USG NEWS:
www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/04/12/sequester-hits-georgia-universities#
Sequester Hits Georgia Universities
By Jeanne Bonner
Georgia military bases and contractors are not the only ones feeling the pinch of the sequester. The state’s top universities are seeing federal research grants slashed as a result of the across the board federal funding cuts. And that’s threatening not only important fields of study, but also high-paying jobs. …For Georgia Tech, alone, it means an estimated $40 million loss in federal research grants. That’s because the university is expecting an 8 percent cut in defense research and a 5 percent cut for other projects. Georgia Regents University in Augusta will also feel the pinch.
www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/view/full_story/22228081/article-Appreciation-for-Dr–Sethna?instance=TG_home_story
Appreciation for Dr. Sethna
Dr. Beheruz N. Sethna, president of the University of West Georgia, plays a game of bungee run with UWG freshman Matthew Ansley of Johns Creek Thursday at The Coliseum on campus. Students, faculty and staff attended the informal event to wish Sethna well in retirement, which takes effect this summer.
www.wsav.com
http://www.wsav.com/story/21949268/ssus-president-talks-challenges-success-and-the-future-ahead-of-inauguration-day
SSU’s President talks Future ahead of Inauguration
By Tina Tyus-Shaw, Anchor
SAVANNAH, GA -“I bring my whole being to this position”. In May 2011, Dr. Cheryl Dozier entered the realm of leading Savannah State University as Interim President. Walking into challenges, Dr. Dozier put her leadership skills into action to fast track change and move the university forward. “We had to quickly implement a spirit of excellence and of oneness. And that was my motto… The One SSU, Service, Strength, and Unity.”
Part of her assignment… improve graduation and retention rates.
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-04-11/savannah-state-honors-its-first-president#.UWgPLXCTpGN
Savannah State honors its first president
By MARCUS E. HOWARD
A day before her inauguration as Savannah State University’s 13th president, Cheryl Dozier led the university in recognizing its first president. On Thursday, SSU held a dedication ceremony renaming Tiger Pointe residence hall to Richard R. Wright Sr. Hall. A bronze bust of Wright by Savannah artist Jerome Meadows was also introduced to more than 100 attendees, including Mayor Edna Jackson, university officials and students.
www.mdjonline.com
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/22230076/article-Papp–KSU-poised-to-become-‘next-nationally-prominent-university?instance=home_lead_story
Papp: KSU poised to become ‘next nationally prominent university
by Jon Gillooly
As Kennesaw State University prepares to celebrate its golden anniversary this October, its president described the state of the university as solid and growing. Dan Papp, 65, a grandfather of three who lives in east Cobb with his wife, Sue, became president in 2006. The difference between what he thought of KSU then and now, he said, is, “I am even more impressed by the quality of Kennesaw State and its faculty, and I am even more convinced of our potential to become the next nationally prominent university.”
www.essence.com
http://www.essence.com/2013/04/11/congressman-john-lewis-receives-georgia-techs-ivan-allen-jr-award
Congressman John Lewis Receives Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen Jr. Award
By Monique Valeris
Georgia Institute of Technology awarded Congressman John Lewis with its Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage for his dedication to civil rights. Lewis, who will be speaking at this year’s ESSENCE Festival, received the award during a special ceremony on April 4 at the school’s Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. “Bud” Peterson expressed his admiration for Rep. John Lewis in a statement released by the school.
www.statesboro.wtoc.com
http://statesboro.wtoc.com/news/news/126051-georgia-southern-hosts-walk-mile-her-shoes
Georgia Southern hosts Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
Submitted by WTOC Web Staff
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC)- Men walked in high heels at Georgia Southern University Thursday to raise awareness about sexual assault and gender relations. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes takes place all over the world and is aimed at getting me to better understand women’s experiences.
USG VALUE:
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/04/12/new-gsu-law-school-to-be-showplace.html
New GSU law school to be ‘showplace’
Maria Saporta and Douglas Sams, Contributing Writer and Staff Writer
Thanks to a $5 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, Georgia State University now has raised enough money to build a new College of Law building on a key downtown site that is currently a surface parking lot.
www.mdjonline.com
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/22230046/article-Bridge-to-link-campus-to-Town-Center-area?instance=special%20_coverage_right_column
Bridge to link KSU campus to Town Center area
by Jon Gillooly
An October groundbreaking is planned for a new bridge over Interstate 75 north of Chastain Road. The bridge will link Kennesaw State University’s campus off Frey Road to the Town Center business community at Busbee Drive. …KSU President Dan Papp hailed the project in his state of the university address Thursday, saying it would have an immense impact on the university.
www.blog.nwf.org
Farm to Table: Sustainable Food in Higher Education
from Wildlife Promise
Eriqah Foreman-Williams
On April 5, Campus Ecology’s Georgia Campus Sustainability Network (GCSN) hosted a workshop on sustainable food for the our Spring Topic Specific Workshop series. Thirty-seven participants from colleges and universities across the state came to Georgia Southern University to learn and brainstorm on sustainable dining at their institutions. These attendees included students, faculty and administrators. …The university held the first Modern Language Day in 1975; the annual competition features visual and performing arts and a Language Bowl trivia competition. The winners of the Language Bowl—this year Habersham Central High School beat defending champion Johnson High School—receive a silver bowl that has been presented to winners since the event began.
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=260383
Deja vu for JHS teacher Thurs.
By Staff
DAHLONEGA — Hundreds of language students and their teachers participated in the University of North Georgia’s 38th Annual Modern Language Day competition Thursday, including one teacher who competed in the event when she was in high school.
RESEARCH:
www.globalatlanta.com
http://www.globalatlanta.com/article/26198/georgia-tech-to-open-materials-research-lab-in-morocco/
Georgia Tech to Open Materials Research Lab in Morocco
by Phil Bolton
The Georgia Institute of Technology has signed a letter of intent to develop “a mirror lab” in Rabat, Morocco, that will coordinate and reflect advances in materials research with its current labs in Metz, France, and Atlanta. According to a Georgia Tech news release, the objective of the labs is to conduct advanced materials research in a globally coordinated fashion, particularly in the fields of photovoltaics, energy recovery and conservation.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/04/12/uga-suggests-way-to-make-better-flu.html
UGA suggests way to make better flu vaccines
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Influenza viruses are constantly changing, 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.
Related article:
www.redandblack.com
‘Cross-protective’ flu vaccine developed by UGA researcher
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/cross-protective-flu-vaccine-developed-by-uga-researcher/article_1d89d280-a234-11e2-bb5d-001a4bcf6878.html
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.unionrecorder.com
http://unionrecorder.com/local/x2015922321/More-technical-college-students-to-be-eligible-for-the-HOPE-grant
More technical college students to be eligible for the HOPE grant
Vaishali Patel
The Union-Recorder
MILLEDGEVILLE — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is expected to sign legislation restoring a lower grade-point average (GPA) requirement for students seeking HOPE grants to attend the state’s technical colleges. “The governor suggested to legislators that the GPA be changed back to 2.0. His overhaul brought it to 3.0 in 2011, and a year and a half later, his legislation is to carry it back to 2.0,” said Hank Griffeth, vice president of satellite operations of Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC).
www.41nbc.com
http://www.41nbc.com/news/local-news/22107-changes-to-hope-grant-benefits-technical-college-students
Changes to HOPE Grant Benefits Technical College Students
Written by Amanda Castro
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Big changes are coming to Georgia’s HOPE grant, which is a scholarship program that provides financial aid to technical college students. This new change will help thousands of Middle Georgia students pay for school. College isn’t cheap and that’s why many students at Middle Georgia Technical College rely on financial aid.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/will-georgia-get-expanded-access-to-guns/nXKB2/
Will Georgia get expanded access to guns?
By Greg Bluestein and Kristina Torres
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Legislature’s failure last month to loosen firearms restrictions in Georgia has revealed a rift among powerful gun groups and lawmakers, putting the issue squarely in Gov. Nathan Deal’s hands ahead of next year’s re-election bid. It will be a tricky negotiation, hinging on whether to allow concealed weapons on the more than 50 campuses of the state’s universities and technical colleges. If Deal bridges the divide and restrictions are eased, it would burnish Georgia’s reputation as one of the friendliest states to gun owners.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.southernpoliticalreport.com
http://www.southernpoliticalreport.com/storylink_412_3080.aspx
Don’t Shoot the Messenger … or Threaten a Senator
Matt Towery
InsiderAdvantage/Creators Syndicate
As a columnist, I have my own opinions on issues, and from the get-go I opposed expanded background checks for gun purchases because I viewed it as a slippery slope that could lead to more and more lists of honest Americans and more and more control by the government that would own those lists. But as a pollster and a guy who has seen decades of the rise and fall of political parties, I know when my opinion is on the losing side of an issue.
www.wabe.org
http://www.wabe.org/post/georgians-and-gun-control-how-are-attitudes-changing-talk-pollster-matt-towery
Georgians and Gun Control: How Are Attitudes Changing? A Talk with Pollster Matt Towery
On Wednesday, April 11, the U.S. Senate voted to head off a filibuster and proceed with a vote on gun control legislation. But, here in Georgia, the State Legislature is considering a bill that would expand the list of places where people with concealed weapons permits could carry their guns. …WABE’s Denis O’Hayer spoke with InsiderAdvantage CEO Matt Towery, who conducted a recent statewide poll.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/04/12/faculty-u-all-people-responds-governors-broadsides-essay
Appeasement
By David Galef
If the need for government support of higher education is no joke, why is the percentage earmarked in Governor Broadside’s latest state budget so laughable? The situation is particularly dire at U of All People, where the last three years have yielded less than zilch.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/04/12/political-solutions-student-loan-problem-fall-short-essay
Wrong Solutions on Loans
By Aaron Smith
As total student debt passed $1 trillion last year, more than 35 percent of repaying borrowers under age 30 were at least 90 days late on their payments. The first three months of 2013 were the worst on record for student loan defaults. A college education still pays, but rising tuition, low graduation rates and burgeoning debt levels are pushing postsecondary credentials out of reach for too many students.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/getting-green/big-case-where-biggers-not-better
A big case where bigger’s not better
By G. Rendell
One of the oft-unspoken norms around here is that economies of scale exist, so bigger is more efficient than smaller. Another, of course, is that efficiency is a good thing. But a temporarily overlooked (at least, by sustainability wonks) report out of the Edison Electric Institute seems to say that neither scale nor efficiency is necessarily advantageous.
Education News
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/education/ga-college-researcher-awarded-national-grant/nXKb7/
Ga. college researcher awarded national grant
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — An associate professor and researcher at Clark Atlanta University has been awarded a grant of nearly $289,500 from the National Cancer Institute. School spokesman Larry Calhoun says Dr. Valerie Odero-Marah, of the Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development, was awarded a grant for a three-year project focusing on prostate cancer.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/As-Public-Private-Pay-Gap/138359/
As Public-Private Pay Gap Widens, State Universities Try to Hang On to Faculty
By Sydni Dunn
Eric J. Barron, president of Florida State University, is fighting a faculty exodus. The university has struggled to retain good professors because it’s been unable to reward them with big salary increases, or with any increases at all. In fact, the president warned state officials last year, budget cuts have started to turn his university into a “farm team” for institutions outside the state, a place where young faculty start their careers, gain experience, and soon take their training and expertise elsewhere. …Popular destinations for departing faculty have included public and private colleges in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/obama-and-student-loans-a-closer-look/2013/04/11/08d63c18-a1fb-11e2-9c03-6952ff305f35_story.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
Obama and student loans: A closer look
By Nick Anderson
Pity the 18-year-olds and their parents who are trying to make sense of the student loan market as the May 1 deadline nears for choosing a college. There are federal Stafford loans, subsidized and unsubsidized. There are federal PLUS loans for parents and graduate students. There are federal Perkins loans. There are private loans. On Wednesday, President Obama proposed a major shift in the interest rate calculation for federal student loans: tying the rate to the government’s cost of borrowing, which is a variable benchmark.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/12/university-presidents-work-increase-recognizability-alumni
Who’s in Charge?
By Kevin Kiley
Colleges and universities spend a lot making sure people know their presidents. They host fancy inauguration ceremonies; print glowing profiles in alumni magazines, send the president around the state, country and, increasingly, the world; and utilize every branch of social media. Is that energy paying off?
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/04/12/pell-runner-aid-scam-uncovered-california
‘Pell Runner’ Aid Scam Uncovered in California
Authorities have charged that about 20 people become fake students at Contra Costa College, applied for and received Pell Grants, and never attended classes, The Contra Costa Times reported.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/U-of-Texas-Regents-Acquiesce/138487/
U. of Texas Regents Acquiesce to Legislators’ Requests on Austin Campus
By Katherine Mangan
Austin, Tex.
The University of Texas system’s Board of Regents voted unanimously on Thursday to turn over to state lawmakers e-mails and other records they had considered withholding, and to withdraw demands for an outside investigation of a law foundation loosely tied to the flagship campus’s president. The moves, which followed a three-hour closed-door meeting, were welcomed by legislators who had accused the regents of micromanaging affairs at the university’s flagship campus here and for pursuing a vendetta against the president, William C. Powers Jr.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/University-Rankings/138493/
University Rankings Proliferate, Along With New Uses for the Data They Collect
By Aisha Labi
The number of international university rankings continues to grow, transforming a crowded and increasingly controversial field with new methodologies and new uses for rankings and the data compiled to produce them. A report, “Global University Rankings and Their Impact II,” published on Friday by the European University Association, outlines recent developments and trends and is a follow-up to a 2011 report published by the Brussels-based group.
Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
New Analysis of Global University Rankings
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/04/12/new-analysis-global-university-rankings
www.nytimes.com
State Lines May Ease for Classes Held Online
By TAMAR LEWIN
Higher education leaders have proposed a way to make it easier for universities to offer online courses across state lines. The proposal would replace a cumbersome patchwork of rules and fees that make it costly for universities to offer online courses to students in different states. With some seven million students enrolled in online college courses for credit — a number that is growing rapidly — higher education officials say it is crucial to simplify the system.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/12/online-education-may-solve-problems-facing-liberal-arts-advocates-say
Digital Rescue
By Carl Straumsheim
NEW YORK — The trial and error and rapid innovations associated with online education may be expensive in the short term, but advocates say the efforts will eventually yield a compelling argument to explain the relevance of a liberal arts education.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/12/washington-state-lawmakers-propose-surcharge-international-student-tuition#ixzz2QFBDLDG8
Taxing International Student Tuition
By Elizabeth Redden
Universities and community colleges in Washington State are objecting to a proposed bill that would increase tuition for international students by 20 percent at all public institutions. The bill, if passed, is expected to bring in $59.2 million in revenue over two years, but universities worry that they’re going to be priced – nay, taxed – out of the market.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Former-Education-Secretary/138485/
Former Education Secretary Seeks to Simplify States’ Distance-Education Rules
By Allie Bidwell
A group of higher-education leaders, accreditors, and regulators led by a former U.S. education secretary is seeking to streamline distance-education and state-authorization regulations to make it easier and more affordable for colleges to enroll students across the country.
Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
Regulating Distance Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/12/report-distance-learning-providers-should-be-regulated-fewer-states-perhaps-just-one#ixzz2QFBNJJ5V
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/AP5fdfcbac38e2440889026a99a3a5525e.html?KEYWORDS=%22Georgia+Tech%22
NYC students, hackers train for cybersecurity jobs
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Every week, a group of teenagers and 20-somethings dressed in hoodies gets together in a tiny room on a college campus and plug in their laptops. They turn up pulsing electronic funk music, order pizza and begin furiously hacking into computer networks. But they’re not shadowy criminals: They’re students training to become “white-hat” hackers, experts to help business and government agencies protect their data from cyberattacks that have become an almost daily occurrence.
www.nytimes.com
Building a Better Tech School
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
IF all the hopes and hype are warranted, a nondescript third-floor loft in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan offers a glimpse of the future, for New York City and for Cornell University. In truth, it doesn’t look like much — just cubicles and meeting rooms in space donated by Google. But looks deceive; here, with little fanfare, Cornell’s new graduate school of applied sciences is being rolled out.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/04/12/counseling-center-directors-face-troubled-students-overburdened-staff#ixzz2QFAzDl7i
Anxiety, Depression, Relationships
By Allie Grasgreen
The findings of this year’s survey of college counseling directors about the state of their students and the centers where they treat them look a whole lot like last year’s (in some ways good, in some ways bad).