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UNG receives grant from Gates Foundation to support student success
DAHLONEGA – The University of North Georgia has received a $99,999 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand a successful technology-based project that could help more students complete college, according to a release from UNG officials.

www.independentmail.com
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2013/aug/01/gsu-researcher-awarded-18-million-grant/
GSU researcher awarded $1.8 million grant
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Georgia State University officials say a researcher has been awarded with a $1.8 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Natasha Brown, of the Center for Behavioral Science, said Wednesday that Dr. Kim Huhman has been awarded a five-year grant to study strategies to treat and prevent mental health problems associated with social stress.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-07-31/university-housing-welcome-students-back-hunker-down-housing
University Housing to welcome students back with Hunker Down with Housing
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
The University of Georgia Department of Housing will welcome all new and returning students to Athens Aug. 6-7 during Hunker Down with Housing, a volunteer program designed to streamline the move-in process for students and their families.

USGNEWS:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/students-protest-regents-ban-on-illegal-immigrants/nY9K4/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Students protest regents’ ban on illegal immigrants
BY LAURA DIAMOND – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Students brought to this country illegally have again challenged a state Board of Regents policy that bars them from attending Georgia’s most competitive public colleges. About 200 people participated in a rally at the Capitol Wednesday and students plan to file a lawsuit as soon as Thursday. …Attorney Charles Kuck said he will file the lawsuit on behalf of deferred action students. “These students have put their lives on hold and can no longer wait,” Kuck said. “These kids are tired of being political pawns.”

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Immigration Attorney To Challenge Regents
http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/07/31/immigration-attorney-to-challenge-regents#

www.digitaljournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1391970
Kuck Immigration Partners Supports Georgia DACA Recipients in Their Right to Receive In-State Tuition in the State of Georgia
On Wednesday morning, July 31, 2013, Kuck Immigration Partners joined Georgia DREAMers and Deferred Action recipients on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol, in a rally to lift the ban on Georgia Deferred Action recipients and students to receive in-state tuition.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/freshman-starts-informal-white-student-union-at-ge/nY887/
Informal ‘White Student Union’ started at Georgia State
By Laura Diamond
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fall semester won’t start for several weeks, but Georgia State University has already received a handful of complaints about a new student club — the White Student Union. Freshman Patrick Sharp said he started the club so that students of European and Euro-American descent can celebrate their shared history and culture and discuss issues that affect white people, such as immigration and affirmative action.

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Student forms White Student Union at Georgia State
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=264097

www.ledger-enquirer.com
Student forms White Student Union at Georgia State
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/08/01/2611347/student-forms-white-student-union.html

www.clatl.com
‘White Student Union’ coming to Georgia State University
http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2013/07/31/white-student-union-coming-to-georgia-state-university

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/campus/morehead-s-new-digs-a-look-at-the-president-s/article_40d20852-f7d4-11e2-8e67-001a4bcf6878.html
Morehead’s new digs: A look at the President’s House
Brad Mannion
While freshmen at the University of Georgia look forward to spending their first college experience in the small, tile-floor room that is their dorm, Jere Morehead will be readjusting to life as president of UGA — inside of the mansion he will be living in during his tenure. According to Morehead’s contract drawn up by the Board of Regents, he is required to reside in the President’s House during his time as president.

RESEARCH:
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/science_and_health/uga-s-samantha-joye-organizes-rapid-response-to-study-hercules/article_d6e7a168-f9e5-11e2-8fcb-001a4bcf6878.html
UGA’s Samantha Joye organizes rapid response to study Hercules blowout incident
UGA News Service
University of Georgia marine scientist Samantha Joye organized the first research effort immediately following the Hercules natural gas well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico. The rapid response research cruise was on site four days after the incident began on July 22, when workers lost control of the well and the blowout preventer failed.

www.reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/01/us-apple-hacking-idUSBRE97002120130801
Apple fixing bug that allows fake charging stations to hack iPhones
By Jim Finkle
Apple Inc’s next software update for its iPhones and iPads will fix a security flaw that allows hackers to engage in spying and cyber crimes when the victim connects the device to a fake charging station, the company said on Wednesday. Apple’s devices are vulnerable to attacks until the company releases its iOS 7 software update, which is slated for this fall… The work was done by Billy Lau, a research scientist at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and graduate students Yeongjin Jang and Chengyu Song.

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www.forbes.com
This Fake Charger Will Hide A Trojan In Your iPhone’s Facebook App
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/07/31/researchers-demonstrate-how-to-install-iphone-malware-with-a-malicious-charger/

www.cbsnews
5 scariest cybersecurity threats at Black Hat, Defcon
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57596263/5-scariest-cybersecurity-threats-at-black-hat-defcon/

Editorials/Coumns/Opinions
www.musingsonimmigration.blogspot.com
http://musingsonimmigration.blogspot.com/2013/07/why-georgia-dreamers-had-to-sue-board.html
Why Georgia DREAMers Had to Sue The Board of Regents For In-State Tuition for DACA Recipients
Ever since the Department of Homeland Security announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”) program the question has been asked in Georgia by DACA recipients, can I now pay “in-state” tuition at Georgia Colleges and Universities? The question is simple, and the answer should be simple too. But, the Georgia Board of Regents has failed in its job to help ALL Georgia residents who qualify get the education they want and deserve. For more than seven months now, it has been clear that the Georgia Board of Regents must allow DACA beneficiaries to pay in-state tuition, by the words of their own Policy Manual, but has failed to do so.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/jul/31/white-student-unions-idea-spreads-georgia-state/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
White student unions: Idea spreads to Georgia State
A white student union founded at Towson University in Maryland has inspired a similar group at Georgia State University. The founder of the informal GSU white student union says, “All we want to do is celebrate white identity. This is about being in touch with who you are as a white person and being proud of that.” However, the Maryland progenitor holds loftier ambitions. Its founder says his motivation is to “stop our systematic genocide.”

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/08/01/lets-talk-families-about-paying-college-language-they-understand-essay#ixzz2ai4QWZ9t
The Language of Financial Aid
By C. Anthony Broh
…Should we laugh or cry about this exchange? While the conversation is written in English, the parents and college recruiter are not speaking the same language. The college representative is speaking the “Language of Financial Aid” while the parents are speaking a language about paying for college.

www.rn-t.com
http://www.rn-t.com/view/full_story/23242451/article-EDITORIAL–Foot-on-accelerator?instance=lead_story_left_column
EDITORIAL: Foot on accelerator
by the Rome News-Tribune
SOMETIMES one wonders if Northwest Georgians know where they are, economically speaking. This is a region that surprises for far more than its natural beauties and friendly folks. It is one that hears constantly that it has bright prospects, without realizing it is already the sunshine that is making the rest of the state look good. …Greater Romans know that health care and education outfits are the largest employers hereabouts.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54960/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=354d162f2e6d42fa9c8a5a8e057c0aa8&elqCampaignId=33#
The Doctrine of Common Core: Raising Public Education Standards Does Little in Our Modern Economy
by Ali M. Hangan
Thomas Jefferson once said, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” For a large part of the 20th century, public education has been wedded to economic opportunity and the ideals of a participatory democracy. Common core, to a large extent, is premised on linking education to economic opportunity to democracy and based on assumptions of a 20th century school to work model. But that is not the world we live in today.

www.foxnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/07/30/do-math-common-core-massive-risky-experiment-on-your-kids/
Do the math — Common Core = a massive, risky experiment on your kids
By Dr. James Milgram, Emmett McGroarty
Controversy is swirling about the new Common Core national standards, which are designed to transform K-12 education in English language arts and math. Especially in the area of math, Common Core proponents insist that it is the only way to address the problem of lagging achievement by American students. But the Common Core math standards fall far short of what students need for more advanced work.

Education News
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20130729-WGTC-Coweta-Campus-open
West Georgia Technical College Coweta Campus Officially Open
by CELIA SHORTT
West Georgia Technical College’s (WGTC) Coweta Campus is now open and preparing for classes to start Aug. 12. “This is a fabulous facility that will serve the community for years to come,” said WGTC Provost Perrin Alford. “We are extremely excited to offer a phenomenal educational experience to people in Coweta County.”

www.mcclatchydc.com
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/07/30/198108/feds-withdraw-10-million-from.html#.Ufp9reCTpGM
Feds announce plan to withdraw $10 million from grant to Georgia over school reforms
By Renee Schoof | McClatchy Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education notified Georgia on Tuesday that it plans to withdraw $9.9 million of the state’s $400 million Race to the Top education grant because the state has reneged on an agreement to base teacher and principal pay on performance evaluations.

www.romenews-tribune.com
http://romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/23252646/article-Barge-responds-to-US-DOE-threat-to-withhold-$10-million-in-Race-to-the-Top-funds-over-merit-pay-delay?instance=home_news_lead_story
Barge responds to US DOE threat to withhold $10 million in Race to the Top funds over merit pay delay
by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here is a statement from State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge on the U.S. Education Department initiating procedures to withhold $9.9 milllion from Georgia’s Race to the Top grant over state delays in putting a teacher evaluation program in place that weighs student performance and includes merit pay. The state has piloted a new evaluation system, but wants more time before it ties that system to merit pay for teachers.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/education/student-loan-compromise-heads-toward-final-vote/nY8hG/
House approves lower rates on student loans
By PHILIP ELLIOTT
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill that would reduce the costs of borrowing for millions of students passed the House on Wednesday and was heading to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The legislation links student loan interest rates to the financial markets, offering lower rates for most students now but higher ones down the line if the economy improves as expected.

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An Unusual Feat in Congress: Student Loan Bill Breezes On

www.diverseeducation.com
House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Reduce Student Loan Rates
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54975/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=354d162f2e6d42fa9c8a5a8e057c0aa8&elqCampaignId=33

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Report-Warns-Against-Tying/140773/
Report Warns Against Tying Student Aid to Measures Like Graduation Rates
By Kelly Field
Washington
Awarding student financial aid to colleges based on outcome measures, like graduation rates, could harm low-income students and the colleges that serve them, according to a new analysis by the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Bill-to-Update-Workforce/140783/?cid=at
Bill to Update Workforce Investment Act Moves Forward in Senate
By Cory Weinberg
Washington
Efforts to renew the Workforce Investment Act, the 15-year-old law that coordinates job-training programs, moved forward in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday when a key committee endorsed legislation that would eliminate many of the hurdles students must clear to get federal money for job training.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/walton-foundation-pumps-20-million-into-teach-for-america/2013/07/31/9c06ace8-fa16-11e2-a369-d1954abcb7e3_story.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
Walton foundation pumps $20 million into Teach for America
By Lyndsey Layton
Teach for America will add 4,000 teachers to nine cities over the next two years — including 286 in D.C. — thanks to a $20 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation announced Wednesday. The foundation has also pledged a separate $4.3 million grant to Teach for America to train and support 1,000 teachers in the Mississippi Delta.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54968/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=354d162f2e6d42fa9c8a5a8e057c0aa8&elqCampaignId=33
States Offer Students an Incentive to Graduate: Money
by Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
WASHINGTON — Every year states hand out more than $11 billion in financial aid to college students with no certainty as to whether they’ll ever graduate. …It’s a “one-sided partnership,” according to Stan Jones, president of the advocacy organization Complete College America. “The states provide the funds, but the expectations states have of students are really pretty low.” …But things in the Hoosier State and several others are about to change, as states begin to demand something in exchange for their investments: higher graduation rates.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/01/controversial-california-bill-outsource-student-learning-dead-until-2014-or-later#ixzz2ai3mnsKg
MOOC Bill Dead for Now
By Ry Rivard
A controversial California bill to pass off untold thousands of state college students to nontraditional providers of instruction, some of them for-profit or unaccredited, is dead for now. The bill, unveiled in March by a powerful California lawmaker, initially would have required the state’s 145 public colleges and universities to grant credit for low-cost online courses offered by outside groups, including for-profits companies, among them the providers of massive open online courses, or MOOCs.

www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323997004578640241102477584.html
M.B.A. Admission Tip: Always Go for an Easy ‘A’
By MELISSA KORN
Want to get into B-school? Go for the easy A.
Business-school applicants with a high undergraduate grade-point average—even those who attended schools identified as practicing grade inflation—are more likely to be admitted than those who performed slightly less well amid tougher grading standards.

www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324635904578640392992820714.html
B-School Year Gets Off to an Earlier Start
Summer Becomes Prime Time for Orientation, Polishing Job-Hunting Skills
By ANITA HOFSCHNEIDER
August has barely begun, but for some business-school students, the school year is already in full swing. Schools are summoning first-year students to campus ever earlier. On Monday, 215 students turned up at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business for orientation. The University of California at Davis Graduate School of Management held the first part of its orientation last week. The idea, administrators say, is to better prepare M.B.A. students for facing recruiters, improving their chances of landing coveted internships and job opportunities.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54964/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=354d162f2e6d42fa9c8a5a8e057c0aa8&elqCampaignId=33
Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Opportunity Funding Corp. Merge
by Diverse Staff
In an effort to develop the next generation of African-American entrepreneurs from the HBCU community, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) officially will merge today with the Opportunity Funding Corporation (OFC). The joining of resources between the two organizations will provide students at TMCF’s member schools with opportunities they have yet to receive from other higher education organizations for innovation and the chance to contribute to the nation’s economy and evolving job market.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/01/scientists-applaud-ball-state-presidents-position-intelligent-design#ixzz2ai3bjDiX
Taking a Stand for Science
By Colleen Flaherty
In what First Amendment watchdogs called a victory, Ball State University’s president on Wednesday spoke out against intelligent design as a viable scientific theory. At the same time, the university announced that a professor accused of proselytizing remained part of the faculty but was working with administrators to ensure his courses aligned with Ball State’s view that science instruction should be about science and not religion.

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www.chronicle.com
Ball State U. Bars Teaching of Intelligent Design as Science
http://chronicle.com/article/Ball-State-U-Bars-Teaching-of/140777/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/France-C-rdova-Former/140775/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
France Córdova, Former President of Purdue U., Is Named to Lead NSF
By Paul Basken
Washington
President Obama announced on Wednesday his nomination of France A. Córdova, a former president of Purdue University, to serve as the new director of the National Science Foundation.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/54972/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=354d162f2e6d42fa9c8a5a8e057c0aa8&elqCampaignId=33
NY Attorney General Sues Over SUNY Pay Fraud Claim
by Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s attorney general has sued a former state university executive and the daughter of a once-prominent legislative leader, claiming they filed fraudulent time sheets that cost the state $165,000. A complaint filed Tuesday in Albany says John O’Connor allowed Susan Bruno to file reports overstating the hours she worked on 47 occasions after she was hired in 2003 at the Research Foundation of the State University of New York.