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http://www.times-georgian.com/view/full_story/21989679/article-Finalist-for-UWG-president-named?instance=TG_home_story
Finalist for UWG president named
by Colton Campbell/Times-Georgian
A vice president at a Florida university has been named the finalist for the University of West Georgia presidency. Dr. Kyle Marrero, the vice president for university advancement at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla., was announced Friday as the finalist for the presidency following a University System of Georgia Board of Regents meeting.
www.therepublic.com
Board of Regents announces finalist for University of West Georgia president
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/cd2544768e374109a3ac5a47885ec16a/GA–West-Georgia-President
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-03-16/after-15-year-buildout-uga-needs-still-more
After 15-year buildout, UGA needs still more
By LEE SHEARER
As much as the University of Georgia has expanded in the past 15 years, the institution needs still more, says UGA Campus Architect Danny Sniff. And not just more space is needed, but expensive improvements to aging mid-century buildings like the high-rise dormitories on Baxter Street and the science complex on the UGA South Campus.
www.peachtreecorners.patch.com
http://peachtreecorners.patch.com/articles/students-at-georgia-s-newest-college-do-the-harlem-shake#video-13593725
Students at Georgia’s Newest College Do the ‘Harlem Shake’
Georgia Gwinnett College got in on the internet craze and shot their own version of the viral video.
By Vanzetta Evans
An army in Norway has done it. A television news crew in Louisiana has done it. And now a Gwinnett college has done it—filmed a version of the viral video the “Harlem Shake.”
www.statesboroherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/48670/preview/
GSU unveils new specialty license plate
Officials: Tag to display school spirit, contribute to school scholarships
By Jeff Harrison
On the campus of Georgia Southern University Friday, school President Brooks Keel unveiled a new way for “The Eagle Nation” to express its support.
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http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2013/mar/14/kaufman-leaving-ggc-head-chamber/
Kaufman leaving GGC to head Chamber
By Camie Young
DULUTH — If Dan Kaufman can sell a college that didn’t exist, he can sell anything. The man who built Georgia Gwinnett College from nothing to a campus of nearly 10,000 students in just seven years is switching roles, taking the lead of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce.
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Gwinnett Chamber names new leader
http://gbj.com/2013/03/14/gwinnett-chamber-names-new-leader/
www.lawrenceville-ga.patch.com
Kaufman to Step Down as President of GGC
Dr. Daniel Kaufman, the Lawrenceville school’s charter President, has accepted the position as the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s next President and CEO.
http://lawrenceville-ga.patch.com/articles/daniel-kaufman-to-step-down-as-president-of-ggc-georgia-gwinnett-college-gwinnett-chamber-of-commerce?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
www.snellville.patch.com
GGC President Tapped to Lead Gwinnett Chamber
Dr. Daniel J. Kaufman, charter president of Georgia Gwinnett College, to assume chamber leadership role July 1.
http://snellville.patch.com/articles/ggc-president-tapped-to-lead-gwinnett-chamber
www.suwanee.patch.com
From Georgia Gwinnett College to the Gwinnett Chamber
“Opportunities have come along that wouldn’t have come along,” GGC President Dr. Daniel Kaufman told Patch.
http://suwanee.patch.com/articles/decision-to-leave-georgia-gwinnett-was-not-an-easy-one-says-kaufman
www.lilburn.patch.com
Georgia Gwinnett College President Tapped to Lead Gwinnett Chamber
Daniel J. Kaufman, charter president of Georgia Gwinnett College, to assume chamber leadership role July 1.
http://lilburn.patch.com/articles/georgia-gwinnett-college-president-tapped-to-lead-gwinnett-chamber
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Gwinnett Chamber names Daniel Kaufman president and CEO
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/03/14/gwinnett-chamber-names-daniel-kaufman.html
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President of Ga. college resigning from post
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Georgia Gwinnett College president resigning from post
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Georgia Gwinnett College president resigning from post
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GGC President Tapped to Lead Gwinnett Chamber
http://www.onenewspage.us/n/US/74vr1nu9l/GGC-President-Tapped-to-Lead-Gwinnett-Chamber.htm
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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/former-augusta-state-president-tells-new-universit/nWwCJ/
Former Augusta State president tells new university chief fences need mending
By Steve Crawford
Augusta Chronicle
The leader of Georgia Regents University will have to mend a lot of fences, both within the new institution and the community, if he wants to succeed, according to the woman who helmed Augusta State University for its final six months.
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http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-03-17/professor-takes-part-interactive-documentary
Professor takes part in interactive documentary
By BRITTANY D. MCCLURE THE VALDOSTA DAILY TIMES
VALDOSTA — In an age of highly evolved technology, advancements in science and economic turmoil, the United States is facing a nearly silent epidemic of small, rural communities virtually vanishing from existence.
Elaine McMillion of Emerson University in Boston, Mass., who was raised in West Virginia, took notice of this problem and spearheaded a project called “Hollow: An Interactive Documentary.” The documentary has drawn participation from media professionals nationwide and even sought the help of fellow West Virginian and assistant professor in the department of Communication and Arts at Valdosta State University Jason Brown.
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http://midtown.patch.com/articles/robotic-dog-toy-takes-top-prize-at-ga-tech-invention-competition
Robotic Dog Toy Takes Top Prize at GA Tech Invention Competition
The competition’s winner took home $20,000 from Google, along with other prizes, to begin manufacturing the fully automated robotic dog toys.
By Patch Staff
Georgia Tech’s undergraduate student invention competition went to the dogs. Christopher Taylor, a mechanical engineering student from Stone Mountain, placed first in the fifth annual InVenture Prize competition for his invention, Chewbots, a line of fully automated robotic dog toys.
RESEARCH:
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http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-03-17/uga-research-suggests-link-between-dating-and-academic-success
UGA research suggests link between dating and academic success
By STAFF REPORTSNEWS
Students who date in middle school have significantly worse study skills, are four times more likely to drop out of school and report twice as much alcohol, tobacco and marijuana use than their single classmates, according to new research from the University of Georgia.
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/03/16/2399338/veterans-face-unique-challenges.html
Veterans face unique challenges in job market
By WAYNE CRENSHAW and CHRISTINA M. WRIGHT — Telegraph staff
WARNER ROBINS — When Bernard Robinson left the Army in 2006, he didn’t worry much about finding a job. … Veterans often face unique challenges finding work when they leave the military, and the issue is the driving force behind a proposal for a veterans job training facility.…Gov. Nathan Deal put $10 million for such a center in his budget, which passed the House on Tuesday. It now goes to the Senate, which is to expected to vote within the next week. If passed, the facility is expected to collaborate with higher learning institutions to help transition veterans to the private work force. Warner Robins City Council has offered a piece of land across from Robins Air Force Base, near Russell Parkway, for the center. But the location is not a done deal.
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http://www.rn-t.com/view/full_story/21991606/article-Ga–bill-part-of-push-for-emphasis-on-veterans-?instance=secondary_stories_left_column
Ga. bill part of push for emphasis on veterans
by Jeremy Stewart, Staff Writer
The push to create an easier and more productive life for veterans once they leave the military is picking up steam in the state and federal governments.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-03-17/conflict-over-gun-rights-georgia-exposes-political-gap
Conflict over gun rights in Georgia exposes political gap
By RAY HENRYASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA — A push to expand gun owners’ rights in Georgia has exposed a political gap between the long-powerful National Rifle Association and a more strident group seeking to expand where people can carry weapons.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/house-lobbyist-gift-ban-has-loopholes/nWs4C/
House lobbyist gift ‘ban’ has loopholes
By Chris Joyner
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The lobbying reform bill working its way through the General Assembly will impose dramatic changes on lobbyists and legislators, supporters claim.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
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http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2013/03/16/new-president-of-university-of-west-georgia-will-be-kyle-marrero-of-florida-background-in-opera-and-conducting/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
New president of University of West Georgia will be Kyle Marrero of Florida. Background in opera and conducting.
From the Board of Regents:
Board of Regents Chair “Dink” NeSmith and University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby have announced the name of the finalist for the University of West Georgia presidency, Dr. Kyle Marrero.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/city-ink/2013-03-16/former-asu-president-doesnt-mince-words?v=1363485651
Former ASU president doesn’t mince words
By Sylvia Cooper
Columnist
In her parting letter to Dr. Ricardo Azziz, president of what once was the Medical College of Georgia and Augusta State University but now Georgia Regents University, interim ASU President Shirley Strum Kenny minced no words critiquing his leadership of the two campuses he’s supposed to be merging and warning him to mend his fences there and in the community he’s alienated.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://m.chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-03-16/though-name-isnt-perfect-gru-augusta-deserves-our-support?v=1363492978
Though name isn’t perfect, GRU Augusta deserves our support
By Nick Evans
Guest Columnist
The Save the A campaign was formed to encourage Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and the leadership of the state’s newest university to have “Augusta” in the school’s name – preferably, the University of Augusta or Augusta University. Augusta was the only one of four communities chosen for consolidation that gave support to the governor and the Board of Regents in their decision to create this new enterprise and a school of which we can all be proud.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-03-16/stop-bickering-and-embrace-new-university
Stop bickering and embrace new university
By Gloria W. Norwood
Guest Columnist
The writer is the widow of Rep. Charlie Norwood, who represented the Augusta area’s District 10 in the U.S. House of Representatives.
A great deal of attention has been directed toward the decision of the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents to rename universities in Augusta.
www.gwinnettdailypost.com
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2013/mar/16/our-view-stakes-high-as-ggc-searches-for-new/?opinion
OUR VIEW: Stakes high as GGC searches for new leader
Staff Report
Gwinnett’s Chamber of Commerce has found its man. Now the county’s local college must do the same. On Thursday, the Chamber announced Georgia Gwinnett College’s Daniel J. Kaufman as its new president. Now it’s GGC’s turn to find a new leader, a replacement for the man who brought the first brand-new public university in Georgia in more than 100 years from concept to reality.
www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/mar/16/time-right-explore-college-options/
Time right to explore early college options
Dr. Everette J. Freeman is president of Albany State University.
The time is right to explore the best long term options for the relocation of Albany Early College from the campus of Albany State University. Why now? Because the Dougherty County School Board is considering consolidating and closing schools in communities that desperately need the energy and vitality of a stable neighborhood institution. The relocation of a school with a bustling student enrollment to a facility where growth is stagnant is more prudent.
www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/03/investing-in-education-generates-social-and-economic-returns-justifying-new-approaches/
SaportaReport
Economic and social returns of higher education justify new approaches
Posted in Guest Columns
By Guest Columnist MIKE GERBER, founder and president of Cross Channel Initiatives
If this were the game show Jeopardy, the answer would be: “two and a half times.” The question: “How much more in state taxpayer money does Georgia spend annually to keep someone incarcerated than it does to send a student to a public four-year university?”
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/03/18/essay-significance-last-weeks-proposal-higher-ed-outsourcing-california
The End Run
By Tressie McMillan Cottom
How do you build the Harvard University of the for-profit college sector? That’s perhaps a silly question at face value but the question reveals the challenge of manufacturing prestige and legitimacy in a higher education system that is fundamentally ordered by the former and fueled by the latter, frequently in the form of accreditation.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/“undermatching”
“Undermatching”
By Matt Reed
I get a little twitchy whenever I read about “undermatching” as a problem. Broadly, “undermatching” is the claim that high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds often attend colleges that are “beneath” them academically, and that therefore they miss certain kinds of opportunities.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/globalizing-moocs
Globalizing MOOCs
Kris Olds
After nearly 12 years living in the United States, I continue to be perplexed by this country. As I noted when acting as a respondent to Anya Kamenetz at ED Talks Wisconsin last Friday night, the US is an amazing place when it it comes to unleashing and scaling up a multiplicity of innovations related to higher education.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/provost-prose/inextricably-interwoven-our-community
Inextricably Interwoven with our Community
Herman Berliner
For a university to fully fulfill its mission, it needs to be inextricably interwoven with the community, both the internal community and the surrounding community.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/invest-atlanta-ceo-figure-out-the-dna-of-a-city/nWsrw/
5 QUESTIONS FOR THE BOSS
Invest Atlanta CEO: ‘Figure out the DNA of a city’
By Henry Unger
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Brian McGowan has spent his entire career doing one thing — working for government agencies to promote economic development. From advising cities in California and Bulgaria, to statewide responsibility when Arnold Schwarzenegger was California’s governor, to a national post in President Barack Obama’s administration, McGowan has learned what’s important when trying to woo new business to an area.
Education News
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-03-17/poorest-georgia-schools-dont-receive-equalized-funding
Poorest Georgia schools don’t receive equalized funding
By JAMES SALZERTHE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal won praise in January when he announced plans to plow an additional $40 million into struggling Georgia school districts that are having trouble raising enough money to educate their children.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/03/15/three-commitments-u-s-ed-dept-made-at-teaching-summit/?wprss=rss_education
The Answer Sheet
By Valerie Strauss
Three commitments U.S. Ed Dept. made at teaching summit
The U.S. Education Department delegation to the International Summit on the Teaching Profession in Amsterdam just committed to three new initiatives involving teacher evaluation, the Common Core State Standards and equity in education.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/18/house-passes-work-force-bill-wont-become-law
Whither Work Force Training Bill?
By Doug Lederman
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives approved legislation Friday that would consolidate the number of federal job training programs and make other changes in the government’s system of work force training. But the measure, which would renew the law governing work force training for the first time in 15 years, is a highly partisan piece of legislation that has virtually no chance of being enacted in its current form.
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www.chronicle.com
House Approves Bill to Renew Work-Force Act That Conflicts With Obama’s Policy
http://chronicle.com/article/House-Approves-Bill-to-Renew/137977/
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/colleges-military-tuition-assistance_n_2877604.html
Colleges Step In To Help Service Members Losing Military Tuition Assistance
Amanda Terkel
WASHINGTON — As service members grapple with how they will pay for continuing their education in light of the suspension of the military’s tuition assistance program, a handful of colleges and universities are jumping in to help them out and save them from sequestration’s cuts.
www.nytimes.com
Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation’s best colleges, according to a new analysis of every high school student who took the SAT in a recent year.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/18/new-york-university-vote-no-confidence-raises-debate-about-ambitions-and-governance
‘No Confidence’ in the System
Kevin Kiley
New York University’s directory lists only one man named John Sexton, but after talking with people at the institution, it would be easy to come away with the impression that there are two very different men in the president’s office.
www.nytimes.com
University of Virginia’s Crisis Reflects Wider Conflict
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Nine months after the University of Virginia removed its president, prompting a storm of protest, and then reinstated her, the university still cannot go more than a few days or weeks without some new reminder of that spectacle, or persisting tensions between the president and the trustee who ousted her.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/03/18/u-california-faculty-leaders-question-outsourcing-plan
U. of California Faculty Leaders Question Outsourcing Plan
The top two leaders of the University of California System Academic Senate on Friday released a letter expressing “grave concerns” about California legislation proposed last week to require the state’s public higher education systems to grant transfer credit for courses or programs provided by an approved pool of providers, potentially including programs that are for-profit and have never been accredited. Supporters of the plan say that it will deal with the state’s serious capacity issues in which qualified students can’t get into the courses they need to graduate.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Professors-Behind-the-MOOC/137905/#id=overview
The Professors Who Make the MOOCs
By Steve Kolowich
What is it like to teach 10,000 or more students at once, and does it really work? The largest-ever survey of professors who have taught MOOCs, or massive open online courses, shows that the process is time-consuming, but, according to the instructors, often successful.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/The-New-Faculty-Minority/137945/(Subscription
The New Faculty Minority
Tenured professors fight to retain control as their numbers shrink
By Robin Wilson
New York
The first order of business when arts-and-science professors at New York University gather each year is to decide whether their full-time colleagues who work off the tenure track should be granted voting privileges in faculty meetings. This academic year, for the first time, the professors decided no.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/03/18/controversy-over-u-tennessee-fracking-plan
Controversy Over U. of Tennessee Fracking Plan
Professors who study fracking have been at the center of much public debate over the controversial method of obtaining natural gas.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Cheap-Natural-Gas-Makes/137925/(Subscription
For Colleges, Cheap Natural Gas Proves More Popular Than Coal
By Don Troop
Any college utility manager who tried a decade ago to anticipate which energy source would succeed coal probably would not have picked natural gas. Its price was volatile, and domestic production was thought to be in such terminal decline that utilities had begun importing liquefied natural gas from abroad.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/sequester-cuts-university-research-funds/2013/03/16/08e9cc24-877a-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394_story.html
Sequester cuts university research funds
By Nick Anderson, Published: March 16
The federal government, long a key sponsor of scientific research in universities, is scaling back support for academic laboratories from coast to coast to satisfy the new mandate to cut spending across the board.
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www.startribune.com
Colleges say federal cuts threaten future of science research in US, could cause brain drain
http://www.startribune.com/nation/198610001.html
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http://news.yahoo.com/colleges-track-former-students-boost-degrees-172939406.html
Colleges track former students to boost degrees
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER | Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Carmen Ricotta knows being a college graduate could mean higher pay and better job opportunities, and it’s not like St. Louis Community College hasn’t been practically begging her to wrap up her two-year degree. The school has been calling and emailing the 28-year-old electrician’s apprentice to get her to return and complete her final assignment: an exit exam.
www.cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/18/us/florida-ucf-body-found/index.html
Body found with bag of bombs at Florida college: ‘He was just above us’
From John Couwels, CNN
Orlando, Florida (CNN) — A body. Guns. And a bag of bombs. That’s what police found Monday morning when they entered a dorm room at the University of Central Florida.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Business-School-Programs-Turn/137927/
Business Schools’ Programs Turn Felons Into Entrepreneurs
By Katherine Mangan
Mike Potts was halfway through a five-year prison sentence outside Houston when he heard about a program that would help him start a business when even buddies with clean records were struggling to find work. The Prison Entrepreneurship Program, run by a nonprofit group of the same name, works with Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business to train convicted felons to write business plans, market their ideas to investors, and develop workplace skills.
Other News
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-03-18/week-ahead-legislature-enters-its-next-last-week#.UUddMo6TpGM
Week Ahead: Legislature enters its next-to-the-last week
By WALTER C. JONES
ATLANTA — Legislators will spend their three days in session this week performing surgery of sorts on hundreds of bills as they “perfect” the work of colleagues from the other side of the Capitol.
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