University System News
USGNEWS:
www.ajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/university-system-to-set-new-rules-for-georgia-col/nZNW2/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
University System to set new rules for Georgia colleges
BY KRISTINA TORRES – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
For the first time in almost two decades, the University System of Georgia is clearly spelling out this week what types of degrees each of its 31 colleges should offer and how heavily they should focus on research versus teaching. It is a campaign, in so many words, to end mission creep — the unnecessary duplication of too many programs that had sprouted even during the recession. Now, the system faces a new economic reality, with fewer state dollars available to it and a slim appetite for tuition increases. Leaders felt they had to draw a line.
www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/news/2013/08/13/chancellor-quiet-on-undocumented-students#
Chancellor Quiet On Undocumented Students
By Jeanne Bonner
Chancellor Hank Huckaby, head of the University System of Georgia, had planned to discuss a controversial policy on undocumented students attending state colleges, but decided against it because of a newly-filed lawsuit on the issue.
www.myfoxatlanta.com
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/23124317/non-hazardous-chemical-spill-at-georgia-tech
Non-hazardous chemical spill at Georgia Tech building
By MYFOXATLANTA STAFF
ATLANTA – A non-hazardous chemical spill at the Georgia Institute of Technology prompted a brief evacuation Tuesday morning. Firefighters evacuated people from a campus building located on Atlantic Drive. The City of Atlanta Fire Department confirmed the spill to be non-hazardous.
USG VALUE:
www.wtoc.com
http://www.wtoc.com/story/23125633/georgia-southern-to-hold-job-fair
Ga. Southern to hold job fair
By WTOC
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) – Georgia Southern University is holding a job fair for military veterans, active duty personnel and National Guard and military spouses. More than 70 companies will there to talk with job seekers. U.S. Rep. John Barrow will also be there.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/county-by-county-news-for-wednesday/nZNQ9/ (seventh item in county-by-county news)
County by county news for Wednesday
UGA Gwinnett to host small business seminar
The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center at Gwinnett will offer a Starting a Business seminar from 9 a.m. to noon, Friday at the UGA Gwinnett Campus, 2530 Sever Rd., Lawrenceville.
RESEARCH:
www.edtechmagazine.com
http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2013/08/colleges-use-wan-optimization-manage-bandwidth-consumption
Colleges Use WAN Optimization to Manage Bandwidth Consumption
Some IT managers use the technology to set specific policies, while others prefer to react to situations on a case-by-case basis.
STEVE ZURIER
Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Ga., takes a fairly simple approach to WAN optimization. Because streaming media encompasses roughly 50 percent of all traffic across the university network that serves more than 20,000 users, Network Administrator Krey Tinker set the maximum bandwidth any one person can use at 6 megabits per second.
www.sciencerecorder.com
http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/new-sensor-device-may-provide-artificial-sense-of-touch/#ixzz2bw6FP4M2
New sensor device may provide artificial sense of touch
This new imaging principle uses parallel detection, avoiding many of the complications of existing pressure sensors.
Science Recorder | Stephanie Verkoeyen
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a sensor device that converts mechanical pressure directly into light signals that can be captured and processed optically. The device may be able to provide an artificial sense of touch, offering sensitivity comparable to the human skin.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/stratedgy/new-ted-ed-career-resource-students
A New TED-Ed Career Resource for Students
By Dayna Catropa
As discussed in a recent StratEDgy post, students can often feel overwhelmed by the idea of choosing a career path. TED-Ed announced last week that they are creating another resource for these students – a new career exploration series called, “Click Your Fortune.”
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/higher-ed-edited
Higher Ed Edited
By Joshua Kim
What would a University Edited look like? Could a university, an institution that is built on providing the full range of higher ed services and the full spectrum of academic disciplines, ever evolve into something smaller, less expensive, and more flexible? A central tenet of the Life Edited philosophy is that less stuff equals more happiness. Higher ed has a long history of creating more stuff. More buildings. More departments. More programs. More centers. More majors.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/How-Elite-Law-Schools-Are/141103/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
How Elite Law Schools Are Offering Free Rides on the Taxpayers’ Dime
By Jason Delisle and Alex Holt
Lawyers are trained to exploit the letter of the law on behalf of their clients. How we feel about that usually depends on whose side of the case the lawyers are on. Now one of the nation’s leading law schools is exploiting a huge loophole in federal financial-aid law, and taxpayers are clearly on the losing side.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/biz-beat/2013/aug/13/how-long-should-college-grads-stay-home/
The Biz Beat
How long should adult kids be allowed to stay at home?
By Christopher Seward
How long is too long for college graduates to remain at home before they are pushed out to fend for themselves? According to a new Coldwell Banker survey of more than 2,000 adults, the answer depends on whether the responding parent is 55 or older or is a millennial age 18 to 34.
Education News
www.dawsonnews.com
http://www.dawsonnews.com/section/3/article/12678/
Lanier Tech, system extend partnership
By David Renner
Lanier Technical College and the Dawson County Board of Education kicked off another school year by signing an agreement to continue the dual enrollment program they share. The effort allows students to takes courses from a state public or private college while still enrolled in high school and receive credit at both levels.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/08/13/scad-to-offer-masters-degrees-in-film.html
SCAD to offer master’s degrees in film and television
Jacques Couret
Senior Online Editor-Atlanta Business Chronicle
As Atlanta’s film industry continues to blossom, Savannah College of Art and Design in fall 2013 will offer two new related degree programs at its Midtown Atlanta campus. SCAD will offer a Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts in film and television, it said Tuesday.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/55247/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9a4d54297fcc4211a4f2eb307cc78519&elqCampaignId=53
Tuition Isn’t Only Bill Increase College Students See
by Philip Elliott, Associated Press
Despite all the grumbling about tuition increases and student loan costs, other college expenses also are going up. The price of housing and food trumps tuition costs for students who attend two- and four-year public universities in their home states, according to a College Board survey. Even with the lower interest rates on student loans that President Barack Obama signed into law, students are eyeing bills that are growing on just about every line. A look at typical college students’ budgets last year and how they’re changing:
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323446404579008930399820764.html
Student-Loan Load Kills Startup Dreams
By RUTH SIMON CONNECT
The rising mountain of student debt, recently closing in on $1.2 trillion, is forcing some entrepreneurs to abandon startup dreams and others, including Christine Carney of Orono, Maine, to radically reshape their business plans.
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323446404579008461550340636.html
Student-Debt Payment Options, but Beware of Pitfalls
By RUTH SIMON CONNECT
Being an entrepreneur is inherently risky. Adding student loans to the mix often makes the perils of failure even greater. One of the biggest challenge for most entrepreneurs with student debt is to make loan payments while earning little or nothing at their startup. Borrowers can ease the pain by temporarily deferring or forbearing loan payments.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/55243/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9a4d54297fcc4211a4f2eb307cc78519&elqCampaignId=53#
Massachusetts to Tie Community College Funding to Performance
by Ronald Roach
Massachusetts has begun a community college funding effort that ties a significant share of a school’s budget to that institution’s progress in boosting graduation rates, ultimately helping meet state workforce needs. With the state’s 15 colleges collectively receiving an additional $20 million this fiscal year over last year’s $208 million allocation, the shift to performance funding is expected to take a couple of years before it is fully implemented.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/IBMUniversities-Team-Up/141111/
IBM and Universities Team Up to Close a ‘Big Data’ Skills Gap
By Lee Gardner
IBM is expanding its push to encourage the study of “big data” through a brace of new partnerships with prominent universities and a new round of grants to support data-analytics pursuits in academe, the company announced on Wednesday.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Berkeley-Researcher-Who/141115/
Berkeley Researcher Who Questioned Herbicide’s Safety Loses Lab Financing
By Paul Basken
The University of California at Berkeley cut laboratory financing this week for a professor who has complained for years about corporate-led retaliation for his association of health risks with a widely used herbicide.
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2013/08/social_media_a_frightening_new.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Social Media a ‘Frightening’ New Threat to Test Security?
By Benjamin Herold
For the second consecutive year, hundreds of California students used social media sites to improperly post photos of secure standardized testing materials, putting their schools’ scores and eligibility for academic rewards at risk, the state department of education announced Friday. All told, 242 California schools were flagged for the improper postings this year, including 16 schools where specific test questions or answers were revealed.
www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/08/14/01test.h33.html?tkn=XRQF0nDTCjP0xdrItTp0%2F3ZqK9MWWuATQGRS&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS1
College Board Enters Expanding Common-Test Market
By Catherine Gewertz
The College Board is redesigning four of its testing programs so they reflect the Common Core State Standards and can be used for accountability, a project that adds yet another player to the list of companies seeking to take on new roles in a shifting nationwide assessment landscape.
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/teacherbeat/2013/08/new_york_issues_teacher_prepar.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
New York City Issues Teacher-Preparation Data
By Stephen Sawchuk
The teacher-preparation programs that supply a majority of teachers to New York City schools generally seem to be producing effective graduates who stay in their classrooms at higher rates than the national average, according to a report issued this morning by the city school district. The Teacher Preparation Program Reports look at 12 institutions, each of which supplied at least 150 teachers to city schools between 2008 and 2012. A number of states, such as Tennessee, Louisiana, and Ohio, have begun to issue report cards or other annual information on their teacher-preparation programs, but New York City appears to be the first district to move forward on this front.
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning-the-language/2013/08/relief_for_young_undocumented.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Relief Tally for Undocumented Youths After One Year of Deferred Action
By Lesli A. Maxwell
It’s been nearly a year since the Obama administration began its deferred action program that gives eligible undocumented youth who were brought to the United States as children temporary relief from deportation and a shot at work authorization. As of the end of June, roughly 400,000 people had been granted the status. …The Migration Policy Institute has published a new policy brief with answers to all these questions and more. …• Georgia, Illinois, and North Carolina have had the highest rates of application, while Florida and New York, despite some of the largest numbers of potential beneficiaries, have had the lowest rates.…MPI estimates that more than 420,000 undocumented young people who meet the age and other non-education criteria would fall short of winning relief because they have no high school diploma or GED, and are not currently enrolled in school.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/14/new-aaup-leader-will-use-union-background-grow-membership
Aiming to Organize
By Colleen Flaherty
After taking several years of well-documented criticism from its members, overcoming a budget deficit and undergoing a restructuring to better define its various roles (professional association, union and foundation), the American Association of University Professors has named Julie Schmid its first-ever executive director.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/14/new-yorks-tax-free-plan-puts-suny-center-economic-development
The New York Tax Advantage
By Kevin Kiley
Since Eastman Kodak, formerly the largest employer in the city of Rochester, began its slow slide toward bankruptcy, another player has stepped into the space as the region’s largest employer and a major economic driver: the University of Rochester.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/14/education-department-reprimands-accreditor-san-franciscos-community-college
Game Changer for CCSF?
By Paul Fain
City College of San Francisco’s regional accreditor is now in the same existential bind as the college, having been told by its overseer to fix several problems, pronto, or risk being stripped of power. The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday notified the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges that it is out of compliance in several areas related to its sanctioning of City College.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/14/martha-kanter-leave-education-department#ixzz2bvxn1Ph6
Kanter Joins the Exodus
By Doug Lederman
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s highest-ranking higher education official, Under Secretary of Education Martha J. Kanter, is the latest in a string of departures that has left the executive branch’s higher education team awfully thin. An e-mail message to colleagues Tuesday evening said that she would “return to academia” this fall, but provided no details about where she would land.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/14/convictions-turkish-academics-provoke-outcry-international-scholarly-groups#ixzz2bvy3HMW8
A ‘Miscarriage of Justice’?
By Elizabeth Redden
International scholarly groups are protesting the recent convictions of six Turkish scientists on terrorism-related charges after trials that were widely condemned as unjust. The convictions of the six academics, including Kemal Gürüz, a chemical engineer and the former president of the country’s Council of Higher Education, come at a time of increasing concern regarding the state of academic freedom and independence in Turkey.
www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/esea-proposals.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
ESEA Renewal: Exploring the Proposals
Congressional Republicans and Democrats are at work on competing proposals to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the current version of which is the No Child Left Behind Act. The U.S. House of Representatives passed its legislation on a partisan vote in July, while the U.S. Senate education committee approved its version this spring, with only Democratic support. Senate Republicans have introduced a bill that closely tracks with the House legislation.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/5-Years-On-Renewed-Higher-Ed/141043/?cid=at
5 Years On, Renewed Higher-Ed Act Has Lost Its Luster
By Kelly Field
Five years ago this week, President George W. Bush signed into law legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, the major law governing federal student aid. The 1,158-page bill, which was itself five years in the making, was expected to leave a lasting imprint on American higher education, holding colleges and states accountable for skyrocketing tuition and reining in abuses in the student-loan system.