GOOD NEWS:
www.statesboroherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/49082/
City Council approves 2 GSU projects
Hopes committing nearly $1 million will help spur job growth, tourism
By JEFF HARRISON
Statesboro City Council voted Tuesday to commit nearly $1 million to a pair of Georgia Southern University projects that representatives believe will benefit the region. Following lengthy discussions in a morning meeting at City Hall, council agreed to purchase a vacant downtown building for the expansion of GSU City Campus/Entrepreneur Zone (E-Zone), and pledge $500,000 to help facilitate a nearly $7 million Shooting Sports Education Center at the university.

USG NEWS:
www.valdostadailytimes.com
http://valdostadailytimes.com/opinion/x1340804559/Give-the-gift-of-life
Give the gift of life
The Valdosta Daily Times
VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University is hosting a week of activities for President William McKinney’s inauguration, with an emphasis on student achievements and programs. McKinney’s official Investiture Ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Friday morning on the lawn of West Hall, with numerous activities for students, faculty and the public planned daily. One of the events this week is being held today, giving you the opportunity to not only celebrate the inaugural event but also give the gift of life by donating blood.

www.walb.com
http://www.walb.com/story/21858953/bainbridge-state-college-set-to-build-donalsonville-campus
Bainbridge State College set to build Donalsonville campus
By Stephen Abel
DONALSONVILLE, GA (WALB) -The gateway to Lake Seminole will soon be a gateway to higher education. Bainbridge State College announced this week they will be expanding with a new campus in Donalsonville.

www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/04/01/2447081/csu-to-build-driving-range-and.html
CSU to build driving range and golf studio
By LARRY GIERER
Columbus State University plans to build a golf studio and driving range on 11 acres of land across from the main campus on University Avenue. It will be primarily a practice facility for the university’s golf teams and students in golf classes, but the school’s athletics director Jay Sparks said Monday that sometime in the future the general public also might be able to use it.

www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-04-03/new-jaguars-logo-revealed?v=1365031932
New Jaguars logos revealed
By Chris Gay
Staff Writer
Georgia Regents University officials released the new look for their athletics program Wednesday. In January, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents gave final approval to the merger and new name for the former Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences universities. The athletic teams will play under the Augusta State banner until the end of the spring semester. In the fall, the school’s teams will switch to Georgia Regents University, with new logos for their uniforms.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/variety/student-entrepreneur-makes-new-condiment/article_9837a718-9b2d-11e2-800e-001a4bcf6878.html?mode=image&photo=0
Student entrepreneur makes new condiment
Ray Joyner, a second-year at the University of Georgia, created Lazy Ray’s — a mixture of ketchup and mustard.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/tenured-professor-brings-lawsuit-against-uga-adams-board-of-regents/article_53b19d36-9b89-11e2-927e-0019bb30f31a.html
UPDATE: Tenured professor brings lawsuit against UGA, Adams, Board of Regents
Brad Mannion | 0 comments
The Board of Regents, University of Georgia President Michael Adams and the University of Georgia have been sued by a UGA professor claiming wrongful demotion. Dezso Benedek, an associate professor of comparative literature, was notified that he was facing potential termination of tenure May 24, 2010. Although three years have passed since the decision, Benedek filed a lawsuit against the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Adams and UGA on Feb. 15.

USG VALUE:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-04-02/uga-earns-recognition-community-service-projects
UGA earns recognition for community service projects
The University of Georgia recently was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. This honor is the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. This is the seventh consecutive year UGA earned the recognition, university officials announced Monday in a press release.

www.connectstatesboro.com
http://www.connectstatesboro.com/news/article/4130/
Get fresh at the Farmers’ Market
Linsay Cheney
Editor
Spring is in the air, and along with the warmer weather, it’s bringing with it one of the Boro’s favorite annual staples: the Mainstreet Statesboro Farmers’ Market. …On Saturday, April 6, the market will celebrate its season opening as well as its partnership with Georgia Southern. Debra Chester, the Mainstreet Statesboro Farmers’ Market manager, said Saturday’s Georgia Southern University Day is meant to recognize and appreciate the importance of the market’s partnership with the college. University President Brooks Keel and his wife, Tammie Schalue, will serve as honorary market managers.

www.mysouthwestga.com
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?id=879406#.UV2Xc3CTpGN
Darton teacher awarded Outstanding Technical Teacher award
by FOX 31 News Team
ALBANY, GA — Darton State College assistant professor Dr. Kerri Newton has been awarded the Outstanding Technical Teacher Award by the American Technical Education Association (ATEA) according to a release issued by the college. Dr. Newton, associate professor and director of the Physical Therapist Assistant program at Darton, was presented the award recently at the 50th National Conference held in Chattanooga, TN and was selected out of a pool of more than 250 candidates nationwide.

www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/04/02/2421652/middle-georgia-state-opens-center.html
Middle Georgia State opens center for adult learners
By JENNA MINK
Shira Lawrence knows what it’s like to feel out of place. The 28-year-old not only drives an hour to her college classes each day, but she also takes care of her 5-year-old son. When she started college as a non-traditional student, the experience was overwhelming. “It seems like college was designed for the traditional student,” said Lawrence, an education major at Middle Georgia State College. Faculty at the college’s Macon campus are hoping to ease that burden by offering a place for non-traditional students to get assistance. The Center for Adult Learners opened Tuesday in the education building.

www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2013-04-03/armstrong-atlantic-hold-techfest#.UV2WIXCTpGN
Armstrong Atlantic to hold TechFest
By Savannah Morning News
Armstrong Atlantic State University and the Technology Association of Georgia will present an event called TechFest 2013 on April 19 as part of a program designed to build a stronger technology community in the area.
The event will also showcase the potential for career development in the technology field available at Armstrong and in Savannah. Tino Mantella, president and CEO of TAG, will deliver the keynote address with a report on key findings of the 2013 State of the Industry: Technology in Georgia Report.

www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/81908/
Class Notes: UNG puts focus on environment
From staff reports
A speaker series this month at the University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus will highlight environmental and social issues and how they are related. As scientists learn more about the environment and how human behavior affects it, Dr. John O’Sullivan, professor of sociology and environmental studies at UNG, said today’s students must lead in that arena.

www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/81962/
Students present social sustainability program
Series focuses on creating balance and protecting Earth
By Savannah King
Area college students are working to encourage a culture of social sustainability by highlighting the connections between the environment, individuals and area businesses. The Institute of Environmental and Spatial Analysis at the University of North Georgia in Gainesville is holding a sustainability series during April to inform students and the public about local and global sustainability.

www.unionrecorder.com
http://unionrecorder.com/local/x1340805107/Georgia-College-hosts-State-Geography-Bee-Friday
Georgia College hosts State Geography Bee Friday
From staff reports
The Union-Recorder
WASHINGTON — On Friday, young geography whizzes across the United States and U.S. territories will participate in state-level Geographic Bees, competing for a spot in the 25th annual National Geographic Bee in Washington, D.C., in May. Up to 100 fourth- to eighth-graders in each of the 50 states, District of Columbia, U.S. Atlantic and Pacific territories and Department of Defense Dependents Schools have qualified for the state Bees. Students from across Georgia will compete Friday in the state-level competition at Georgia College’s Arts & Sciences Building with preliminary rounds beginning at 12:45 p.m. followed by a final round at 3 p.m.

RESEARCH:
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=260054
Research conference opens at UNG
By Staff
DAHLONEGA – The 18th Annual Research Conference began Tuesday at the University of North Georgia, featuring presentations and panels in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science. The event, formerly known as the Honors Conference, is a venue for undergraduate researchers to present their projects while receiving feedback from judges, professors, and peers.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/health/2013-04-02/uga-researchers-receive-grant-study-legionnaires-disease
UGA researchers receive grant to study Legionnaires disease
updated Wednesday, April 3, 2013 – 12:05am
A researcher at the University of Georgia recently was awarded a grant of nearly $1.5 million by the National Institutes of Health to investigate how the bacterium that causes Legionnaires’ disease overcome the body’s defenses.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/a-healthy-conversation/2013/04/uga-working-on-universal-flu-vaccine.html
UGA working on universal flu vaccine
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Influenza viruses are constantly changing—from one season to the next or even within the course of a flu season—making vaccine development difficult. Annual flu vaccines are designed to build immunity to the three most common strains of the virus predicted to be circulating that year. New research from the University of Georgia suggests an improvement to the current model.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/a-healthy-conversation/2013/04/gru-researchers-link-schizophrenia-to.html
GRU researchers link schizophrenia to UTI
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Schizophrenia patients experiencing relapse are 29 times more likely than healthy individuals to have a urinary tract infection, Georgia Regents University researchers report. Urinary tract infections (UTI) are common but patients hospitalized for schizophrenia are even more likely to have a UTI than healthy individuals or even others whose illness is under control, said Dr. Brian J. Miller, psychiatrist and schizophrenia expert at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University.

www.theblacksheartimes.com
http://www.theblacksheartimes.com/articles/2013/04/02/news/doc515b2cf9b4385291857657.txt
Pieces of past unearthed at Civil War site
By Wayne Hardy
A Georgia Southern University archeological team’s follow-up visit to Pierce County’s former Civil War prison camp site has unearthed promise for future exploration. The eight-person team of professors and graduate and undergraduate students discovered at least a couple of suspected artifacts from the area Saturday during several hours of scouring and surveying the camp site near Ga. Highway 203.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-04-03/uga-research-licensing-money-down
UGA research, licensing money down
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia Research Foundation is dipping into its bank accounts as its income from research grants and licensing UGA scientists’ inventions declines. The foundation has enough money banked to continue its mission of fostering UGA research for the next few years, but UGA may have to find new sources to pay for such expenditures as startup money to equip labs for newly-hired scientists, UGA vice president for research David Lee said at the foundation’s quarterly board meeting Wednesday.

STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.ajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/business/flood-of-foreign-worker-visa-requests-expected/nW99M/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajcpremium
Flood of foreign worker visa requests expected
By Christopher Seward
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia universities and companies are rushing this week to apply for U.S. visas that will allow them to hire overseas workers with skills in science, technology, engineering and math. The Homeland Security Department annually makes available 85,000 visas nationally. That is a fraction of the work permits the science and tech industry says it needs to fill openings.

www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/04/02/deal-reviewing-new-bills
Deal Reviewing New Bills
By Jeanne Bonner
Gov. Nathan Deal has begun the 40-day bill review and signing period that follows the legislative session each year. He can veto bills and even budget line-items but is expected to do so sparingly if at all. The Governor’s staff has been busy reviewing bills passed during since the session ended on Thursday.

www.walb.com
http://www.walb.com/story/21847432/gov-deal-expected-to-sign-hope-grant-expansion
Gov. Deal expected to sign HOPE Grant expansion
By Stephen Abel
THOMASVILLE, GA (WALB) –
Current and future technical college students are now one signature away from an easier path to financial assistance. Governor Nathan Deal plans to sign House Bill 372 into law. It would reinstate the 2.0 minimum GPA requirement for technical college students to be eligible for the HOPE Grant.

www.biomassmagazine.com
http://www.biomassmagazine.com/articles/8795/the-root-of-georgiaundefineds-pellet-boom
The Root of Georgia’s Pellet Boom
Over 24 million acres of biomass, an attractive business climate and suite of incentives is keeping Georgia in the project spotlight.
By Chris Hanson
The late Ray Charles once said an old, sweet song kept Georgia on his mind. Today, it’s the growing biomass production industry that is keeping pellet producers from forgetting the Empire State of the South. …With the economy currently rebounding, however, the U.S. Southeast, especially Georgia, has become a hotbed for biomass projects. Georgia’s forestry industry is showing signs of stabilization as of 2011, due in part to the biomass industry. Herty Advanced Materials and Development Center, a “new product accelerator” aligned with Georgia Southern University, currently has 32 bioenergy projects, proposed or in operation, ranking it second in the nation––behind California with 33––according to Jill Stuckey, director of external relations.

www.ledgernews.com
http://www.ledgernews.com/news/top_stories/session-addresses-ethics-budget-matters/article_e531cd0e-9bb0-11e2-8791-0019bb30f31a.html
Session addresses ethics, budget matters
By Carolyn Mathews
The 40-day 2013 session of the Georgia General Assembly is over, and local legislators say their biggest achievements surround passing a $19.9 billion balanced budget and agreeing on an ethics reform bill. Several pieces of sweeping proposed firearms legislation that would allow licensed gunowners to carry their weapons in places such as schools, colleges and churches were unsuccessful, after meeting with opposition from the Georgia Board of Regents, among others. The Board of Regents is the governing body that oversees the state’s public colleges.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/get-schooled-blog/2013/04/03/seeing-teachers-soley-as-technicians-ignores-what-else-they-give-students-confidence-moral-support-and-affection/?cxntfid=blogs_get_schooled_blog
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Seeing teachers as technicians ignores what else they give students: confidence, moral support and inspiration
Frequent blog contributor Peter Smagorinsky is Distinguished Research Professor of English Education at the University of Georgia and recipient of the 2012 Sylvia Scribner Award from the American Educational Research Association for conducting scholarship that has influenced thinking and research of learning and instruction and that represents a significant advancement in the field’s understanding. Here is a thoughtful piece he wrote on teacher evaluations.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/sweating-the-details-of-a-mooc-in-progress/43315
Sweating the Details of a MOOC in Progress
By Karen Head
Karen Head, a guest blogger for Wired Campus, is an assistant professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication, and director of the institute’s Communication Center. She reports periodically on her group’s efforts to develop and offer a massive open online course in freshman composition.
Because I grew up in a military family, the expression “boots on the ground” always informs how I look at the planning and execution of a project. No matter the situation, I believe an accurate assessment of resources and personnel is paramount to success. Like many instructors who have agreed to teach MOOCs (I’m currently working with colleagues to develop a massive open online course in freshman composition at Georgia Tech), I was eager to explore the possibilities. But in recent weeks I’ve begun to feel naïve, and even at times misled, about the necessary resources and procedures.

www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/2013/04/04/atlanta-the-silicon-valley-of-biotechnology/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_forward
Atlanta Forward
Atlanta: The Silicon Valley of biotechnology?
Moderated by Rick Badie
Is Atlanta poised to become the Silicon Valley of biotechnology? Executives of Galectin Therapeutics, a bio tech firm that recently located here, think the city possesses the infrastructure and business climate to make it happen. Meanwhile, a hospital executive writes about the local growth of urgent care centers, medical facilities that offer patients convenient hours and free up emergency rooms.
The world needs a biotech Silicon Valley
By Gilbert F. Amelio and Rod Martin
America’s Founders sought to unleash the creative energies of every citizen, not just the privileged few.

www.leavenworthtimes.com
http://www.leavenworthtimes.com/article/20130403/OPINION/130409559
The Green Space: Possible major breakthrough in solar energy
What do elementary schools and the evolution of computers have in common?
By Lynn Youngblood
What do elementary schools and the evolution of computers have in common? Well, the production of solar energy – how you may ask? Let me explain further. If you think about how solar energy is gathered it is through a solar cell made of metals, plastics, and glass. Remember back in elementary school when you learned about photosynthesis? How for millions of years, plants have used this process to change the sunlight into energy. Well, scientists at Georgia Tech College of Engineering got to thinking; if it works for the plants why can’t it work for us.

www.boston.com
http://www.boston.com/business/blogs/global-business-hub/2013/04/internal_innova.html#
Internal innovation grants help employees leverage ideas and tech
Posted by Chad O’Connor
By Paul Hewins
As the local economy continues to improve, boosted by the recent surge of construction activity in Massachusetts, it has become even more evident for forward-looking companies to spend time, energy and resources to create new and innovative technologies to utilize in the field in order to stay ahead of the competition… Through partnerships with prestigious universities, like Harvard, Stanford, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, Duke, Texas A&M, the University of Washington, and Oregon State, Skanska has not only created an environment that cultivates innovation, we are investing in the future of the industry – both in technology and in talent.

www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/apr/02/college-education-worth-effort/
College education is worth the effort
By The Albany Herald Editorial Board
With a college education comes some regret. That doesn’t stem from going to college, however, but from failing to take full advantage of what a college education offers. At least that is the finding of a survey conducted recently by “60 Minutes” and Vanity Fair magazine. And the American adults surveyed also showed that they still feel that a good, solid college education is the best pathway to a successful life.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/04/04/adaptive-learning-could-reshape-higher-ed-instruction-essay
Learning to Adapt
By Peter Stokes
“It’s not the strongest of the species that survives,” Charles Darwin once observed, “but the one most responsive to change.” If only it were true in higher education. It’s interesting to observe, isn’t it, how much higher education is still driven by a “brute force” model of delivery?

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/student-affairs-and-technology/best-thing-about-predicting-future-student-affairs
The Best Thing About Predicting the Future of Student Affairs
Eric Stoller
When I agreed to speak about the “Future of Student Affairs” at Higher Ed Open Mic, I knew that I wanted to talk about three distinct topics: student affairs graduate programs, online-only students, and digital identity development. Those three areas are constantly pinging around my head.

www.blogs.wsj.com
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/04/02/college-grads-earn-nearly-three-times-more-than-high-school-dropouts/
College Grads Earn Nearly Three Times More Than High School Dropouts
By Neil Shah
By some measures, nearly 50% of working college grads are in jobs that don’t require a college degree — but for most people that diploma does pay, eventually. The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday said the typical American with a college degree earned $11,749 in the final three months of 2011 — the latest data available. That’s nearly three times more than the $4,026 earned by the typical American who didn’t graduate from high school.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/alma-mater/community-based-approach-alcohol-and-drug-education
A Community Based Approach to Alcohol and Drug Education
By Jack R. Ohle
The African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” is often used in education circles to stress the importance of community in the learning process. And it is a concept that we in private higher education espouse as a core value in preparing young adults for lives of leadership and service by providing support in the classroom with excellence in teaching and mentoring and out of the classroom with quality student services.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/embedded-edu-startup
The Embedded EDU Startup
By Joshua Kim
Do you work for an embedded EDU startup? An embedded startup consists of a dedicated team working on a new business within a larger organization. The dedicated team is formed in a conscious effort to avoid mimicking the culture, organizational structure, norms, and assumptions of the larger organization.

www.nytimes.com

My Little (Global) School
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
There was a time when middle-class parents in America could be — and were — content to know that their kids’ public schools were better than those in the next neighborhood over. As the world has shrunk, though, the next neighborhood over is now Shanghai or Helsinki.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/stratedgy/pipe-and-ping-pong-ball
A Pipe and a Ping Pong Ball
By Margaret Andrews
Creativity and innovation are in increasing demand as an engine for economic growth and solving major problems, including (preventing and) winning wars, curing disease, feeding a growing population, and finding sources of clean water. With new technologies, rising costs, uneven access and outdated business models, higher education is in need of a big dose of creative thinking.

www.theblacksheartimes.com
http://www.theblacksheartimes.com/articles/2013/04/04/opinion/doc515b28dd4fef2961390207.txt
CRAWFORD / Sometimes, it’s much better for our legislators just to do nothing By Tom Crawford
This year’s General Assembly session was noteworthy as much for the bills that did not pass as for the ones that did. On the final night of the session, as exhausted lobbyists worked the rope lines one last time talking to lawmakers, major legislation involving water rights, abortion, and gun carry laws failed to reach final passage.

Education News
www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/view/full_story/22149128/article-Southwire-receives-Georgia-s-top-manufacturer-award?instance=TG_home_story
Southwire receives Georgia’s top manufacturer award
by Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
Southwire Company was named the 2013 Georgia Manufacturer of the Year in the large manufacturer category Wednesday at the annual Manufacturing Appreciation Week ceremonies in Atlanta. Southwire CEO Stuart Thorn and Lee Richards, vice-chairman of the board, were at the noon Governor’s Awards Luncheon at the Georgia International Convention Center, to accept the award from Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle. …The Technical College System of Georgia and the Georgia Department of Economic Development started the appreciation week program in 1995 to honor Georgia manufacturers in the large (more than 500 employees), medium (150-500 employees) and small (less than 150 employees) categories.

www.cascade.patch.com
http://cascade.patch.com/articles/atlanta-technical-college-receives-200k-bank-of-america-grant
Atlanta Technical College Receives 200K Bank of America Grant
College’s foundation will use funds to help students pay for tuition, books, other supplies.
By Péralte Paul
Bank of America Corp.’s charitable foundation awarded the Atlanta Technical College Foundation with a grant that the combines leadership training and $200,000 in unrestricted funds toward its mission.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Many-Colleges-Could-Lose/138263/
Many Colleges Could Lose Federal Aid Eligibility Under New Interpretation of Rule
By Allie Bidwell
Washington
Under a new interpretation by the Education Department of its “state authorization” rule, many colleges around the country could risk losing their eligibility to receive federal student aid.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/52367/
Research Can Pay Off for Students When It Comes to Loan Repayment
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
When it comes to federal student loans, repayment options are expanding and becoming more generous, but there’s still a “long way to go” when it comes to making sure students know about all the repayment plans at their disposal. That’s one of the key points that a student debt expert raised Wednesday during a webinar, titled “What’s the Price?: ‘Pay As You Earn’ and Income-Based Repayment.”

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/52380/
Undocumented Youth Reaching for Higher Education
by Marjorie Valbrun
Carlos Rao waited four years after graduating from high school before going to college because he mistakenly believed undocumented immigrants like him were barred from attending. He’s been waiting even longer for Congress to adopt one of the many on-again, off-again proposals for immigration reform it has debated but never adopted. That legislation might grant him and millions of other immigrants legal resident status.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/04/02/h-1b-visa-cap-likely-to-be-hit-this-week.html
H-1B visa cap likely to be hit this week
Blink and you’ll miss a chance at getting a highly skilled worker: The federal government began accepting petitions for H-1B visas today and is expected to surpass its annual limit by the end of this week. That means the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service likely will hold a lottery to determine who gets the 65,000 H-1B visas that are available for fiscal 2014.

www.news.heartland.org
http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2013/04/02/not-your-fathers-vocational-education
Not Your Father’s Vocational Education
ISABEL LYMAN
Joe Beach, a young Michigan dad and avid hunter, has no regrets about taking automotive technology courses while attending Petoskey High School. After high school, Beach received a full scholarship to Northwestern Michigan College, a community college. He graduated with eight certifications in automotive work. “I have dyslexia, so the hands-on learning suited me,” Beach said. “It was better than a [traditional liberal arts] college, which is so broad, and you often end up taking a bunch of classes you don’t need. “

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Akron-to-Offer-Tutorials/138243/
U. of Akron to Offer Tutorials for Credit-Bearing Exams
By Libby Sander
For many colleges, it isn’t easy to figure out how—or whether—to award academic credit for learning that occurs outside the classroom. But as institutions look to raise completion rates, be more responsive to the needs of adult learners, and deal with pressing questions about competencies and cost, solving the prior-learning puzzle has taken on new urgency.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/stanford-u-and-edx-will-jointly-build-open-source-software-to-deliver-moocs/43301
Stanford U. and edX Will Jointly Build Open-Source Software to Deliver MOOCs
By Jeffrey R. Young
Starting in June, colleges that want to deliver their own massive open online courses will be able to use a free software platform developed jointly by Stanford University and edX, the nonprofit MOOC provider founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
Three’s Company
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/03/stanford-teams-edx

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Under-California-Bill/138235/
Under California Bill, Faculty-Free Colleges Would Award Exam-Based Degrees
By Allie Bidwell
A bill being considered this month by the California Assembly would create a fourth division of the state’s higher-education system that would provide no instruction and would issue college credit and degrees to any student who could pass a series of examinations.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/52348/#
New Student Advisers Show Nontraditional Students the Way at Online University
by Christina Sturdivant
According to an annual survey by Babson Survey Research Group, 6.1 million students took at least one online class during fall 2010 — an online class being defined as a course where more than 80 percent of all content is delivered online, and there are typically no face-to-face meetings with instructors.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/04/03/economic-conditions-key-keeping-foreign-phd-graduates-us
Economic Conditions Key in Keeping Foreign Ph.D. Graduates in the U.S.
A new working paper finds that economic conditions are a critical factor in determining whether foreign-born science and engineering Ph.D. students plan to remain in the United States after they graduate: students are most likely to stay if the U.S. has experienced strong gross domestic product growth in recent years or their home country has had weak growth.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/04/03/are-ivy-league-universities-depriving-americans-miracles
Are Ivy League Universities Depriving Americans of Miracles?
On his television show Monday, the Rev. Pat Robertson responded to a viewer question about why miracles seemed more likely in Africa than in the United States. His answer?

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/04/03/bill-clinton-outlines-goals-meeting-student-leaders
Bill Clinton Outlines Goals for Meeting With Student Leaders
President Clinton and Washington University in St. Louis Chancellor Mark Wrighton on Tuesday outlined plans for the Clinton Global Initiative University 2013 meeting, which will be held this month at the university, attracting a large group of student leaders.

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California workers face a growing education gap, study says
By Shan Li
A growing education gap in California could diminish workers’ chances of finding jobs in the coming years, according to a study. Post-recession, companies increasingly look for employees with skills and education beyond a high school diploma, according to a study from Corinthian Colleges and economic consulting firm Encina Advisors. That’s a big problem in the Golden State, where demand for community colleges already outstrips available spots by 591,000.

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Startup Takes Aim at Old-School Ways
Pittsburgh’s Saxifrage Offers Classes at a Fraction of the Price of Traditional Colleges
By DOUGLAS BELKIN
PITTSBURGH—Tim Cook is fighting the sky-high cost of a college education by constructing his own school here without expensive buildings or well-paid deans. Classes are taught in local coffee shops. The administrative staff of two works in a church basement. The Saxifrage School, Mr. Cook’s two-year old experiment, is seeking to upend the traditional notion that college students need a sequestered, ivy-covered campus—and will endure the price tag that comes with it.

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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/04/gates-foundation-helps-colleges-keep-tabs-adaptive-learning-technology
Intel on Adaptive Learning
By Paul Fain
Adaptive learning is hot. The technology, loosely defined as data-driven tools that can help professors mold coursework around individual students’ abilities, is developing at a dizzying pace. And colleges have been hard-pressed to keep up with the mishmash of adaptive offerings from emerging firms.

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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/04/wake-forest-jazzes-campus-encouraging-students-de-stress-and-interact
All Work and No Play? No More
By Allie Grasgreen
We could all use a friendly game of Ping-Pong to de-stress once in a while, especially when we’re juggling three or four classes, a part-time job, extracurriculars and media stimulation. Today’s college students are more stressed out and career-minded than ever, and anxiety has become the leading mental health issue among them.

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The Pulse: Handwriting and Voice Capture
By Doug Lederman
This month’s edition of The Pulse podcast examines various services that instructors can use to capture their handwriting or voice to embed into learning modules for the flipped classroom or massive open online courses.

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E-Mail Snooping at Harvard Broader Than First Admitted
Harvard University secretly searched two e-mail accounts of a resident dean, not just one, as the university previously admitted, The Boston Globe reported. The university acknowledged the additional searching Tuesday in a meeting with faculty members.

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Questioning Southern U. Layoffs
By Carl Straumsheim
Did Southern University exaggerate the depth of its financial crisis to circumvent the authority of its own faculty? The charge is being leveled by the American Association of University Professors against Southern University at Baton Rouge, which declared a state of financial exigency on Oct. 28, 2011, and cut the jobs of 19 tenured professors.

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AAUP Urges Colleges Not Cut Adjunct Hours Over Health Care
The American Association of University Professors on Tuesday issued a statement calling on colleges not to deal with new health-care requirements by cutting adjunct hours. A number of colleges have done so, seeking to keep adjuncts below the minimum levels at which employers are required to provide health coverage.

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http://diverseeducation.com/article/52357/#
R.I. Attorney General: Tuition Waiver Data Not Public Information
by Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Rhode Island attorney general’s office says the names of state university and college workers getting free tuition worth millions of dollars for themselves and their families are not public information. The Providence Journal reports that Assistant Attorney General Michael Field has concluded that the state’s Access to Public Records Act doesn’t apply to the college tuition waivers because federal law exempts student records from public disclosure.

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7 Colleges Picked for ‘Campus Resilience Pilot Program’
The Department of Homeland Security has selected seven colleges for a “Campus Resilience Pilot Program,” designed to explore new ways to help colleges prevent emergencies and respond to those that occur. The colleges are:

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Napolitano Taps Seven Colleges for Crisis Prep Program
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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/03/us-accreditors-expand-their-activities-overseas
Accreditors Without Borders
By Elizabeth Redden
American accrediting agencies are increasingly evaluating foreign colleges and programs that are unattached to U.S. institutions. Proponents of the exportation of U.S. accreditation argue that it has a role to play in improving the quality of universities and professional programs worldwide and in promoting the mobility of students and faculty; critics contend that, without care, the accreditors could find themselves in a compromising position.