University System News

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New UGA President Takes Office
Tony Potts
The University of Georgia welcomed its new president, Jere Morehead, on Monday. He replaces Michael Adams, who had been the head of the University for 16 years. Just after being unanimously chosen by the Georgia Board of Regents to serve as president, Morehead, a 1980 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law , announced that his administration would launch a major capital campaign soon after he took office. Morehead said, `I am deeply honored to serve as President of the University of Georgia, and am grateful for the opportunity to continue to work with the thousands of dedicated and committed faculty, staff and administrators who strive to support the mission of this university. It is especially humbling as an alumnus to serve as the leader of this great institution, and I am grateful to the Board of Regents, the Chancellor and the Governor for this opportunity.

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Morehead explains priorities as he assumes UGA presidency Monday
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-07-01/morehead-explains-priorities-he-assumes-uga-presidency-monday

www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/news/local/article_651dc3f0-e2a2-11e2-83fd-0019bb30f31a.html
Marrero starts first day as new UWG president
by Colton Campbell
The family of three strolled through the fitness center, shaking hands with and introducing themselves to everyone they passed. It was the first day of what is hoped to be the long and fruitful tenure of Dr. Kyle Marrero as president of the University of West Georgia. Marrero, 50, had his first official day of work at the Carrollton university Monday, replacing departing president, Dr. Beheruz Sethna, who finished a 19-year tenure Sunday. At a press meet-and-greet, the new president praised the university’s reputation as a resource-rich institution with a small-town feel.

www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/07/01/new-era-for-the-state-archives
New Era For The State Archives
By Ellen Reinhardt
The state Archives is now under the control of the University System of Georgia. On July 1st it was transferred from under the Secretary of State’s office after budget cuts reduced staff. At one point, access to the Georgia Archives was by appointment only.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_talk/2013/07/georgia-state-buys-55-park-place.html
Georgia State buys 55 Park Place
Douglas Sams
Commercial Real Estate Editor-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State keeps expanding its downtown Atlanta footprint. This time Georgia State University Foundation bought 55 Park Place, paying $33.5 million for the 19-story building. The acquisition of the building, formerly known as Georgia-Pacific Plaza, means Georgia State now owns key properties on the entire eastern side of Woodruff Park. The building also gives the university access to more than 500,000 square feet of office space.

www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-07-01/gru-officials-agree-avoid-regent-university-colors?v=1372728476
GRU officials agree to avoid Regent University colors
By Steve Crawford
Staff Writer
No maroon Jaguars in Augusta. That unlikely combination is forbidden in an agreement signed last week settling a lawsuit between the Georgia Board of Regents and Regent University in Virginia. Two of the main stipulations in the agreement say GRU must refrain from using a color similar to the Virginia school’s maroon and must not establish a school of theology in Augusta, said Burns Newsome, the University System of Georgia’s vice chancellor for legal affairs. That means divinty degrees also are off the table, Newsome said.

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http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/campus/window-of-opportunity-oglethorpe-renovated-to-work-more-efficiently/article_71dc28c8-df70-11e2-b75c-001a4bcf6878.html
Window of opportunity: Oglethorpe renovated to work more efficiently
Brad Mannion
The summer of 2013 will welcome the newly renovated Rutherford Hall, with a dedication ceremony having been held on June 27. Other renovations at the University of Georgia include the changes made on Oglethorpe House, but not everyone may see them as improvements. “The windows have been completely replaced in all of the building, and the new windows are not operable,” said Arzu Yilmaz, project manager for the Oglethorpe House renovations. The reason draws to fiscal responsibility and climate balance within the residence hall.

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http://www.wsbtv.com/news/ap/alcohol/set-of-130-new-laws-implemented-in-georgia/nYbGj/
More than 100 new laws take effect in Georgia
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — More than 100 new Georgia laws went into effect Monday. …New regulations on the state’s HOPE grants have also gone into effect allowing technical college students with a minimum 2.0 grade point average to qualify for grant funding. …The Legislature also authorized the transferring of the state archives to from the Secretary of State to the Georgia Board of Regents. Funding cuts to the Secretary of State’s office led to speculation of limited public access to the archives. State officials have said funding for the archives has been increased by $300,000, which is expected to translate to increased staffing and more public access.

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130 New Laws In Georgia
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http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-07-01/university-georgia-foundation-allocates-more-33-million-budget-surplus-enhance
University of Georgia Foundation allocates more than $3.3 million in budget surplus to enhance academics
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
The University of Georgia Foundation announced that it realized a budget surplus of more than $3.3 million for the just-concluded fiscal year and that those funds are being allocated to support several important academic initiatives. This funding is in addition to more than $40 million in annual support provided by the foundation to the university and $500,000 provided earlier this fiscal year for endowed professorships.

www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/jun/28/coke-gives-asu-50000-scholarships-grant/
Coke gives ASU $50,000 scholarships grant
By Terry Lewis
ALBANY, Ga. — The Coca-Cola Foundation on Friday presented Albany State University President Everette Freeman with a $50,000 check to be split among four ASU students as First Generation Scholarships. The Thurgood Marshall College Fund Coca-Cola HBCU (historically black college or university) First-Generation Scholarship is funded through The Coca-Cola Foundation. …Each time the Coca-Cola First Generation Scholarship program is established at a new college or university, we’re able to help more students fulfill their dreams of pursuing higher education.” The scholarship can be used for tuition and additional fees.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-07-01/uga-grads-win-grant-film-chinas-silk-road
UGA grads win grant to film China’s Silk Road
By APRIL BURKHART
University of Georgia graduates Galen Burke and Lee Moore won a $10,000 Adventure Grant from Outside Magazine. The duo will use the funds to hitchhike the Silk Road in northwest China and explore each national park along the route, learn how the fast growth of China is affecting the country’s natural spaces and interview residents to get their perspectives on nature and the outdoors. In addition to explaining how the world is changing in the way of Chinese leisure activities, Burke also plans to film landscapes along the way so Americans can see the natural beauty in other countries.

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http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-07-01/georgia-factories-continue-slow
Georgia factories continue to slow
MORRIS NEWS SERVICE
ATLANTA – An index of Georgia manufacturing activity fell for the third month in a row, Kennesaw State University’s Econometric Center announced Monday. The Purchasing Managers Index dropped 1.7 points in June to 52.1. That is 3.4 points lower than its six-month average but slightly ahead of the national index of 50.9. Generally, a reading above 50 is considered an indication the overall economy is expanding.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-07-01/study-identifies-priorities-improving-global-conservation-funding
Study identifies priorities for improving global conservation funding
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
A new University of Georgia study has identified the worst and best countries in the world in terms of funding for biodiversity conservation. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also suggests how funding should change to help achieve the United Nations 2020 goals on reducing extinction.

www.cbsnews.com
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57591826/robots-compete-for-robocup-2013-soccer-title/
Robots compete for Robocup 2013 soccer title
By DANIELLE ELLIOT / CBS NEWS/
While World Cup protests continue throughout Brazil, another international soccer event is attracting nothing but awe. More than a thousand soccer-playing robots from 40 countries took to the pitch last week in the Netherlands for RoboCup 2013. Georgia Tech junior Justin Buchanan, 20, just returned from the week-long event, where his GT RoboJackets competed in the small robot league. “It can be like watching a kids soccer match,” Buchanan told CBSNews.com. “Watching six little kids kick the ball towards the wrong goal, then run after it.” The key to winning, he added, is all in the software design.

www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/07/northside-drive-2-billion-in-planned-development-may-spur-roads-renewal/
Northside Drive: $2 billion in planned development may spur road’s renewal
By David Pendered
Two billion dollars in investments near Northside Drive in downtown Atlanta ought to go a long way toward promoting the rejuvenation of a gritty, five-mile stretch of the road located south of I-75. – See more at: http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/07/northside-drive-2-billion-in-planned-development-may-spur-roads-renewal/#sthash.iw5vGWq7.XTXMNq4I.dpuf A new study from Georgia Tech posits that this investment may catalyze landowners and civic leaders to evolve Northside Drive from a patchwork of low-density uses into a grand transit boulevard – one that links I-75 and I-20 as it passes Atlantic Station, Georgia Tech, new Falcons stadium, the Atlanta University Center and West End – that induces new east-west connectivity.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
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http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/jul/01/race-georgia-have-we-repented-and-reformed-do-our-/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Race in Georgia: Have we repented and reformed? Do our colleges reflect that?
Rick Diguette is a writer and teaches English at a local college. Here is a piece he wrote on the two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions:
By Rick Diguette
The Supreme Court of the United States was very busy in June. One of its most important decisions involved the pre-clearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Another dealt with affirmative action programs as they relate to college admissions. What does one have to do with the other? Maybe more than you might think.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/jul/02/president-nea-no-more-closing-door-outside-and-tea/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
President of NEA: No more closing the classroom door
By Maureen Downey
Dennis Van Roekel often sounds more like a math teacher – which he was for 25 years in Arizona after growing up in Iowa – than president of a 3.2 million-member union, the National Education Association. In Atlanta for the NEA’s Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly being held at the Georgia World Congress Center, Van Roekel met Friday with AJC reporters and editors. Today, he will lead 1,000 educators in kicking off the NEA’s new “Raise Your Hand for Public Education” campaign. At the AJC, he discussed the national push for more alternative and expedited routes to teaching that bypass traditional classes on classroom management and teaching methods. …He believes education needs to build a better recruitment system. Now, he said, “We wait to see who shows up.”

www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/jul/01/college-grads-today-face-tougher-odds/
College grads today face tougher odds
Features Column
By Loran Smith
If you monitor the news, you are aware that these are not the best of times for many college graduates. Not for everyone, however. While earning a college degree greatly improves job prospects, an average of 8.8 percent of college graduates are unemployed. The figure is worse for high school graduates who do not plan to enroll in college. Almost a third in that category are looking for work. If there is no work for teenagers, what can we expect them to do? The answer does not make your day.

www.aikenstandard.com
http://www.aikenstandard.com/article/20130630/AIK02/130639965/1018/AIK02/a-good-sign-for-the-future
Column: A good sign for the future
By DR. MARC MILLER and DR. SUSAN WINSOR
Special to the Aiken Standard
You may have noticed them on your way to work or to the grocery store – those colorful billboards bearing a hopeful promise for the future: “Preparing Our Own for Tomorrow’s Jobs.” It’s a simple, succinct message designed to quickly communicate an important thought to the motoring public whizzing past at 50 miles an hour. But what does it mean? The billboards reflect the activities of the Nuclear Workforce Initiative, a workforce initiative of the SRS Community Reuse Organization. Working closely with partners in business, academia, economic development and state and local governments, the Nuclear Workforce Initiative is focused on making sure that people in our region have an opportunity to develop the skills they need to fill future nuclear energy jobs right here in our region. …The billboards also underscore the collaboration among five area colleges and universities that have joined efforts to create new nuclear education and training programs. New programs are being created at Aiken Technical College, Georgia Regents University, Augusta Technical College, USC Aiken and USC Salkehatchie.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Humanities-Declining-Not/140093/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
The Humanities, Declining? Not According to the Numbers.
By Michael Bérubé
In recent years, enrollments in the humanities have plummeted. The evidence is everywhere: Last month, in The New York Times, Verlyn Klinkenborg noted “the recent shift away from the humanities” in an essay titled “The Decline and Fall of the English Major.” In his 2009 American Scholar essay, “The Decline of the English Department,” William M. Chace noted that English accounted for 7.6 percent of all bachelor’s degrees in 1970-71, but only 3.9 percent in 2003-4. “If nothing is done to put an end to the process of disintegration, the numbers will continue in a steady downward spiral,” he warned.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/07/02/essay-role-history-supreme-court-decision-gay-marriage#ixzz2XsiUCplU
Does History Matter?
By Steven Mintz
At a time when many question the relevance of history, it is noteworthy that the U.S. Supreme Court case that prohibited the federal government from undercutting a state’s decision to extend “the recognition, dignity and protection” of marriage to same-sex couples, hinged on arguments advanced by professional historians.

www.mfedlstein.com
http://mfeldstein.com/moocs-and-online-education-a-real-difference/
MOOCs and Online Education; a real difference
by Jim Farmer
Are online education and MOOC the same? Is any difference important? MOOC – Massive Open Online Course. As currently interpreted, massive meaning hundreds of thousands of student taking the course, open meaning free for the student, and online referring to the way the course is offered over the Internet. Joshua Kim, writing in Inside Higher Education, believes there is more to online education than MOOCs… Brooks quotes Richard A DeMillo of Georgia Tech: [Online education] turns transmitting knowledge into a commodity that is cheap and globally available. But it also compels colleges to focus on the rest of the [residential] learning process, which is where the real value lies. He did not use the term “MOOCs” and hes cited the experience of the University of Phoenix. But he wrote: The elite, pace-setting universities have embraced the Internet. Not long ago, online courses were interesting experiments. Now online activity is at the core of how these schools envision their futures.

www.ft.com
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/102b69ec-dce4-11e2-9700-00144feab7de.html#axzz2XsnBmWpv
edX president predicts an online learning transformation
By Mure Dickie
Anant Agarwal is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and president of edX, a leading provider of massive open online courses, known as Moocs. Created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, edX is a non-profit, “open-source” organisation. What are edX’s aims? Everybody should have access to a high-quality education. At edX we are applying technology to improve education in quality, scale and accessibility. We have about 1m people enrolled in edX. We partner with some of the world’s best universities to offer courses to learners all over the world. What is different about the education you can offer?

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/bottomline/jump-in-student-loan-interest-rates-will-cost-colleges-too/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Jump in Student-Loan Interest Rates Will Cost Colleges, Too
By Lee Gardner
In addition to the increased costs for borrowers and the possible political costs for Congress, the doubling of interest rates on federally subsidized student loans could cost colleges, too, according to a report released on Monday. By letting the rate on the student loans rise from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent, effective on Monday, Congress created a “credit negative” for American colleges, according to the report from Moody’s Investors Service, which rates debt securities.

Education News
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http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2013/jul/01/kaufman-takes-helm-of-gwinnett-chamber/
Kaufman takes helm of Gwinnett Chamber
By Camie Young
DULUTH — Boxes of books and files are stacked out of the way in Dan Kaufman’s new office. The only picture on the wall was left by the former occupant, although a commendation from students at Georgia Gwinnett College, the institution Kaufman helped launch, waits to be hanged, still in its bubble wrap. In his first few hours at the helm of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce Monday, Kaufman has done little to unpack. He’s been busy with meetings and other administrative matters. But he was sure to set up his screen saver — a photo of the grandkids posed in GGC jerseys — and set aside a special place for the one personal item he found a spot for on his desk: a miniature prayer rug from Afghanistan.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/morris-brown-files-20-million-turnaround-plan/nYbS8/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Morris Brown files $20 million turnaround plan
BY ERNIE SUGGS – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Morris Brown College has submitted a $20 million plan to the courts that would allow them to sell off some of their property, settle mounting debt and keep most of the campus intact, as they continue to seek re-accreditation. The deal comes less than a month after the college, which filed for bankruptcy protection last summer flirted with a $10 million proposal from the city of Atlanta. But in papers filed last Friday in bankruptcy court and obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the college’s board of trustees thinks they have found something better for the school mired in $35 million in debt with no steady cash-flow.

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Student loan rates double without Congress’ action
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON – Interest rates on some new federally backed loans for college students are now double what they were last week. Subsidized Stafford loan interest rates went to 6.8 percent on Monday because Congress didn’t strike a deal to keep them low. That translates to an extra $2,600 per student in costs. It affects roughly a quarter of all federal borrowers.

www.usatoday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2013/06/30/student-loan-debt-economic-effects/2388189/
Millennials’ ball-and-chain: Student loan debt
THE COST OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT
Rising student loan debt and a high unemployment rate may prevent college graduates from achieving financial goals and spill over into the U.S. economy, according to a recent report. The nation’s youngest adults may find it difficult to become homeowners, qualify for auto loans, start small businesses, and delay saving for retirement.
Hadley Malcolm, USA TODAY
For many 20- and 30-somethings, paying off the cost of college takes priority. Marriage, a house and family will have to wait. Shayna Pilnick, 28, would like to buy an apartment but can’t afford a mortgage. Jacqueline Mannino, 23, and her boyfriend, Benjamin Prowse, 26, want to get married. Jacob Childerson, 24, and his wife, Jennifer, 25, wish they could start a family, but they live with Jennifer’s parents. What’s holding them all back: tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54320/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9a21e5b63d7e4090a614e954ca8155ea&elqCampaignId=33#
Study Says Affirmative Action Does Not Do a Disservice to Students
by Jamal Watson
A new study indicates that weaker students who are admitted to elite colleges and universities typically do as well as their better-prepared contemporaries, dispelling a widespread belief that affirmative action tends to do more harm than good. That’s the findings included in a forthcoming article, scheduled to be published in Sociology of Education in the next few weeks. It comes amid the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to send a case involving affirmative action back to the lower courts, ultimately making it harder for universities to use race as a factor in admissions.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54328/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9a21e5b63d7e4090a614e954ca8155ea&elqCampaignId=33#
Xavier University Pushes Students ‘Out the Door’ in Four Years
by Jasmine Evans
For decades, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have taken on the task of educating a disproportionate number of low-income and first-generation students. Recent data show that approximately 9 percent of low-income students graduate from college, so colleges struggle to raise completion rates for that population. …Xavier University of Louisiana, specifically, recently finished a promising four-year test period of its “Out the Door in 4” program, which guides students to graduation in four to five years. …Out the Door in 4 started with 24 student volunteers: two were men and a third had to take remedial math courses. Dr. Pamela Franco and Pearl Algere-Lonian, co-directors of the program, recruited freshmen, and each student signed a contract, committing themselves to the goals of the program.

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http://diverseeducation.com/article/54324/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9a21e5b63d7e4090a614e954ca8155ea&elqCampaignId=33#
Federalist Society Inspires Conservative Groups on College Campuses
by Alan Scher Zagier, Associated Press
DURHAM, N.C.—A new conservatism is beginning to emerge on some college campuses, spurred in part by opposition to President Barack Obama’s signature health care law. Modeled after The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy, which has molded several generations of legal thinkers at the nation’s law schools, this new wave of conservative thinkers is looking to take root in graduate schools of business, medicine and foreign policy.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/02/uc-business-schools-see-different-levels-resistance-innovation-plans#ixzz2XshfyoUX
Not Business as Usual
By Kevin Kiley
In business, the saying is “innovate or die.” That also seems to be the mantra that business schools are taking. The past few years have seen a host of developments in the financial model of business school, including new part-time M.B.A. programs, online courses, specialized degrees and innovative executive education programs. One of the biggest changes came this week when University of California System President Mark Yudof approved a controversial plan to make the full-time M.B.A. program at the University of California Los Angeles’s Anderson School of Management into a self-sustaining entity, meaning the program will cease receiving state support in exchange for greater budget flexibility.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Gouchers-President-Creator/140091/
Goucher’s President, Creator of Study-Abroad Requirement, to Resign in 2014
By Jack Stripling
Sanford J. Ungar will resign as president of Goucher College next summer, capping off 13 years at the helm of the liberal-arts college in the Baltimore suburb of Towson, Md., college officials announced on Monday. Mr. Ungar, 68, is known for his blunt talk about the state of higher education. At a 2011 meeting of the Council of Independent Colleges, he encouraged his colleagues to “stop whining” and start making a better case for the importance of a liberal-arts education. “Higher education for the most part has only itself to blame for the position it finds itself in this country today,” Mr. Ungar said. “Something happened along the way where we gave up a lot.”

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/02/survey-finds-decline-number-female-chief-information-technology-officers#ixzz2XshsFCnk
Fewer Female CIOs
By Ry Rivard
Fewer women have the top technology job at colleges and universities, according to a new survey of higher education chief information officers. The findings, as well as past surveys, suggest some reversal of the headway female CIOs have made over the past three decades. According to annual surveys by the Center for Higher Education Chief Information Officer Studies, the number of female CIOs has gradually fallen from 26 percent in 2008 to 21 percent today.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/02/university-minnesota-graduate-students-protest-possible-deal-teach-america#ixzz2XsiHdm1F
Saying No to Teach for America
By Lauren Ingeno
If a university enrolls and charges students to study in degree programs to become teachers or learn about education, is it odd for the same institution to partner with an organization that helps people avoid just that kind of education? That’s the question being posed by graduate students from the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.

www.businessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-07-02/cornell-awash-in-debt-chases-donors-in-pay-as-you-go-expansion
Cornell in Debt Chases Donors in ‘Pay-as-You-Go’ Expansion
By Michael McDonald
David Skorton’s appointment as president of Cornell University seven years ago ushered in a $4 billion fundraising campaign, the school’s largest ever and first in more than a decade. Skorton has since increased the goal to $4.75 billion and extended it four years to 2015. Now he’s preparing to kick-start a second effort to finance a $2 billion technology campus as the upstate New York Ivy League school expands on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/mit-brings-its-mentor-model-to-washington/2013/06/29/8f3e41d2-ddc5-11e2-948c-d644453cf169_story.html
MIT brings its mentor model to Washington
By Thomas Heath
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has brought its brains to Washington. The D.C. Economic Partnership, which encourages business activity in Washington, has invited the MIT Venture Mentoring Service to help goose the local entrepreneurial scene by finding mentors. “I was trying to find the most successful mentoring model, and everyone led me to MIT,” said Tiffany Thacker, director of business attraction and marketing at the Economic Partnership. The program uses a team-based mentoring approach, so new ventures will paired with a team of four to five volunteer mentors from the region.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/02/uncertain-situation-study-abroad-egypt#ixzz2Xsi7CdYm
Eyes on Egypt
By Elizabeth Redden
Administrators of American study abroad programs are closely watching the uprising against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to determine whether they can safely continue their programming in Egypt or whether the country they only recently returned to will become a no-go zone once again. A student at Kenyon College who was in Alexandria on a summer internship teaching English to children was fatally stabbed on Friday while observing a protest.