BOARD ACTIONS:
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/regents-working-to-clarify-colleges-missions/nXq7s/
Regents working to clarify colleges’ missions
BY LAURA DIAMOND – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
For the first time in nearly two decades, the University System of Georgia will clearly define the role of all 31 colleges so that everyone understands what programs each school should teach and whom they enroll.
The proposal, which will be voted on in August, will drive decisions on everything from admissions standards to tuition and fee rates to whether the state Board of Regents will approve requests for new degree programs, said Houston Davis, the system’s chief academic officer. The full Board of Regents received its first briefing on the proposal Tuesday, but the system has been working on this plan since Hank Huckaby became chancellor nearly two years ago.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-05-14/regents-ok-gru-renovations-planning
Regents OK GRU renovations, planning
By Walter C. Jones
Morris News Service
ATLANTA – Two renovation projects at Georgia Regents University got the go-ahead Tuesday from the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents which also approved the drafting of a new master plan for the newly merged school. One project is the $2 million renovation and equipping of the second floor corridor in the Adult Medical Center Buildings, the Talmadge and Syndenstricker buildings. Various projects over the last 10 years have spiffed up parts of the buildings, and this latest effort is to tie them all together into a consistent appearance. The board also authorized a $4 million update of the 7 south nursing unit to provide 20 patient rooms, nursing stations, wiring upgrades and new heating and ventilation.
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Renovations totaling $2.5 million OK’d for Georgia Regents University
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-05-14/renovations-totaling-25-million-okd-georgia-regents-university
www.romenews-tribune.com
Regents OK GRU renovations, planning
http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/22574763/article-Regents-OK-GRU-renovations–planning?instance=home_news_lead_story
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-tech-will-offer-masters-degree-online/nXrLQ/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajcpremium
Georgia Tech will offer master’s degree online
BY LAURA DIAMOND – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
In what is believed to be a first, Georgia Tech will use the growing massive open online course market to offer a master’s degree. This movement, called MOOCs, started almost two years ago as a way to provide people all over the world with access to quality online college courses from elite schools. Tech already offers MOOCs, and more than 300,000 people have signed up for the 13 different classes. This offering will be different.
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Georgia Tech will offer full online master’s
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-05-14/georgia-tech-will-offer-full-online-masters
www.insidehighered.com
Massive (But Not Open)
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/14/georgia-tech-and-udacity-roll-out-massive-new-low-cost-degree-program
www.chronicle.com
Georgia Tech to Offer a MOOC-Like Online Master’s Degree, at Low Cost
http://chronicle.com/article/Ga-Tech-to-Offer-a-MOOC-Like/139245/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
www.bizjournals.com
Ga. Tech to offer online master of science degree at under $7K
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2013/05/ga-tech-to-offer-online-master-of.html
www.online.wsj.com
College Offers Online Master’s Degree for $6,000
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324031404578483670125295836.html
www.thenextweb.com
Georgia Tech and Web learning startup Udacity introduce low-cost masters degree program
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/15/georgia-tech-and-web-learning-startup-udacity-introduce-low-cost-masters-degree-program/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+TheNextWeb+(The+Next+Web+All+Stories)
www.i-programmer.info
Massive Online Master’s Degree in Computer Science
http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/5869-massive-massive-online-masters-degree-in-computer-science.html
www.nytimes.com
Georgia Tech Will Offer a Master’s Degree Online
www.bigstory.ap.org
GEORGIA TECH WILL OFFER FULL ONLINE MASTER’S
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/georgia-tech-will-offer-full-online-masters
www.allthingsd.com
Udacity Will Offer Masters Degrees in CS From Georgia Tech
http://allthingsd.com/20130514/udacity-will-offer-masters-degrees-in-cs-from-georgia-tech/
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/massive-open-online-courses-georgia/nXrQ8/
Massive open online courses in Georgia
BY LAURA DIAMOND
Colleges across the country are experimenting with how they can use massive open online courses. These classes, known as MOOCs, provide free worldwide access to quality courses offered by elite schools. Here’s how this movement is used at some Georgia schools:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/health/2013-05-14/athens-hospitals-make-progress-developing-residency-programs
Athens hospitals make progress in developing residency programs
By WALTER C. JONESMORRIS NEWS SERVICE
ATLANTA – Athens’ two hospitals are adding administrators, lining up faculty and making other arrangements for medical residents, a Board of Regents committee learned Tuesday. And Northeast Georgia Health System in Gainesville, Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome and Tanner Health System in Carrollton have expressed interest in setting up their own programs. …The goal is to have more opportunities for newly graduated physicians at the expanded Georgia Regents University in Augusta and at the campus shared with the University of Georgia in Athens. Doctors are more likely to settle down near hospitals where they spend their residency, so state leaders hope to reduce Georgia’s physician shortage by offering additional residency opportunities.
USG NEWS:
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-05-14/gru-inks-deal-east-georgia-state
Students who can’t get into GRU can attend East Georgia State
By Walter C. Jones
Morris News Service
ATLANTA — Officials formally signed an agreement Tuesday that allows students who can’t meet Georgia Regents University’s admission requirements to take classes on campus as students of East Georgia State College. The arrangement is similar to East Georgia’s program at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. It came as a result of the merger of Augusta State University and Georgia Health Sciences University.
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www.forest-blade.com
EGSC expands through partnership with Georgia Regents University
http://www.forest-blade.com/news/education/article_6bc13352-bcca-11e2-87bd-001a4bcf887a.html
www.wjbf.com
http://www.wjbf.com/story/22248308/georgia-regents-university-unveils-new-alma-mater
Georgia Regents University Unveils New Alma Mater
By Randy Key, WJBF Web Content Producer – email
By Georgia Regents University
Augusta, GA -More than 1,000 graduates of the inaugural class of Georgia Regents University were among the first to hear a new alma mater during the university’s spring Commencement on Friday, May 10th. Along with a new fight song that debuted in February, the alma mater was commissioned when the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in January 2012 announced the consolidation of the former Augusta State and Georgia Health Sciences Universities. The song is composed by Dr. Martin David Jones, GRU Professor of Music; and written by Jim Garvey, a retired English Professor at former Augusta State University.
www.midtown.patch.com
http://midtown.patch.com/articles/georgia-tech-foundation-names-alumnus-its-next-president
Georgia Tech Foundation Names Alumnus Its Next President
The Georgia Tech Foundation’s primary function is to manage Georgia Tech’s financial investments, a sizeable endowment used to support everything from student scholarships to strategic growth. The Georgia Tech Foundation, Inc. (GTF), an external organization responsible for management of the private gifts that provide critical financial support for Institute priorities, has named Al Trujillo as its next president and chief operating officer. A current trustee of GTF and a former chairman of the Georgia Tech Alumni Association, Trujillo will assume the leadership position on July 1.
www.sfgate.com
http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/Nike-Golf-Camps-Announces-Advanced-Players-Golf-4512610.php
Nike Golf Camps Announces Advanced Players Golf Program in Georgia
Junior golfers in the South can now enjoy a competitive overnight camp experience as Nike Golf Camps brings an Advanced Player School to Georgia Southern University. Nike Golf Camps announces the addition of an advanced junior golf camp at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. Georgia Southern boasts one of the best collegiate practice facilities in the country.
GOOD NEWS:
www.chicagotribune.com
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/naperville_lisle/community/chi-ugc-article-national-science-foundation-honors-north-cent-2013-05-13,0,1175427.story
National Science Foundation honors North Central College President Troy D. Hammond
By tedslowik1, Community Contributor
North Central College President Troy D. Hammond is one of only 60 outstanding alumni of the National Science Foundation’s highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) to be honored and profiled by the prestigious organization upon the occasion of its 60th anniversary… Hammond was awarded a GRFP in 1990 while he was a student at the Georgia Institute of Technology earning a bachelor of science degree in physics. He applied his award to the doctoral program in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was mentored by thesis advisor Dr. David Pritchard and Nobel Laureate Dr. Wolfgang Ketterle. As part of the GRFP, Hammond studied atomic properties while leading a team of graduate and undergraduate researchers.
www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/05/14/opportunities-improve-for-recent-graduates
Opportunities Improve For Recent Graduates
By Claire Simms
ATLANTA — Over the last week thousands of students have graduated from colleges across Georgia and many of them already have offers of full time employment. University officials believe that is a sign of an improving job market. “It is looking better in my observation as far as employment opportunities and next steps,” said Dr. Vince Miller, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Georgia Southern University. …Dr. Miller said that improvement is evident on campus. About 40 percent of GSU’s nearly 2,500 spring graduates have secured full time jobs. Another 30 percent are headed to graduate school.
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/out-dark/nXgC9/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajcpremium
Out of the dark
BY STELL SIMONTON – FOR THE AJC
Kimberly Minor loses and finds her way after a sudden emotional breakdown during her first year in college.
…In fall 2007, Kimberly enrolled at Clark Atlanta University. Smart and ambitious, she signed up for six classes, one more than most students take. …One day Kimberly woke up and something felt off. …But, in fact, Kimberly was deep in the middle of what mental health professionals call a psychotic break. …In fall 2009 she re-enrolled in college, this time at the Decatur campus of Georgia Perimeter College, a two-year school. …That fall, Kimberly learned about Active Minds, a nonprofit organization that educates the public about mental illness on college campuses. She helped organize a chapter at Georgia Perimeter, and became its president. …she was thrilled last Friday to graduate from Georgia Perimeter’s two-year program with high grades, and she’s making plans to continue her education at a four-year college.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2013/05/ga-tech-student-wins-jeopardy.html
Ga. Tech student wins Jeopardy! match, $100K up for grabs
Carla Caldwell, Morning Call Editor
Georgia Institute of Technology student Kristen Jolley won Tuesday in the semi-final round of the annual Jeopardy! College Championship.
Jolley, a biology major, defeated students from Bowdoin College and Tufts University to advance to the championship round. The tournament airs through May 17.
The tournament winner gets bragging rights and $100,000.
RESEARCH:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-05-14/uga-georgia-southern-host-international-agribusiness-conference-and-expo
UGA, Georgia Southern to host International Agribusiness Conference and Expo
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
With agricultural products being among the state’s top exports, the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and the Georgia Southern University Division of Continuing Education are teaming up to help farmers and businesses learn how to capitalize on the growing export market.
www.thecoastalsource.com
http://www.thecoastalsource.com/2013/05/14/preparations-continue-for-research-center-at-wormsloe/
Preparations continue for Research Center at Wormsloe
By Dave Williams
Plans are firming up to bring a research and education center to Wormsloe. Last month, the Georgia Board of Regents voted to accept more than 15 acres of land from trustees of the Wormsloe Foundation. It’ll be used as a nature preserve for scientific, historical and educational purposes in conjunction with the University of Georgia. In fact, UGA researchers have already been exploring the property and discovering artifacts there for the last five years.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-05-14/world-beginning-sustainability-revolution-says-uga-scientist
World beginning sustainability revolution, says UGA scientist
By LEE SHEARER
Humanity is at the beginning of its third major cultural and economic revolution, a University of Georgia scientist told bioenergy researchers at UGA. First there was the agricultural revolution about 12,000 years ago, when humanity switched from hunting and gathering to cultivating crops and domesticating animals. Then came the industrial revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries, when humans moved away from manufacturing things by hand to machines, harnessing water power and new fuels such as coal to run those machines.
www.southeastfarpress.com
http://southeastfarmpress.com/peanuts/usaid-grant-will-boost-peanut-research-georgia-five-foreign-countries
USAID grant will boost peanut research in Georgia, five foreign countries
By Clint Thompson, University of Georgia
A $15 million grant from the U.S. Agency on International Development is giving a boost in funds to international peanut research at the University of Georgia. The USAID grant awarded to the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will go toward management of the Peanut and Mycotoxin Innovation Lab, formerly known as the Peanut Collaborative Research Support Programs, or Peanut CRSP.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/uga-researchers-develop-good-cholesterol-nanoparticles/article_01ec80e2-bc9a-11e2-b2cf-0019bb30f31a.html
UGA researchers develop ‘good’ cholesterol nanoparticles
UGA News Service
Atherosclerosis, a buildup of cellular plaque in the arteries, remains one of the leading causes of death globally. While high-density lipoprotein, or HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, is transferred to the liver for processing, low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, builds up in the arteries in the form of plaque. Early detection of cellular components in the plaque that rupture and block arteries have long been held as potentially effective detection for heart diseases and their link to atherosclerosis. A new study by University of Georgia researchers in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of chemistry, published online May 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, documents a technological breakthrough:
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UGA researchers develop synthetic HDL cholesterol nanoparticles
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-05-14/uga-researchers-develop-synthetic-hdl-cholesterol-nanoparticles
www.science20.com
http://www.science20.com/beachcombing_academia/mechanics_slithering-111975
The Mechanics Of Slithering
By Martin Gardiner
“Previous studies of slithering have rested on the assumption that snakes slither by pushing laterally against rocks and branches.” explain a joint research team from the Applied Mathematics Laboratory, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, of New York University and the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biology, at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Suspecting that this overview of limbless locomotion might be an oversimplification, the team decided to probe the complex mathematics and mechanics underlying snake slithering in a series of experimental measurements with conscious and unconscious juvenile Pueblan milk snakes (Lampropeltis triangulum campbelli) which were encouraged to slither, slip and slide on slippery and not-so-slippery slopes. (both upwards and downwards).
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/aiding-transit-in-real-time/nXp5F/
Aiding transit in real time
BY TOM SABULIS – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Given metro Atlanta’s transportation mess, it’s refreshing to find progressive thinkers who are looking to improve things within the existing infrastructure, at little cost to anyone. Kari Watkins is an engineering professor at Georgia Tech who, while at the University of Washington, co-developed a computer application for Seattle transit called OneBusAway. The app taps into vehicles’ GPS and provides real-time arrival information on users’ computers and mobile phones. This allows riders to limit their wait times at bus stops and train stations. Watkins and her Tech students are now working with MARTA to develop similar technology here.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2013/05/13/memphis-medical-device-accelerator.html?page=all
Memphis medical device accelerator announces six new companies in 2013 cohort
Michael Sheffield
Staff writer-Memphis Business Journal
Zero to 510, the medical device accelerator, developed by the state of Tennessee through Governor Haslam’s INCITE initiative, has announced the six companies for the 2013 cohort. Zero to 510 is a 12-week program designed to prepare startup biotech and medical device companies to apply for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s 510(k) pre-market notification filing… Better Walk, a team of biomedical engineering students from Georgia Tech, who are redesigning crutches that relieve discomfort experienced in the underarm area due to auxiliary nerve damage.
www.hispanicbusiness.com
http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/2013/5/14/study_using_science_to_attract_twitter.htm
Study: Using Science to Attract Twitter Followers
Being popular on Twitter is similar to being popular in high school: don’t talk about yourself, stick to happy topics and avoid cliques, U.S. researchers say. Eric Gilbert, assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing, and colleagues analyzed a half-million tweets over 15 months that revealed a set of reliable predictors for building a Twitter following. Gilbert said Twitter is based mainly on weak social ties, and most followers do not know each other offline.
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/gov-deal-asserts-state-independence-over-education/nXrsP/
Gov. Deal asserts state independence over education
By Mark Niesse
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Nathan Deal signed an executive order Wednesday affirming Georgia’s rights over how to educate its children free from federal interference. But Deal also maintained his support for Common Core standards, which are a set of minimum math and English requirements adopted by Georgia and 45 other states. Deal’s executive order says that no educational standards may be enforced by the federal government, and the order bars invasive tracking of student religious and demographic data. That kind of tracking is not currently in place, and the order prevents it from being enacted.
www.wabe.org
http://www.wabe.org/post/beltline-approves-5-million-streetcar-expansion-planning
BeltLine Approves $5 Million for Streetcar Expansion Planning
By JONATHAN SHAPIRO
The Atlanta Streetcar is still about a year from completion, but it’s not stopping the Atlanta BeltLine from planning for expansion. The BeltLine’s board recently approved nearly $5 million to do environmental and design studies for a handful of new streetcar lines. Currently, the Atlanta Streetcar is set to go from Centennial Olympic Park to the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial site. The BeltLine will use the new funds to study extensions to Georgia Tech, the new Eastside Trail, and Piedmont Park, among other areas.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2013-05-14/bachtel-demographic-look-immigration-issues
Bachtel: Demographic look at immigration issues
Clearly, America is faced with myriad expensive and divisive illegal immigration challenges. Untold numbers of people illegally cross our borders seeking a better quality of life for their children and families on a daily basis. Significant governmental resources are being spent to stem this flow of people seeking higher wages, better living conditions, educational opportunities and political freedoms. Migration research reveals that the area of origin and destination has positive and negative consequences for potential movers. When the negative conditions outweigh the positive factors in the area of origin, people move to take advantage of the positive opportunities in the area of destination. This is what currently is happening in Mexico, with significant consequences in not only the American Southwest, but in numerous other locations across the United States, including Georgia.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/05/15/why-we-need-a-moratorium-on-the-high-stakes-of-testing/?wprss=rss_education
The Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
Why we need a moratorium on the high stakes of testing
The president of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, called late last month for a moratorium on the high stakes attached to new Common Core-aligned standardized tests. (You can read about that here.) Here’s a piece in support of that call, written by Jeff Bryant, an Associate Fellow at the Campaign for America’s Future and the owner of a marketing and communications consultancy. It serves numerous organizations including Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders, PBS, and International Planned Parenthood Foundation. He writes extensively about public education policy at ourfuture.org.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/instructure-offers-bounty-for-new-educational-apps/43793?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Instructure Offers Bounty for New Educational Apps
By Jake New
Isolated. Too exclusive. Antisocial. That’s how Brian Whitmer, a founder of Instructure, describes the education-technology sector, particularly the space occupied by developers of learning-management systems like Instructure’s Canvas. “It’s become clear that ed tech does not have the type of ecosystem that other sectors have,” he said. “It’s hampering innovation. We need to fix that.” To call attention to that problem, Instructure and other learning-management-system providers, including Blackboard and Desire2Learn, are offering cash rewards to encourage the creation of apps using the Learning Tools Interoperability standard, or LTI.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/05/14/essay-responsibility-teach-ethics#ixzz2TGFR2QV6
Professional Responsibility
By C.K. Gunsalus
People who hire and supervise others in the real world are desperate to hire people — our graduates — who have the “whole package”: substantive knowledge plus “soft” skills (basic responsibility, working well with others, ethics, etc.) that contribute to success in the world of work. You might argue that teaching those skills isn’t our problem because we’re providing educational foundations for professional knowledge. Or that we can hardly be held responsible for failings of families and society, which ought to be the ones instilling work ethic and manners and common sense.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/do-you-formally-schedule-research-time/49315?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Do You Formally Schedule Research Time?
By Ryan Cordell
I’ve just wrapped up my first year as a junior faculty member at a new institution. Overall it’s been a wonderful transition, but I have run up against that familiar problem for academics: the encroachment of other duties into research time.
Education News
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/15/georgia-college-sues-tennessee-over-states-reaction-billboard#ixzz2TMM1eKEF
Is a Billboard a College?
By Scott Jaschik
Colleges regularly promote themselves to prospective students. They send viewbooks. They buy names and addresses. They craft web advertising. And they use billboards, like one with the image above.
In Tennessee, Berry College says, if you try to put up a billboard, you will be treated as if you were operating a college in the state. The college sued the Tennessee Higher Education Commission on Monday, charging it with illegal discrimination against out-of-state institutions and infringement on interstate commerce.
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http://diverseeducation.com/article/53325/#
Georgia College Sues Tennessee Agency Over Billboard
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/15/study-suggests-class-based-affirmative-action-could-increase-racial-diversity#ixzz2TMLgGRBk
Could Class Trump Race?
By Scott Jaschik
College officials are anxiously awaiting a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court on whether they may continue to consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions. Many expect the court to limit the consideration of race, and some fear an outright ban. But a study that will be published this summer in the Harvard Law & Policy Review suggests that class-based affirmative action could yield more spots not only for students from low-income backgrounds, but also for underrepresented minority students — without the consideration of race.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/15/career-services-it-now-exists-must-die-new-report-argues#ixzz2TMLqP9v9
Career Services Must Die
By Allie Grasgreen
Well, not die, exactly. Transform.
“The term ‘career services’ has been a phrase that has been used for several decades to describe what colleges have been doing,” says Andy Chan, vice president for personal and career development at Wake Forest University. “It’s not working.” Chan co-edited the new report, “A Roadmap for Transforming the College-to-Career Experience.” “I’m being a little bit dramatic by saying it must die,” Chan says in an interview. “It’s just that that traditional model needs to be totally rethought and resurrected as something different.”
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Little-Tricks-Help/139185/?cid=at
‘Little Tricks’ Help Disadvantaged Students Plot Career Paths
By Beckie Supiano
Some students start college with such savvy parents and strong connections that landing well after graduation is all but guaranteed. For their less-advantaged classmates, translating a new degree into a solid career can be a challenge. Mary McLean Evans noticed that disparity among young alumni of Hamilton College, where she is assistant vice president and executive director of the career center. The difference was most acute, she says, for students who hadn’t plotted a course during college and were scrambling for a job as graduation drew near. …To that end, Hamilton’s admissions and career offices started a pilot program in the fall: First Year Forward.
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/college-graduation-fees_n_3269208.html?utm_hp_ref=college&ir=College
College Graduation Fees Instated At California Universities
By Aaron Sankin
With the skyrocketing cost of college tuition around the country, getting a diploma has never been more expensive. However, for students at many of California’s public colleges, that sentiment has become aggravatingly literal. According to a report by the Oakland Tribune, over half of the schools in the California State University system are now charging a graduation fee that students are required pay before receiving their diplomas.
www.bostonglobe.com
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/05/14/massachusetts-schools-offer-good-return-investment-study-says/qKs2z0amaJGzbV063Ju4nN/story.html
Mass. colleges rate well on pay of grads
By Alyssa Edes
Massachusetts colleges and universities offer a good return on investment, according to a new report from PayScale Inc., a Seattle data firm. Seven Massachusetts colleges ranked in the top 50 nationally, and Babson College in Wellesley finished at number one for business schools nationwide, and 25th overall. PayScale ranked more than 1,500 undergraduate programs based on how much graduates are projected to earn over a 30-year period, after subtracting the cost of the degrees.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/05/14/following-criticism-otterbein-changes-sexual-assault-policy
Let’s Not Talk About It
By Allie Grasgreen
Otterbein University is getting rid of a form that it required victims, perpetrators and witnesses to a sexual assault investigation to sign, after student journalists asked administrators why alleged victims were being told not to discuss their cases. University officials say it was not technically a nondisclosure agreement – which the U.S. Education Department has previously said is illegal – but rather an advisory not to share information, designed to protect victims who file sexual assault complaints with the university.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/14/texas-clean-bill-university-governance-advances
Texas ‘Clean Up’ Bill on University Governance Advances
Legislation that would limit the power of public university trustees — inspired by perceived micromanaging by the University of Texas System board — passed the Texas House of Representatives Monday, The Texas Tribune reported. Among other things, the bill would block regents of the state’s public university systems from dismissing a campus president without a recommendation from the chancellor of that system, and require — rather than recommend, as is now the case in state law — that regents protect the independence of the universities they govern.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/14/possible-amendments-immigration-bill-worry-international-educators
Possible Amendments to Immigration Bill Worry International Educators
NAFSA: Association of International Educators is concerned about a series of proposed amendments to the comprehensive immigration reform bill that would, in the association’s words, place “unnecessary and counterproductive impediments in the way of foreign students who wish to pursue their educational and professional goals in the United States.”
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/14/college-and-government-officials-discuss-us-india-partnerships
College and Government Officials Discuss U.S.-India Partnerships
The importance of collaboration with U.S. community colleges to realize India’s goal of creating 200 such institutions was a major focus of a roundtable discussion on “Advancing U.S.-India Academic Partnerships” held at the Institute of International Education’s Washington office on Monday.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/14/u-phoenix-might-face-lesser-sanction-accreditor
U. of Phoenix Might Face Lesser Sanction from Accreditor
A committee of a regional accreditor last week recommended that the University of Phoenix be placed “on notice,” which is a lesser sanction than the probation a peer review team suggested earlier this year, the university said in a financial statement. The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools is considering the university’s 10-year bid for reaffirmation.
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http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/05/14/prizes-learning-management-system-app-developers
Prizes For Learning Management System App Developers
Makers of competing learning management systems are coming together to offer prizes to developers for applications that can work across their different products. It’s an effort to grow a common “edtech ecosystem.” The goal is to spare companies the effort of having to develop every single functionality for themselves. Instead, they can have certain applications that can work across their different products.
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http://www.annarbor.com/news/university-of-michigan-announces-new-cross-discipline-mobility-transformation-center/
University of Michigan announces new transportation research center
By BEN FREED Business Reporter
The creation of a new University of Michigan Mobility Transformation Center was announced Tuesday with the aim of changing the way we think about how people and products move from place to place. According to a press release from the university, a major focus of the new center will be a “model deployment” built in part on the connected vehicle study under way at the U-M Transportation Research Institute. By putting new technologies into existing vehicles, researchers can test new and emerging concepts both on and off the road.
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http://chronicle.com/article/Lab-Safety-Is-Tackled-as-a/139239/
Lab Safety Is Tackled as a Problem of Behaviors as Much as Standards
By Paul Basken
Safety advocates have been holding out hope that the unprecedented criminal prosecution of a University of California professor, Patrick G. Harran, might finally persuade researchers to take laboratory safety more seriously. But the federally chartered National Research Council isn’t waiting to find out. The council, an independent provider of scientific advice, plans on Wednesday to convene a commission to begin a yearlong analysis of what steps might help quell a rash of lab accidents on university campuses.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/higher-education/federal-judge-mit-can-black-out-some-names-information-in-documents-related-to-swartz-case/2013/05/14/b773e230-bc99-11e2-b537-ab47f0325f7c_story.html
Federal judge: MIT can black out some names, information in documents related to Swartz case
By Associated Press
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology can black out the names of university officials when releasing documents related to the investigation into free-information activist Aaron Swartz, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton wrote in the decision Monday that disclosure could expose MIT employees, law enforcement officials and others to harassment and retaliation.