USG NEWS:
www.connectsavannah.com
http://www.connectsavannah.com/NewsFeed/archives/2013/07/03/skio-now-part-of-uga
SkIO now part of UGA
The merger of the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography with the University of Georgia, effective July 1, was initiated by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as part of efforts to streamline operations.
Those involved expect the new alignment between the institute and the university will enhance the research efforts of both the Skidaway Institute and UGA’s marine and coastal programs.

www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/jul/08/abac-seeks-steady-enrollment-growth/
ABAC seeks steady enrollment growth
Staff Reports
TIFTON, Ga. — With seven years as president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College under his belt, Dr. David Bridges is thinking about the future. But then again, the 10th president in the history of ABAC never stops thinking about days to come. “We’ve got to be thinking about the next innovation that will continue to make ABAC a place where people choose to come,” Bridges, who began his eighth year as the ABAC president on July 1, said. “My goal for ABAC is for it to be as successful in the future as it has been in the past. For that to happen, we must do things differently.” …”Our goal is a slow, steady enrollment growth where we’ll approach 4,000 students over the next five years,” Bridges said. “The advantage we have is that our tuition is very low.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/students-fighting-for-undocumented-immigrant-bill/article_b8c6190e-e8af-11e2-aa22-001a4bcf6878.html
Students ‘fighting’ for undocumented immigrant bill
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A bill working its way through Congress could allow undocumented students to attend the University of Georgia. The bill, which passed the U.S. Senate, creates a 13-year pathway to citizenship for those undocumented immigrants currently in the country. The pathway is part of a larger effort aimed at addressing the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States. …While the bill would not immediately open the doors to citizenship, this process of naturalization would allow undocumented students the paperwork necessary to be admitted to Georgia schools.

GOOD NEWS:
www.therepublic.com
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/835e581c3567422689a80949c83bc3ca/GA–Georgia-Southern-EPA-Award
Georgia Southern University receives EPA grant
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STATESBORO, Georgia — A team of students from Georgia Southern University has earned an award of up to $90,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA said Friday the nine School of Engineering students received the People, Prosperity, Planet (P3) Award for its work on designing a diesel engine that has even lower emissions. The EPA says the money will be used to further develop the team’s design.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/campus/uga-receives-million-gates-foundation-grant-to-fight-infectious-disease/article_7998fb4e-e7e1-11e2-b6c0-0019bb30f31a.html
UGA receives $3.4 million Gates Foundation grant to fight infectious disease
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The University of Georgia Research Foundation received a $3.4 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its operational research on how best to eliminate schistosomiasis, a debilitating and neglected tropical disease affecting millions of people in countries throughout much of Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas. This recent award adds to an $18.7 million grant awarded to UGA by the Gates Foundation in 2008, bringing the funding total to more than $22 million. Researchers will use this additional money to find out how to move from repeatedly treating infected people to eliminating the disease.

www.fb.org
http://www.fb.org/index.php?action=newsroom.news&year=2013&file=nr0708.html
Excellence in Agriscience Innovation Honored
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 8, 2013 – Four innovators in agriculture received monetary awards and research funding jointly presented by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, an independent federal government agency, and the American Farm Bureau Federation. The awards honor scientists, educators and high school students for their contributions to science and research in agriculture. …Michael P. Doyle, Ph.D., a University of Georgia Regents Professor and director at the Center for Food Safety, is the recipient of the $10,000 Distinguished Agriscience Scientist Award. Dr. Doyle’s research focuses on food safety and security. On issues related to the microbiological safety of foods, he works closely with government agencies, the food industry and consumer groups.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-07-08/uga-donates-research-sturgeon-atlanta-community-food-bank-tennessee-aquarium
UGA donates research sturgeon to Atlanta Community Food Bank, Tennessee Aquarium
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
A hundred California white sturgeon used in a University of Georgia swimming study could have been tossed in a landfill once the research project ended. But instead they’ll be feeding the poor and awing visitors to the Tennessee Aquarium. UGA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which funded the research, is bucking traditional disposal methods of the sturgeon used for the project by donating 1,900 pounds of the fish to the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Three of the live sturgeon that were tested for their swimming abilities were also donated to the Tennessee Aquarium and will be displayed in its River Giants exhibit.

USG VALUE:
www.valdostadailytimes.com
http://valdostadailytimes.com/schoolnews/x1614271739/Valdosta-State-continues-to-create-a-more-highly-educated-workforce
Valdosta State continues to create a more highly educated workforce
Valdosta State University
VALDOSTA — The demand for a more highly educated workforce continues to grow. According to a study issued by the Georgetown University Center of Education and Workforce, 65 percent of jobs in the U.S. will require postsecondary education beyond high school by 2020. To make earning a college degree more accessible, Valdosta State University offers online bachelor’s degrees for work professionals, military members, transfer students and others seeking an alternative route to degree completion. As part of the University System of Georgia’s eMajor collaborative program, VSU delivers flexible, online undergraduate degree programs in office administration and technology, legal assistant studies, and organizational leadership.

www.cherokeetribune.com
http://cherokeetribune.com/bookmark/23036932
Students attend legislative training program; Cherokee rep. heads to Washington
by TCT Staff
Eight students from local high schools represented Cherokee County and American Legion Auxiliary Unit 316 at the week-long Girls State Legislative Training Program at Georgia Southern University in June and now one of the local participants is preparing to head to Washington D.C.

www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/jul/06/young-scholars-mingle-uga-scientists/
Young scholars mingle with UGA scientists
By Clint Thompson
TIFTON — Scott Angle of the University of Georgia spent the past week on the Tifton UGA campus delivering scholarly advice to high school students. Addressing members of this summer’s Young Scholars Internship Program on the Tifton campus, the dean and director of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences talked about the benefits students who attend UGA have, such as the opportunity to study and learn from world-renowned scientists. “We know these students are good because they’re in this competitive program, so this is a pretty good pool to be fishing out of,” Angle said.

RESEARCH:
www.natureworldnews.com
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/2858/20130709/flexible-sensor-make-artificial-skin-more-sensitive-touch-humidity.htm
Flexible Sensor Could Make Artificial Skin More Sensitive to Touch, Humidity
By Staff Reporter
Researchers have found a way to make a flexible sensor that can be embedded in artificial skin or e-skin. The sensor is made using gold particles and a certain kind of resin. Scientists say that people with the new prosthetics could feel changes in the environment via the e-skin. The artificial skin, developed by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, can detect touch, humidity and temperature – just like real human skin… Also, researchers at the Georgia Tech had constructed “smart skin” using nano-sized 3D array. This sensor comprised of around 8,000 transistors that were embedded on crystals of zinc oxide. Self-healing polymers were also used in developing artificial skin as the substance could recover its mechanical properties and regain its original form after being broken several times.

www.businessinsider.com
http://www.businessinsider.com/is-pinterest-right-for-your-brand-2013-7#ixzz2YY4LRsFK
Is Pinterest Right For Your Brand?
JOSH LUGER
Brands need to be present wherever audiences invest their time and attention. Increasingly, that means social media. U.S. audiences spend a half-hour to three hours daily on social media. Social media is one of the largest time buckets on mobile. Brands and businesses that are invisible on social media will miss a chance at engagement that their competitors might seize. More importantly, there are already well-known cases of brands that successfully revitalized their images or launched themselves thanks to social media wins. The benefits to a successful social media brand presence are significant, even if the route to get there isn’t clear-cut… Pinterest has a few clear advantages: It is undoubtedly the best social media platform for showcasing products and driving commerce, because of its focus on “things,” rather than relationships and messaging. At BI Intelligence, we’ve likened Pinterest to a multi-platform digital catalog. A Georgia Tech study of June 2012 activity on Pinterest found that the most common verbs on the social network were “use,” “look,” “want,” and “need,” highlighting its potential as a shopping tool. It can be particularly effective for brands that target women. Pinterest users are five times more likely to be women than men. They also tend to be well-educated and have high income.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jay-bookman/2013/jul/08/gas-economic-decline-issue-imagination/
Jay Bookman
Ga.’s economic decline an issue of imagination
For a while there, Georgia was cooking. Between 1979 and 2001, per capita income in the state rose from a lowly 40th in the nation to 25th, a trajectory that put it well ahead of neighbors such as Alabama (46th) and North Carolina (31st). But as the AJC’s Mike Kanell reported Sunday, progress that was hard-earned over more than two decades now has been wiped away. Over the past decade we’ve fallen back to 40th in the nation in per capita income, behind Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee and barely above Alabama, now 42nd. …Since 2001, Georgia has added 1.5 million residents, yet over that time frame we’ve added just 4,000 financial sector jobs and 62,000 jobs in the professional and business sectors, while losing 40,000 jobs in the information and telecomm industries. That’s despite state-driven efforts such as the Georgia Research Alliance, the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology and the Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech.

www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/07/10/36anrig.h32.html?tkn=TSQFnTfg9HTbkYZfL0iK3fLNuhZy4LlhtmAQ&cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS1
From Health-Care Reform, Lessons for Education Policy
By Greg Anrig
One of the most important factors that broke decades of political stalemate over national health-insurance reform was the emergence of research demonstrating that some U.S. medical providers were far more cost-effective than others. By showing that institutions like Kaiser Permanente, the Cleveland Clinic, and the U.S. Veterans Health Administration produced better patient outcomes, those studies suggested that policies which encourage other medical providers to emulate successful organizations could make the whole system produce better results over time. Three of the commonalities shared by those model health-care institutions are: highly collaborative cultures built on teamwork; unusually sophisticated attentiveness to testing data to monitor patient progress and respond to problems; and an orientation toward ongoing adaptation rather than rigid adherence to established routines. In education, off a public radar screen that remains fixated on the relentless conflict between teachers’ unions and their detractors, research is mounting that the most effective public schools also are characterized by unusually high degrees of collaboration, close attentiveness to testing data for diagnostic (not punitive) purposes, and adaptability

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/08/why-moocs-wont-revolutionize-higher-ed/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
The Answer Sheet By Valerie Strauss
Why MOOCS won’t revolutionize higher ed
Here is a new piece from Stanford University’s Larry Cuban about the latest “revolution” in education: Massive Open Online Courses, known as MOOCs, which, as he explains here, isn’t likely to be as revolutionary as advocates hope. Cuban, a high school social studies teacher for 14 years and a district superintendent (seven years in Arlington, VA), is professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, where he has taught for more than 20 years. His latest book is “Inside the Black Box of Classroom Practice: Change without Reform in American Education.” This post appeared on his blog.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/07/08/moocs-and-economic-reality/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
MOOCs and Economic Reality
By Clay Shirky
In “We’re All to Blame for MOOCs,” Patrick J. Deneen proposes a transformation away from global universities and toward identity-driven colleges as a defense against the coming shakeup from novel forms of online education. While developing this theme, he quotes me on the rise of MOOCs, and imagines this makes me an opponent of his views. Yet as I read along, I found myself nodding in agreement.

www.clarkhoward.com
http://www.clarkhoward.com/news/clark-howard/education/ways-avoid-heavy-burden-student-loan-debt/nCNT9/
Tips to avoid student loan debt
By Clark Howard
The interest rate on student loans today is twice what it was yesterday. It’s now 6.8% up from 3.4% because of a political stalemate in Washington. I hope this gives you the opportunity to think about the total amount of money being borrowed on student loans. If Congress strikes compromise and dials back interest rates, great. But the real problem is the runaway cost of college and borrowing for education. I don’t want you to be in a position for decades where you go to school and are burdened from your 20s through your 40s and maybe beyond with student loan debt.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/jul/09/pay-it-forward/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Go to college now. Pay tuition later. Oregon explores paying it forward
Under a “pay it forward” concept, Oregon is considering a plan that would spare public college students any tuition bills while in school. Instead, students would start paying back the state once they began working and earning paychecks. The “pay it forward” concept will be fleshed out by the Oregon Higher Education Coordination Commission, which has two years to figure out the details, including how to initially fund the $9 billion startup cost. In hearings, proponents said students with an undergraduate degree would on average have to turn over 3 percent of their earnings for 20 to 25 years to repay the state.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confessions-community-college-dean/no-don’t-pay-it-forward
No, Don’t Pay It Forward
Bt Matt Reed
Apparently, Oregon is considering a plan to allow students at public colleges and universities to skip tuition and fees upfront, in return for agreeing to be taxed a set percentage of their income for the first twenty years after they leave college. It’s known as “Pay It Forward.” It’s an audacious, innovative, terrible idea. I love the spirit, but it’s a train wreck waiting to happen.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/world-view/presidential-tenure-long-and-short-it
Presidential Tenure: The Long and the Short of It
By Daniel Levy
I find Bernasconi’s blog on presidential tenure both sensible and provocative. We’re obviously engaging at a level of large generalizations applicable to higher education globally, with all the risks inherent in that, but here are a few reflections and, like Bernasconi, I’ll focus mostly on the Americas. I’d not draw symmetry in the problems faced on the private and public sides. The problems of the short public presidential tenure are worse than those of the long private tenure.

www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/07/ed_dept_technical_review_of.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Ed. Dept. Panel Says Test Consortia Need Sharper Focus on Accessibility
By Catherine Gewertz
A technical review panel set up by the U.S. Department of Education is urging both common core assessment consortia to pay better attention to ensuring that their tests are accessible to students with disabilities and those whose native language is not English. That is one of the more stern outcomes of the panel’s first appraisal of the work so far of PARCC and Smarter Balanced. The review panel, created in March, issued its reports on July 3. You can read them on a special page of the department’s website.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/jul/09/it-may-be-money-not-politics-undermines-common-cor/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
It may be money, not politics, that undermines Common Core. New tests are too expensive.
Most of the debate of late in Georgia on the Common Core State Standards has focused on the politics. Now, the discussion is turning to money, which likely will be more pivotal in determining whether states fully embrace Common Core and whether the voluntary national academic standards deliver on their pledge to finally create a basis with which to compare student performance across states.

Education News
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/test-tied-to-common-core-might-be-too-expensive-fo/nYcMb/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Test tied to Common Core might be too expensive for Georgia
BY WAYNE WASHINGTON – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Although Georgia has embraced the controversial set of education standards called Common Core, students here might never take the national test tied to those standards. That’s because the test — being created by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, a consortium of state education leaders — is so expensive that Georgia would have to spend more on the new test alone than it currently spends on its entire assessment budget of $25 million.

www.independentmail.com
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2013/jul/09/common-core-tests-could-exceed-georgias-budget/
Common Core tests could exceed Georgia’s budget
Associated Press
ATLANTA — National tests being created for the Common Core educational standards could cost Georgia more than its current budget of $25 million for all types of assessments. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the tests being created by a consortium of state education leaders known as the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers could run as high as $27.5 million for Georgia. A spokeswoman for Gov. Nathan Deal, Stephanie Mayfield, says Deal is exploring options because of concerns about the cost of the assessments.

www.wabe.org
http://wabe.org/post/cost-assessment-makes-georgias-participation-uncertain
Cost of Assessment Makes Georgia’s Participation Uncertain
By MARTHA DALTON
Georgia’s public schools are scheduled to adopt a new standardized test for grades 3-8 during the 2014-2015 school year. State education officials say the assessment may be too expensive. The test is called PARCC, or Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. It’s one of two national test consortia aligned to the new Common Core education standards. The standards have been adopted by 45 states, including Georgia. But state superintendent John Barge said recently in order to afford PARCC, the General Assembly would have to more than double the state’s testing budget of $25 million a year.

www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/07/10/36loans.h32.html?tkn=SWQFjZMhtmQ8jZvT1v%2Foeqd6FhpLHaL1AOuw&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1
As Student-Loan Rates Rise, Advocates Fume
By Caralee J. Adams
Student financial-aid advocates are clinging to hopes that Congress will reverse the doubling of interest rates for federally subsidized student loans to 6.8 percent when it returns from recess, even as they voice disappointment about lawmakers’ failure to stave off the increase prior to the July 1 deadline.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54462/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=cde0128c3334478e8395686e719fdef5&elqCampaignId=33#
Full-Time Students’ Non-instructional Fees Continue to Rise
by Tina A. Brown
Full-time college students are paying more for things that don’t directly involve instruction, researchers say, and the trend appears to be entrenched across the nation. Those attending small and mid-size public colleges are actively subsidizing athletic programs. Those fees are generally wrapped up in budgetary line items called student activity fees rather than stating outright the funds will be go toward sports, concerts, etc. On the flip side, college students attending private elite colleges are likely to pay for perks, such as $50 steak dinners or laundry services, which are staples in the “country clubization” of some college campuses. “It is very clear that while there is a focus on keeping tuition down, nationwide, student fees are increasing at a rate of at least 13 percent more than tuition,” said B. David Ridpath, an associate professor at Ohio University during an email interview from Germany.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/09/higher-ed-leaders-urge-slow-down-mooc-train#ixzz2YY6zrg00
Beyond MOOC Hype
By Ry Rivard
As scores of colleges rush to offer free online classes, the mania over massive open online courses may be slowing down. Even top proponents of MOOCs are acknowledging critical questions remain unanswered, and are urging further study. Dan Greenstein, the head of college access at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, now wonders aloud if MOOCs are a “viable thing or are just a passing fad.” Gates has agreed to spend $3 million for wide-reaching MOOC-related grants. But Greenstein said higher ed is suffering from “innovation exhaustion,” and MOOCs are part of the problem.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/09/oregon-plan-would-shift-tuition-payment-after-graduation#ixzz2YY7oHWmz
No Such Thing as ‘Free Tuition’
By Kevin Kiley
When an advertisement says “No money down,” an asterisk and some fine print typically follow. And it’s probably wise to look for that. That seems to be the case with an Oregon proposal that has generated headlines such as “Plan would make tuition free at Oregon colleges,” “Oregon is doing free higher education the right way,” and “Oregon looking to eliminate tuition and loans for higher education students.” Despite the headlines, the state didn’t suddenly abandon all plans to charge tuition.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/09/ball-state-university-astronomy-pick-raises-questions-light-ongoing-creationism#ixzz2YY7gDNGy
Intelligent Hire?
By Colleen Flaherty
Ball State University’s hiring of a high-profile supporter of intelligent design just weeks after it launched an investigation into another professor accused of teaching creationism has left First Amendment watchdogs scratching their heads. The university was within its rights in hiring Guillermo Gonzalez, but his lectures and writings will be subject to scrutiny throughout his probationary period, lest unscientific views be presented as fact in science courses, those watchdogs say. At the same time, Gonzalez’s supporters say he’s a distinguished scholar who was denied tenure by Iowa State University in 2007 due to political pressures, and that they’ll be watching to see he gets a fair shot this time around.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/09/university-maryland-university-college-wins-defense-department-contract-teach-troops#ixzz2YY7xn3mj
Teaching the Troops
By Ry Rivard
The University of Maryland University College won a Department of Defense contract, expected to be worth $245 million over the next decade, to provide classes to troops, their families and Defense Department staffers on bases across Europe. UMUC has held the contract since the end of the World War II, so the decision was not a shock, but the work had been eyed by others. UMUC also won the rights to offer M.B.A. degrees to overseas military personnel, a part of the contract previously held by the University of Phoenix.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Texas-Ponders-Who-Will-Replace/140153/?cid=at
Texas Ponders Who Will Replace a Governor Who Shook Up Higher Education
By Katherine Mangan
The nation’s longest-serving sitting governor, who appointed every current college and university regent across Texas while pushing for cheaper degrees and a more business-oriented approach toward higher education, announced on Monday that he would not seek a fourth term. Gov. Rick Perry’s announcement prompted speculation about what changes a new governor might bring to a state where battles over the proper balance of research and teaching have been waged alongside disputes over the appropriate role of regents in overseeing universities.

www.jsonline.com
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/wiscnet-leaders-vow-to-forge-on-without-uw-system-contract-b9950274z1-214667241.html
WiscNet leaders vow to forge on without UW System contract
Service to public school districts, libraries to continue, they say
By Patrick Simonaitis of the Journal Sentinel
Leaders of of WiscNet, the Internet service provider the University of Wisconsin System dropped last month, told state senators Monday they are confident that the company will be able to continue providing services to public schools and libraries despite the loss of 27% of its revenue without the university business. When UW System officials announced their decision to drop WiscNet last month, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers predicted a ripple effect that would leave WiscNet’s other clients — 75% of Wisconsin public school districts and 90% of libraries — without a provider or forced to contract with a more expensive vendor.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/07/09/us-news-rankings-medical-schools-questioned
‘U.S. News’ Rankings of Medical Schools Questioned
A new paper in the journal Academic Medicine questions the validity of the rankings by U.S. News & World Report of primary care programs at medical schools. The study noted that while there is some consistency from year to year, the variability among institutions outside of the top 20 “is greater than could be plausibly attributed to actual changes in training quality.

www.dealbook.nytimes.com

Buffett Gives $2 Billion to Gates Foundation
BY WILLIAM ALDEN
Warren E. Buffett has strengthened his bond with his friend and fellow billionaire Bill Gates, with a $2 billion charitable donation. Mr. Buffett on Monday distributed 17.5 million Class B shares of Berkshire Hathaway to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a gift valued at about $2 billion based on Friday’s closing price. …Seven years ago, Mr. Buffett pledged to give about $31 billion to the Gates Foundation, which aims to improve health and education in poor nations. He said at the time that he would give the bulk of his fortune to the foundation and four other philanthropies.

www.sfgate.com
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Penn-State-says-fundraising-bounced-back-last-year-4652191.php
Penn State says fundraising bounced back last year
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State said Monday its fundraising efforts rebounded last year after a drop-off in donations followed the arrest of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on child molestation charges. Total alumni giving reached nearly $88 million in the year that ended in June, up from about $71 million a year earlier but still down from $131 million in 2010-11. That year a major donation for the school’s ice hockey program caused a spike in total donations.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/chancellor-u-a-for-profit-college-in-ohio-will-close-its-doors/62753?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Chancellor U., a For-Profit College in Ohio, Will Close Its Doors
by Nick DeSantis
Chancellor University, a for-profit college based in Seven Hills, Ohio, that once faced extinction when it was known as the nonprofit Myers University, announced on Monday that it would close, according to The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. The entrepreneur Michael Clifford bought Myers out of bankruptcy in 2008, after the institution fell on hard times, transforming it into a for-profit institution that offered most courses online. …The university said in a news release that it had reached a teach-out agreement with Alliant International University, a private nonprofit institution based in California, to accommodate its remaining classes and students after its summer session ends, in August.