the hype and media coverage related to the just released Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings (2013), it’s worth reflecting on just how small of a proportion of the world’s universities are captured in this exercise (see below). As I noted last November, the term ‘world university rankings’ does not reflect the reality of the exercise the rankers are engaged in; they only focus on a minuscule corner of the institutional ecosystem of the world’s universities.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/03/05/essays-flaws-peer-grading-moocs
Peer Grading Can’t Work
By Jonathan Rees
The top of the annual performance review form at my university has a blank space for us to list any additional education we obtained during the previous year. I’ve never filled that space in before, but that will change in my review for 2012 because I spent part of my sabbatical last fall as a student in a massive open online course (or MOOC).
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/04/principal-i-was-naive-about-common-core/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
The Answer Sheet
By Valerie Strauss
Principal: ‘I was naïve about Common Core’
Posted by Valerie Strauss
Here’s a powerful piece about how an award-winning principal went from being a Common Core supporter to an opponent.
Education News
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/03/04/emory-as-college-applications-hit-a.html
Emory A&S college applications hit a record
Jacques Couret
Senior Online Editor-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Emory University’s College of Arts & Sciences saw a record number of applications for fall 2013 admittance.
Emory’s main undergraduate division said 17,652 applied, compared with the previous high of 17,493 applications last year. The target enrollment for the class is 1,350.
www.tampabay.com
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/bill-would-require-florida-schools-have-adequate-technology-before-common/2106835
Bill would require Florida schools have adequate technology before Common Core takes hold
Jeffrey S. Solochek, Times Staff Writer
As the Common Core State Standards get put in place Florida, a key concern remains over whether the state’s schools can handle the load that new computerized tests will place on them.
www.tampabay.com
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/its-working-gov-rick-scott-declares/2107064
‘It’s working,’ Gov. Rick Scott declares
Steve Bousquet, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott delivered an upbeat State of the State address to the Legislature Tuesday, declaring that his policies are working and Florida’s economy is strong enough to give a generous pay raise to teachers.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/05/competency-based-education-continues-spread
Rise of Customized Learning
By Paul Fain
The credit hour is still higher education’s gold standard, even after President Obama’s vague endorsement last month of competency-based education and its focus on “performance and results” rather than seat time.
www.nytimes.com
College Admission Roulette: Ask for Financial Aid, or Not?
By PAUL SULLIVAN
THE decision by Grinnell College to continue — for now — to admit students regardless of their ability to pay raises a question that more and more parents are asking: how much does your financial situation matter in getting your children into college?
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/05/educators-consider-future-international-branch-campuses
Branch Anxieties
By Scott Jaschik
DUBAI — During a discussion here Monday on international branch campuses, a panel of experts discussed a variety of challenges facing universities that set up branch campuses in other countries or engage in international partnerships.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/05/ace-conference-highlights-new-generation-leadership
In With the New
By Kevin Kiley
WASHINGTON — A year ago, the American Council on Education’s regular survey of college and university presidents issued a warning in the form of demographics. Fifty-eight percent of college and university presidents were 61 years old or older, according to the survey, a finding that presaged dramatic turnover in the composition of the upper ranks of higher education leadership.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51680/#
Educator Suggests Higher Education Budgeting Crisis Almost Neglected
by Cherise Lesesne
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first full day of the American Council on Education’s 95th annual meeting unearthed both a concern for the future of higher education and a glimpse of what success looks like.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/05/moocs-prompt-some-faculty-members-refresh-teaching-styles
Learning How to Teach
By Ry Rivard
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Amid the various influences that massive open online courses have had on higher education in their short life so far — the topic of a daylong conference here Monday — this may be among the more unexpected: The courses may be prompting some faculty to pay more attention to their teaching styles than they ever have before.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Online-Education-May-Make-Top/137687/
Online Education May Make Top Colleges More Elite, Speakers Say
By Steve Kolowich
Cambridge, Mass.
Online education may have arrived at the upper echelons of higher education, but it’s not going to make elite colleges any cheaper to attend. Massive open online courses and other online tools, however, may change many aspects of top undergraduate campuses.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51684/
Kentucky Inaugurates ‘Transfer Madness’ to Reach Students for Four-Year Colleges
by Ronald Roach
…On March 6, Kentucky higher education officials are offering community and technical college students the opportunity to participate in ‘Transfer Madness’ — an online college transfer fair designed to help participants learn about admissions and enrollment in the state’s four-year institutions.
www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/03/06/23teacher.h32.html?tkn=VQVFIjDWZIA%2FLVoLIk4ZPEtixfKK2bqXdn6A&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1
Best and Worst Teachers Can Be Flagged Early, Says Study
Educators’ rankings don’t move much
By Sarah D. Sparks
Washington
New teachers become much more effective with a few years of classroom experience, but a working paper by a team of researchers suggests the most—and least—effective elementary teachers show their colors at the very start of their careers.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Falling-Diversity-of-Provosts/137685/
Falling Diversity of Provosts Signals Challenge for Presidential Pipeline, Study Finds
By Jack Stripling
Minority provosts are less represented in higher education than they were five years ago, a pattern that may signal greater challenges for diversifying college presidencies in the future, a new study has found.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/New-Center-Hopes-to-Clean-Up/137683/
New Center Hopes to Clean Up Sloppy Science and Bogus Research
By Tom Bartlett
Something is wrong with science, or at least with how science is often done. Flashy research in prestigious journals later proves to be bogus. …But Tuesday might just be a turning point. A new organization, called the Center for Open Science, is opening its doors in an attempt to harness and focus a growing movement to clean up science.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Push-to-Improve-Campus/137689/
Push to Improve Campus Policies on Sexual Violence Gains Momentum
By Ann Schnoebelen
As issues of sexual violence on campuses increasingly garner attention and headlines, two young women—a current student and an alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—are calling on universities and colleges across the nation to “connect the dots” and deal with the problem by making comprehensive changes in institutional procedures for responding to and handling complaints, as well as changes in campus mind-sets.
www.nytimes.com
Racist Incidents Stun Campus and Halt Classes at Oberlin
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and TRIP GABRIEL
OBERLIN, Ohio — Oberlin College, known as much for ardent liberalism as for academic excellence, canceled classes on Monday and convened a “day of solidarity” after the latest in a monthlong string of what it called hate-related incidents and vandalism.
Other News
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/general-assembly/2013-03-03/crossover-deadline-makes-hectic-week-georgia-legislature
Crossover deadline makes for hectic week in Georgia Legislature
By WALTER C. JONESMORRIS NEWS SERVICE
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers will put in long hours this week trying to meet Thursday’s midnight deadline to keep bills alive.