University System News

USG VALUE:
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/07/24/uga-georgia-tech-among-top-us.html
Georgia Tech, UGA among top U.S. colleges
Jacques Couret
Senior Online Editor-Atlanta Business Chronicle
The Dawgs and Jackets landed on Forbes’ annual “Top 100 Best Public Colleges” list. Georgia Tech is ranked No. 83. The magazine noted the Atlanta university’s annual tuition is now $41,558 and it has a student population of 20,941. At No. 90 is The University of Georgia with annual tuition of $39,460 and student population of 34,816.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/campus/terry-ranked-among-world-s-best-executive-mba-programs/article_8c75c112-f3f2-11e2-a23a-0019bb30f31a.html
Terry ranked among world’s best Executive MBA programs
Arvinder Deol
University of Georgia students think of two things when they hear the Terry College of Business — pencil-pushing and prestige. …Ranking UGA as having the 15th best Executive MBA program in the nation and 22nd in the world, The Economist placed UGA among schools such as Northwestern, Oxford, and the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de La Impresa in Barcelona. UGA was also ranked the highest from the state of Georgia.

www.wtvy.com
http://www.wtvy.com/news/headlines/Bainbridge-College-Beneficially-Impacts-Communities-216683581.html
Bainbridge State College Bring Positive Economic Impact in Southwest Georgia
Bainbridge College is doing more than shaping the futures of students at its campus. It’s also helping to shape the economic future of Early County. …From Bainbridge, to Blakely the college’s economic impact totals almost $81 million dollars filtering to the surrounding communities. That’s according to a yearly study by the University of Georgia. It measured the economic impact as well as student, faculty and staff spending, operating budgets and construction impacts on surrounding communities.

www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/exchange/2013-07-24/exchange-brief#.UfEsjOCTpGN
Exchange in brief
Agribusiness conference set for September
Georgia Southern University and the University of Georgia have finalized the topics to be addressed as they host the inaugural International Agribusiness Conference and Expo (IACE) on Sept. 25-26 at the International Trade and Convention Center in Savannah.

www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/blogs/georgia-works/2013/07/24/largest-web-series-festival-in-southeast-to-be-hosted-by-georgia-tech
Largest Web Series Festival in Southeast to be Hosted by Georgia Tech
By Chip Rogers
The Georgia Tech School of Literature, Media, and Communication Technology is hosting the largest Webfest in the Southeast this October. ATL WEBFEST is geared towards growing the digital film and video production industries. The three day event will include screenings, workshops, panels, and keynote sessions featuring industry professionals who will discuss the latest trends in production, storytelling, business, and technology, as reported by PRUrgent.com.

www.walb.com
http://www.walb.com/story/22924429/business-learns-from-ga-tech
Business learns from GA Tech
By Shannon Wiggins
ALBANY, GA (WALB) –
Small business owners learn how to do business with local government. The Georgia Tech Procurement Assistance Center hosted a seminar in Albany focused on registration requirements and marketing strategies to business win government contracts. The free seminars are held throughout the year around the state and on the web. Instructors say it’s important to make sure entrepreneurs have tools they need to succeed.

GOOD NEWS:
www.mygeorgiasouthern.edu
https://my.georgiasouthern.edu/index.php?option=com_content&id=1852
Georgia Power Foundation Makes Donation to Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern University has received a $20,000 donation from the Georgia Power Foundation. Cathy Hill, vice president of Georgia Power’s Coastal Region, presented a check to Georgia Southern University President Brooks Keel, Ph.D. in Savannah on July 22.

www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20130725-NCC_Pub-Safety_Hospital_Oct-groundbreaking
October Groundbreakings Planned For Public Safety, UWG Projects
by CELIA SHORTT
Groundbreakings for Newnan’s new public safety complex and the hospital redevelopment project for a new University of West Georgia Newnan campus tentatively will take place in early and late October. …The UWG hospital redevelopment project should be presented at the Oct. 22 city council meeting and have its groundbreaking at the end of October. That project involves transforming the old Newnan Hospital property on Jackson Street north of downtown to serve as a new campus for the University of West Georgia Newnan center.

www.jobbrander.com
http://www.jobbrander.com/blog/social-media/the-25-most-popular-college-career-services-departments-on-social-media-in-2013?utm_content=buffer6be09&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer
The 25 Most Popular College Career Services Departments on Social Media in 2013
By Karl Hughes
As social media use has become more accepted among companies and job-seekers, college career services departments have taken notice. …3. University of Georgia (Facebook | Twitter) The first college on this list to break 9000 total followers and likes, UGA keeps their followers engaged with job listings, helpful advice, and contests. They also help their fans out by posting faculty contact information right on their Facebook page. That kind of access is rare when it comes to career services fan pages.

USG NEWS:
www.covnews.com
http://www.covnews.com/section/1/article/43424/
GPC open for fall registration
By Danielle Everson
School is right around the corner for many students in the area, and anyone looking to begin or finish an associate’s or bachelor’s degree this fall may still have the time to do so, as Georgia Perimeter College is still accepting applications for its fall semester. GPC President Rob Watts stopped by GPC’s Newton campus on Monday, where his discussed the college’s three-year bachelor’s in business administration program with Georgia Southwestern University, its military outreach efforts, the school’s dual enrollment program, and its ongoing orientation and open houses. Watts said the school will register students until Aug. 19.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-07-24/sean-mcmillan-appointed-director-uga’s-economic-development-office-atlanta
Sean McMillan appointed director of UGA’s economic development office in Atlanta
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
Sean B. McMillan has been appointed director of economic development for the Atlanta office of the University of Georgia as of July 16. Jennifer Frum, vice president for public service and outreach, and David Lee, vice president for research, made the announcement. …The Atlanta office, located in the Centergy Building, will help to establish a closer link with Atlanta’s business sector, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, local chambers of commerce and universities, Frum said.

RESEARCH:
www.gizmodo.com
http://gizmodo.com/know-what-your-dog-really-wants-with-this-pooch-to-peop-870654352
Know What Your Dog Really Wants With This Pooch-to-People Translator
Andrew Tarantola
With an olfactory potency hundreds of times more sensitive than ours, a dog’s nose is an invaluable tool in the service of humans. But understanding exactly what your dog’s nose is picking up has traditionally been limited to specific yes/no answers, such as airport drug dogs (“do you smell weed on this suitcase, yes or no?”). A new device from the Georgia Institute of Technology, though, aims to drastically expand your dog’s vocabulary.

STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.romenews-tribune.com
http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/23210241/article-Experts-say-Ga–Is-the-leader-in-start-up-investing?instance=news_page_lead_story
Experts say Ga. Is the leader in start-up investing
by Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service
ATLANTA – The recent crowdfunding and venture-capital funds established by the state make Georgia a leader in creating ways for investors to support start-up companies, according to a team of industry veterans. The state has recently become the first to open the door to crowdfunding by small investors and also created a $100 million fund to invest state money in growing companies. That is on top of longstanding efforts to incubate and advise high-tech startups.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/atlantech/2013/07/e-commerce-startup-springbot-raises.html
E-commerce startup Springbot raises $3M from Atlanta VCs
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Atlanta-based e-commerce data startup Springbot has raised $3 million from two early stage firms — TTV Capital and TechOperators. Springbot wants to use big data analytics to give small online merchants Amazon-type business intelligence on their shoppers. The startup helps small and medium sized businesses get better insights into their online customers — information they can then use to more effectively market to those shoppers… Springbot, a graduate of the accelerator program Flashpoint at Georgia Tech, collects demographic, social and other information on clients’ online customers from data mining companies such as Rapleaf, Equifax and Acxiom.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/news/article_f4d1b148-f3fd-11e2-9386-001a4bcf6878.html
Mixed local reaction on loss of test tied to Common Core
Colton Campbell/Times-Georgian
Local superintendents are unsure of the effect of Georgia withdrawing from a new standardized test tied to national standards will have locally.
One school system leader said the shift could be both an opportunity and a detriment. The other said it’s too early to call.

www.politico.com
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/common-core-academic-standards-94628.html
Is Common Core failing the test?
By STEPHANIE SIMON | 7/23/13 3:23 PM EDT
President Barack Obama’s goal of holding all students across the U.S. to the same high academic standards may be on the verge of unraveling as states take a hard look at the more rigorous tests under development — and balk. Backed by $360 million in federal grants, some 40-plus states have spent the past three years working with testing companies to develop math and language arts exams tied to the academic standards known as Common Core.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/24/new-common-core-tests-worth-the-price/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
The Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
New Common Core tests: Worth the price?
Now that both of the federally-funded consortia of states designing standardized tests aligned to the Common Core State Standards have released pricing data for each exam, states are assessing whether they can afford to pay. Already some aren’t liking what they see.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/07/25/why-the-student-loan-compromise-compromises-students/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
The Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
Why the student loan compromise compromises students
The problem with the compromise that the Obama administration and the Republicans struck over student loan rates is that it compromises students. The deal, which the Senate passed late Wednesday, would bring down student loan rates, which were 3.4 percent until they doubled on July 1 to 6.8 percent because Congress failed to meet a deadline to act on the issue. But it also will link student loan rates to financial markets, which means that students could face much higher rates in years to come.

www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2013/07/_httpcollegereadygatesfoundati.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Gates Announces $15M in Professional-Development Grants
By Stephen Sawchuk
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is expanding its already significant teacher-quality work to include on-the-job teacher training. Its education wing today announced the awarding of more than $15 million in “Innovative Professional Development” grants over a three-year period.

www.economix.blogs.nytimes.com

Support for College Students and Banks: Not So Different
By PHILLIP SWAGEL
A bipartisan deal reached in the Senate clears the way for legislation on federal student loans to undo the July 1 increase in interest rates on new loans to 6.8 percent from 3.4 percent.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/07/25/experiential-learnings-role-preparing-students-post-graduation-careers#ixzz2a3EdD6mA
A Big IDEA
By Peter Stokes
The global economic crisis of the last five years has concentrated our collective attention, both here in the U.S. and around the world, on the need for jobs — as well as the need for strategies to support meaningful economic growth. Clearly, higher education has an important role to play here.

Education News
www.wabe.og
http://wabe.org/post/emory-three-other-schools-dropped-forbes-rankings-two-years
Emory, Three Other Schools Dropped From Forbes Rankings for Two Years
By DENIS O’HAYER
On Wednesday, July 24, 2013, the business publication Forbes removed Emory University and three other schools from its annual Best Colleges rankings, for the next two years. Forbes said for more than a decade, Emory had provided test data based on all students it admitted, rather than on those who actually enrolled…and that artificially boosted Emory’s ranking.

www.wctv.tv
New Grant For Georgia Students Going Into ‘High Demand’ Fields
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Workforce-Development-Grant-To-Offer-Tech-Students-Extra-Financial-Aid-216654981.html
By: Kara Duffy
Thomasville, GA – A new grant is giving technical college students in our area a chance to gain extra financial assistance towards tuition and fees. It’s called the Strategic Industries Workforce Development Grant. Starting this Fall semester, students attending Technical College Systems of Georgia can be awarded extra money if they’re enrolled in one of three programs which lead to careers that are considered “high demand.”

Related article:
www.forest-blade.com
New grant enables students to fill Georgia’s in-demand careers
http://www.forest-blade.com/news/education/article_48dbbd82-f47c-11e2-82a1-0019bb2963f4.html

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/25/agb-launching-commission-rethink-role-governing-boards-including-academics#ixzz2a3E6dCW9
Back to the Drawing Board
By Kevin Kiley
While myriad challenges face higher education these days – from pressure on finances to innovations in educational technology to questions about shared governance – only one group in the academy is charged with addressing all of them: the governing board. But in the past few years, boards seem to have been more likely to make headlines for addressing these challenges poorly rather than well.

Related article:
www.washingtonpost.com
National commission will review how colleges are governed, recommend changes
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/national-commission-will-review-how-colleges-are-governed-recommend-changes/2013/07/24/259b6740-f487-11e2-aa2e-4088616498b4_story.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/In-Speech-on-Economy-Obama/140525/
In Speech on Economy, Obama Vows to ‘Shake Up’ Higher Education
By Goldie Blumenstyk
President Obama, in a speech on the economy on Wednesday, said he planned to “lay out an aggressive strategy to shake up” higher education in the next few months. Speaking at Knox College, in Galesburg, Ill., a community hit hard by industrial layoffs, the president revived a message from his 2012 campaign, which highlighted the importance of education to the economy and made a sharp critique of rising college costs.

Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
‘Shake Up’ for Higher Ed
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/25/obama-vows-shake-higher-education-and-find-new-ways-limit-costs#ixzz2a3DWMhDH

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/House-Panel-Passes-Bill-to/140523/
House Panel Passes Bill to Roll Back Key Higher-Education Rules
By Cory Weinberg
Washington
A House of Representatives committee voted on Wednesday to repeal a handful of controversial higher-education regulations and roll back the Department of Education’s rule-making authority. The bill, the Supporting Academic Freedom Through Regulatory Relief Act (HR 2637), sailed through the Republican-controlled Committee on Education and the Workforce, 22 to 13, with conservative members taking aim at the department’s influence on colleges.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/25/senate-approves-student-loan-bill-surprisingly-large-margin#ixzz2a3DfNSig
GOP Drives Passage of Loan Bill
By Doug Lederman
WASHINGTON — With Republicans voting overwhelmingly in favor, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to link interest rates on student loans to the market, which would cut rates in the short term but potentially allow them to rise significantly within a few years. The margin of the vote, 81 to 18, surprised supporters of the bipartisan compromise, given numerous expressions of opposition by Democrats.

Related article:
www.chronicle.com
Senate Approves Deal on Student-Loan Interest Rates, Ending Standoff
http://chronicle.com/article/Senate-Approves-Deal-on/140533/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

www.pewstates.org
http://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/states-reform-college-remedial-education-85899492704?utm_campaign=2013-07-25-stateline-daily.html&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=55c3afe3ad304cae86b5199b2d850af7&elqCampaignId=104
States Reform College Remedial Education
By Adrien Lu, Staff Writer
…About 60 percent of community college students enroll in at least one developmental education course, according to the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College. At four-year colleges, about 20 percent of freshman students enroll in remedial classes, according to Complete College America, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., which has led efforts to reform remedial education. One study estimated the annual cost of college-level remedial help to students, colleges and taxpayers at close to $7 billion.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54837/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=bfe0e441df184612af7d3d3e88a2e885&elqCampaignId=33#
Report: Steady College Enrollment Growth for Underrepresented Minorities, College Completion Rates Increasing More Slowly
by Ronald Roach
Newly-released analysis of U.S. Education Department data shows that from 2009 to 2011, the rate at which Black and Latino students entered four-year colleges and universities considerably outpaced that of Whites, while six-year graduation rates for underrepresented minority students increased only slightly, according to the Washington-based Education Trust organization.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54841/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=bfe0e441df184612af7d3d3e88a2e885&elqCampaignId=33#
Does Where You Go to School Impact Your Opportunities?
by Dianne Hayes
In a society of labels, brands, ranks and pedigrees, does having a particular institution’s name on your diploma bring more than just pride? While most agree that a quality education can be obtained at small, lesser-known universities, a well-connected institution can offer a gateway to a world of opportunities, among them, increased access, exposure and income.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54844/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=bfe0e441df184612af7d3d3e88a2e885&elqCampaignId=33#
ETS Explores the Link Between Poverty and Education
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
WASHINGTON — To change the life trajectory of children from families of lesser means, more attention must be given to their plight and crafting policies that increase their likelihood for academic success. That was the heart of the message delivered Wednesday by the Educational Testing Service, or ETS, during a research forum titled “Poverty and Education: Finding the Way Forward.” The event featured the release of the report by the same name.

www.nbcnews.com
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/who-pays-college-education-not-mom-dad-6C10721539
Who pays for college education? Not Mom and Dad
Sharon Epperson CNBC.com
A new study finds parents are footing a smaller portion of the college tuition bill as families become more cost-conscious. The burden is shifting to the student, who now has to depend on money from other sources to pay for rising college costs – and many are also finding “free money” to pay for a large chunk of the tab.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Northwestern-U-Graduate/140531/?cid=at
Northwestern U. Student Jeopardizes Degree by Refusing to Perform Whitman
By Stacey Patton
In doing so, Timothy McNair failed a chorale course, putting his master’s degree, and his scholarship, in jeopardy. …The controversy over Mr. McNair’s protest raises larger questions: What rights should students have to refuse an assignment when they feel it disrespects them or violates their principles? How accommodating should professors be when students raise those concerns? And what campus policies might help resolve such sensitive situations?

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/07/25/controversial-u-multirank-initiative-aspires-be-different-kind-international-ranking#ixzz2a3DwHeDH
Different Kind of Ranking?
By Elizabeth Redden
The common criticisms of global university rankings are well-known. In emphasizing publications and citations, they are relevant for only the most elite research universities – the “top 200” or 500 worldwide. They fail to adequately evaluate or account for the diverse activities of any single institution, not least teaching.