GHC is mentioned in the Chronicle in a story about the USG’s African-American Male Initiative.
USG NEWS:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/blog-post/lee-shearer/2013-03-05/keep-guns-campus-chancellor-pleads-georgia-legislators
Keep guns off campus, chancellor pleads with Georgia legislators
by: LEE SHEARER
University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby has urged legislators to keep guns off campus as the legislature considers a law that would remove most firearm restrictions in the state, allowing weapons not only on college campuses but churches, public schools and other public places. …Below is Huckaby’s statement to a legislative committee on House Bill 512, one of several laws easing gun restrictions that are making their way through the legislature.
www.news-daily.com
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2013/mar/05/hed-house-oks-state-archives-transfer/
House OKs state archives transfer
By Curt Yeomans
ATLANTA – Plans to give Georgia’s university system control of the state archives are back on track after nearly a week of postponements in the state House of Representatives. The House passed legislation Tuesday to transfer the archives from the Secretary of State’s Office to the University System of Georgia, according to the chamber’s legislation composite report.
GOOD NEWS:
www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/mar/05/albany-tech-southern-polytech-ink-agreement/
Albany Tech, Southern Polytech ink agreement
By Terry Lewis
ALBANY, Ga. — Albany Technical College and Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) signed a new Operations Management program articulation agreement Tuesday, deepening the academic ties between the two schools. …Through the articulation agreement, signed by Parker and SPSU Dean of the School of Engineering Jeffrey Ray, ATC graduates will be able to easily transfer to SPSU to earn their bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Operations.
Related article:
www.mysouthwestga.com
Albany Tech signs agreement with fellow Georgian university
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?id=868283#.UTdbHI6TpGM
USG VALUE:
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Georgia-Offers-a-Model-for/137711/
University System of Georgia Offers a Model for Raising Black Male Enrollment
By Libby Sander
Washington
A decade after the University System of Georgia created the African-American Male Initiative, a statewide program to identify and surmount the barriers black men encounter on their path to college, the results are beginning to take shape.
RESEARCH:
www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/03/rapid-changes-in-technology-presenting-challenges-for-universities/
SaprotaReport
By Maria Saporta
Rapid changes in technology presenting challenges for universities
Technology is changing so quickly that even Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson is having a hard time keeping up. That’s what Peterson, who will celebrate his fourth anniversary at Georgia Tech in 27 days, told the Rotary Club of Atlanta Monday. “I’m trying to keep up with the rate and pace of change in technology,” said Peterson, who envisioned that when he came that he would be able to catch up with all that was going on at Georgia Tech in his first few years. “Because of the rate of change, I think I’m losing ground.”
www.news.yahoo.com
http://news.yahoo.com/researchers-identify-potential-impulsive-eating-trigger-164000445.html
Researchers Identify Potential Impulsive Eating Trigger
By Vonda J. Sines | Yahoo! Contributor Network
Georgia scientists have pinpointed pathways in the brain that trigger impulsive eating in insects. They hope that their findings, which link eating with pleasure, will have an impact in understanding neural pathways associated with impulsive eating in humans. A University of Georgia research team studied reward-driven eating behavior in fruit fly larvae and published their findings in the journal Cell Press, according to Medical News Today.
www.technologyreview.com
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/511726/graphene-antennas-would-enable-terabit-wireless-downloads/?utm_campaign=socialsync&utm_medium=social-post&utm_source=twitter
Graphene Antennas Would Enable Terabit Wireless Downloads
Researchers calculate the potential of using graphene for ultrafast wireless communications.
By David Talbot
Want to wirelessly upload hundreds of movies to a mobile device in a few seconds? Researchers at Georgia Tech have drawn up blueprints for a wireless antenna made from atom-thin sheets of carbon, or graphene, that could allow terabit-per-second transfer speeds at short ranges. “It’s a gigantic volume of bandwidth. Nowadays, if you try to copy everything from one computer to another wirelessly, it takes hours. If you have this, you can do everything in one second—boom,” says Ian Akyildiz, director of the broadband wireless networking laboratory at Georgia Tech.
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/general-assembly-approves-midyear-budget/nWhhc/
General Assembly approves midyear budget
By James Salzer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Georgia House and Senate approved a $19.3 billion midyear budget Tuesday that will send an extra $167 million to local school districts, mostly for costs of increased student enrollment. The budget now goes to Gov. Nathan Deal for his signature.
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/03/05/2382353/house-accepts-veterans-skilled.html
House accepts veterans’ skilled-trades bill
By MAGGIE LEE
ATLANTA — The state House of Representatives says Georgia should look into letting some veterans earn qualifications in contracting, plumbing and other trades based on their military experience.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/05/arne-duncan-the-newest-rhetoric-vs-the-reality/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
The Answer Sheet
By Valerie Strauss
Arne Duncan: The newest rhetoric vs. the reality
Education Secretary Arne Duncan appeared at a Washington Post-sponsored conference on families today, and he sounded (mostly) highly reasonable: Early childhood education is the absolute “best long-term investment” that the country can make for kids, families and the economy, he said.
www.news.yahoo.com
http://news.yahoo.com/insight-community-colleges-cash-crunch-threatens-obamas-retraining-060407210–business.html
Insight: Community colleges’ cash crunch threatens Obama’s retraining plan
By Andy Sullivan | Reuters
PALATINE, Illinois (Reuters) – Some schools rally around a football team. Harper College has rallied around a number.
When President Barack Obama called for 5 million more community-college graduates by the end of the decade to boost U.S. competitiveness, this commuter school 30 miles northwest of Chicago figured out it would need to produce 10,604 additional graduates to do its part.
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-e-johnson/a-path-to-greatness-highe_b_2812121.html
A Path to Greatness: Higher Education, Government, and the Nation
Robert E. JohnsonPresident, Becker College
To the President and members of Congress; to Democrats and Republicans:
Have we got a deal for you. We start with one goal on which we all should agree, one aspiration for our society that we ought to share regardless of political views: To build a competitive nation, we must build competitive citizens. That makes equal and ready access to higher education, the surest path to realizing the American dream, critically important for individuals and for the country as a whole.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/student-affairs-and-technology/can-we-bridge-schism-online-learners-and-student-affairs
Can We Bridge the Schism? Online Learners and Student Affairs
Eric Stoller
Student affairs professional association conference session topics are generally a direct reflection of practitioners in the field. Sessions at conferences span a wide array of functional areas, emerging trends, and competency-based tracks. However, there seems to be a trend at these events of favoring a certain demographic of student when it comes to session conversations.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/short-term-long-term
Short Term, Long Term
By Matt Reed
Back in my faculty days at DeVry, during the Clinton years, students would ask me on a regular basis why they had to take “general education” courses, like mine. They would have preferred to do nothing other than their technical classes, and they weren’t shy about saying so.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/law-policy-and-it/academic-integrity-redux-part-ii
Academic Integrity Redux, Part II
By Tracy Mitrano
In the United States, college or university is a privilege. It is not a right, it most certainly is not a legal requirement. With their admission, students are invited to join a unique community of scholars and scholarship. Academic integrity is the core component of the expectations we set for students.
www.businessinsider.com
http://www.businessinsider.com/in-15-years-from-now-half-of-us-universities-may-be-in-bankruptcy-my-surprise-discussion-with-claychristensen-2013-3
In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen
Mark Suster, Both Sides of the Table
“In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy.” Such was the quote of Clayton Christensen followed by, “… in the end I’m excited to see that happen. So pray for Harvard Business School if you wouldn’t mind.” Who else does Clayton pray for? Apple. Yup! Watch the 30-minute interview to hear why but summary notes below. Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. I have written about Deflationary Economics (one of my most read posts ever) & The Innovator’s Dilemma before. In a discussion I had with Fred Wilson at the Invesco LP meeting Fred said the same about the influence of Clayton.
Education News
www.wxtv.tv
http://www.wctv.tv/news/georgianews/headlines/Gov-Nathan-Deal-Announces-New-Partnership-To-Help-195385791.html
Gov. Deal Announces New Partnership To Encourage College Graduation
By: Kara Duffy
Thomasville, GA- Governor Nathan Deal has announced a new partnership to help more students graduate college in Georgia. The Georgia Independent College Association and the Technical College System of Georgia have agreed to allow general education credit hours to be transferred between 25 Georgia Technical Colleges and 19 private universities throughout the state.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/03/06/state-appropriations-student-fell-again-2012-enrollment-peaked
State Appropriations Per Student Fell Again in 2012, but Enrollment Peaked
The large college enrollment growth seen in the post-recession period leveled off between 2011 and 2012, but continued state budget cuts meant that public colleges and universities saw a 9 percent decline in per-student state appropriations between 2011 and 2012, according to a report released today by the State Higher Education Executive Officers.
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342750480773548.html?mod=djemalertNEWS
Public-University Costs Soar
By RUTH SIMON
Tuition at public colleges jumped last year by a record amount as state governments slashed school funding, the latest sign of strain in the U.S. higher-education sector. The average amount that students at public colleges paid in tuition, after state and institutional grants and scholarships, climbed 8.3% last year, the biggest jump on record, according to a report based on data from all public institutions in all 50 states to be released Wednesday by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. Median tuition rose 4.5%.
www.nytimes.com
Financing for Colleges Declines as Costs Rise
By TAMAR LEWIN
State and local financing for higher education declined 7 percent in fiscal 2012, to $81.2 billion, according to the annual report of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, and per-student support dropped 9 percent from the previous year, to $5,896, in constant dollars, the lowest level in at least 25 years.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/StudentsStates-Near-a/137709/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Students and States Near a 50-50 Split on the Cost of Public Higher Education
By Eric Kelderman
Public higher education is about to cross a historic threshold, in which students pay a higher percentage than do states of the operating costs of colleges.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51732/
Oklahoma House Passes Higher Ed Aid Restriction
by Dan Holtmeyer, Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma House voted Monday to limit the students eligible for a statewide college-aid program amid fears that rising costs could jeopardize the tuition payments for many low-income students who rely on them.
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324432004578306610055834952.html?mod=WSJ_economy_MiddleCarousel_5
A Degree Drawn in Red Ink
Graduates of Arts-Focused Schools Are Shown to Rack Up the Most Student Debt
By RUTH SIMON And ROB BARRY
Most people assume a degree in the arts is no guarantee of riches. Now there is evidence that such graduates also rack up the most student-loan debt.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Dearth-of-Information-Keeps/137707/
Dearth of Information Keeps Many Students From Studying Abroad, Survey Finds
By Karin Fischer
A lack of fluency in a foreign language or a reluctance to leave family and friends have often been seen as hurdles to studying abroad. But a far greater deterrent, according to a survey of more than 10,800 British and American students, may simply be a lack of information about overseas study.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/06/scholars-discuss-how-define-and-evaluate-education-hubs
Classifying ‘Education Hubs’
By Scott Jaschik
DUBAI — At international education meetings, representatives of various countries like to boast about how they have become higher ed hubs, or have built education cities, or have created education zones. Just as American states vow to create the next Silicon Valley or Research Triangle Park, and to become known as a place with top universities and the businesses they spawned, countries all over the world want buzz as the hot hub or the next hub.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/06/professors-wonder-how-deal-suicidal-or-homicidal-students-online
Dangerous and Possibly Anonymous
By Ry Rivard
Providers of free online classes who deal with tens of thousands of sometimes-anonymous students over vast distances are considering what to do if students post about suicide or murder.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/06/presidents-struggle-messaging-practicality-campus-gun-debate
Guns and Presidential Influence
By Allie Grasgreen
WASHINGTON – Some of the more than 300 college presidents who have signed a highly publicized open letter to politicians calling for stricter gun control measures and opposing concealed carry on campuses got a rude awakening from one of those legislators Tuesday.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/51734/
Campus Gun Ban Advances in Colorado Senate
by Associated Press
DENVER — Colleges in Colorado would lose their unusual status of allowing concealed weapons under a bill that cleared a Colorado Senate committee Monday after hours of emotional testimony.
www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/03/06/23evaluation_ep.h32.html?tkn=TLTFP6ilyRi9Lz6YwKiX7YGDZDNEz3Eo80a9&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1
Districts Tying Principal Reviews to Test Scores
By Jaclyn Zubrzycki
A growing number of school districts—including large ones like those in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii—have become recent converts to new principal-evaluation systems that tie school leaders’ appraisals to student test scores.