University System News

USG NEWS:
www.coosavalleynews.com
http://www.coosavalleynews.com/np103694.htm
Ga Regents Adopt Bold Strategic Plan for Future
Tony Potts
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia adopted a bold Strategic Plan for the System that acknowledges a new environment for public higher education and positions the state’s 31 public colleges and universities to meet changing needs and new expectations. `We are in a ‘new normal’ when it comes to public higher education,` Chancellor Hank Huckaby said. `The old days and old ways of structuring, funding and advancing higher education are gone and will not return. Our responsibility as higher education leaders in Georgia is to seize the day and ensure the University System is structured and focused in ways that serve state needs and above all, serves students well.`

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/administration/new-policy-actions-approved-by-board-of-regents/article_a9da62ba-074f-11e3-81ab-0019bb30f31a.html
New policy, actions approved by Board of Regents
Stephen Mays
At their most recent meeting on Wednesday, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved all of the items on their agenda. Those items pertaining to the University of Georgia include the USG’s new strategic plan, ““Institutional Function and Mission Policy” as well as an approval for an endowed professorship position within the College of Engineering. The board’s strategic plan acknowledges the changing landscape higher education faces and seeks to find ways to keep up with new standards.

www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/news/article_b85e14c0-07af-11e3-9975-0019bb30f31a.html
UWG now a comprehensive university
The University System of Georgia took several steps this week to establish a more comprehensive approach to guiding the state’s 31 public colleges and universities, including establishing the University of West Georgia as one of four comprehensive universities. UWG was previously classified as a state university.

www.unionrecorder.com
http://unionrecorder.com/local/x250193001/Georgia-College-takes-new-approach-to-common-reading
Georgia College takes new approach to common reading
The Union-Recorder
MILLEDGEVILLE — For many years in preparation for the upcoming fall semester all first-year students at Georgia College were asked to read a common selection either over the summer or the day of freshman convocation. This year, however, the college is taking a new approach to common reading for students. For the first time, first-year students were asked to watch a film instead — “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” “By watching the film, students will arrive on campus prepared to engage in discussions using the movie as a springboard to introduce critical thinking and begin the first steps toward creating a community of learners,” said Elaine Whitaker, English and rhetoric professor at Georgia College.

www.nytimes.com

Master’s Degree Is New Frontier of Study Online
By Tamar Lewin
Next January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master’s degree in computer science through massive open online courses for a fraction of the on-campus cost, a first for an elite institution. If it even approaches its goal of drawing thousands of students, it could signal a change to the landscape of higher education.

Related article:
www.todayonline.com
Georgia Tech to offer online master’s degree for S$8,400
http://www.todayonline.com/world/americas/georgia-tech-offer-online-masters-degree-s8400

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/health/2013-08-17/athens-steps-help-create-solutions-georgias-doctor-shortage-crisis
Athens steps up to help create solutions to Georgia’s doctor shortage crisis
By APRIL BURKHART
…The state currently ranks 41st in the nation for the number of physicians per 100,000 population and projections show Georgia will fall about 5,000 physicians short of needed levels by 2030. …Medical Partnership
In light of the nationwide physician shortage, the Georgia Board for Physician Workforce (GBPW) suggested that medical schools expand enrollment. There are five medical colleges in Georgia and all of them have expanded enrollment or have plans to expand it. The GRU/UGA Medical Partnership campus in Athens was planned after the state ranked so low in physicians per capita and as a result of several other health factors. …The expansion has not begun yet and probably will occur in steps pending permissions required from the Liaison Committee for Medical Education, the Board of Regents and others that support the medical partnership campus, Schuster said.

www.dailycaller.com
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/19/georgia-regents-university-somehow-manages-to-misspell-college-on-diplomas/
Georgia Regents University somehow manages to misspell ‘college’ on diplomas
Eric Ownes
Education Editor
Georgia Regents University is a mostly health sciences-oriented school located mainly in Augusta. Last week, this school with the wonderfully gloomy acronym GRU made news by managing to misspell the word “College” on 14 diplomas.

www.globalpost.com
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/agencia-efe/130816/freedom-u-school-year-starts-more-classes-the-undocumented
Freedom U. school year starts with more classes for the undocumented
Atlanta, Aug 16 (EFE).- Freedom University, which offers courses with university credits for undocumented youths barred by regulation from Georgia’s five most-selective public institutions, begins its school year this fall with more classes and new challenges.

Related article:
www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com
Freedom University to Offer More Classes for the Undocumented
http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/freedom-university-to-offer-more-classes-for-the-undocumented/26526/

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-08-16/regents-uphold-tenure-revocation-uga-professor
Regents uphold tenure revocation for UGA professor
By LEE SHEARER
The state Board of Regents has denied a University of Georgia art professor’s appeal of his tenure revocation. UGA administrators began a rare tenure revocation process earlier this year against nationally known painter James Barsness for having sex in a public place with a student under his supervision at UGA’s Costa Rica 2012 Maymester study abroad program, which UGA administrators said was a violation of UGA’s harassment policy and other university and state Board of Regents policies. The Board of Regents is the appointed group that sets policy for UGA and other state public colleges and universities.

Related article:
www.chronicle.augusta.com
UGA professor loses tenure after public sex with student
Regents deny appeal of celebrated art teacher
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-08-17/uga-professor-loses-tenure-after-public-sex-student

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/clayton-state-student-shot/nZR8R/
Clayton State student shot
By Ariel Hart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Clayton State University student was shot twice as he and a co-worker went to the Clayton Station apartments after work around 1:45 a.m. Sunday. He was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital and is in good condition. The shots may be random gunfire from a group of about 10 people that was in the parking lot of the apartments, according to a statement from Clayton State University.

GOOD NEWS:
www.jacksonville.com
http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2013-08-17/story/college-coastal-georgias-new-president-welcomes-students
College of Coastal Georgia’s new president welcomes students
By Terry Dickson
BRUNSWICK | By his reckoning, Saturday was Gregory Aloia’s 23rd fall move-in day. It was his first, however, at College of Coastal Georgia, where he took office July 1 as president. There was a lot more humidity than he was accustomed to — he came to Georgia from West Virginia — but there were still people to greet, boxes to lug and a lot of other things that happen at colleges all over the country in a Saturday in late summer. He also did a lot of talking to returning students, faculty and staff because everything seems to remind Aloia of a story.

www.wtoc.com
http://www.wtoc.com/story/23159401/ga-southern-university-welcomes-5000-to-campus-housing
Georgia Southern welcomes 5,000 to campus housing
By Dal Cannady
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) – Joy Bonner felt welcomed immediately on her arrival to Georgia Southern. Her trip to pick up her on-campus apartment keys included a conversation with university president Dr. Brooks Keel. Before she could open the car to unload the first box, a handful of volunteers approached with a large cart. …An estimated 5,000 students and their parents came through the Recreation Activity Center to get keys, sign up for meal plans, get a parking permit and other non-classroom essentials. …Classes begin on Monday and they anticipate 20,000 students for the fall semester.

www.my.georgiasouthern.edu
https://my.georgiasouthern.edu/index.php?option=com_content&id=1886
Students Settle into their New Homes During Operation Move-In
Mary Kate Niederhauser was all smiles as she and her parents maneuvered their way through the Recreation Activities Center (RAC) on Friday morning as part of Operation Move-In. …Niederhauser said she was anxious to begin classes on Monday, and looking forward to attending various events on campus throughout the semester. …President Brooks Keel, Ph.D., also made his way around campus on Friday with First Lady Tammie Schalue, taking time to greet parents and students at the RAC and also at residence halls as the new students unpacked their belongings.

www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=264614
Classes start Mon. on all 4 UNG campuses; special events planned
By Ken Stanford Staff
DAHLONEGA – Fall classes begin Monday on each of the four University of North Georgia (UNG) campuses – and special events are planned over the next two weeks. The Weeks of Welcome special events have been planned not only for students, but with faculty and staff in mind, as well, according to school officials.

www.forsythnews.com
http://www.forsythnews.com/section/3/article/19522/
College ready to welcome students
Fall enrollment up 40 percent at local UNG campus
By Crystal Ledford
Melissa Furnish was busy Friday morning getting everything ready for her first-year nursing students who will arrive for classes Monday at University of North Georgia’s Cumming campus. Furnish said the days leading up to the start of a new academic year are always exciting, but they may be more so at the local site, which opened in summer 2012.

www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/bookmark/23395227-Cobb-County-colleges-report-growth-change
Cobb County colleges report growth, change
by Lindsay Field
MARIETTA — Two of Cobb’s three largest colleges have a good idea what their enrollment numbers for the fall 2013 semester look like, and one is reporting an increase in the student population.
Chattahoochee Technical College, which encompasses eight campuses with four in Cobb County, recorded a decrease in enrollment for fall, while Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta increased its student population by about 6 percent. Kennesaw State University, which is Georgia’s third largest college, will not have preliminary enrollment figures available until September.

www.13wmaz.com
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=242750
FVSU Prof. Named White House Champion of Change for Technology
Austin Lewis
By 2020, there will be be more than 1.4 million computer related job openings. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Labor. But at current graduation rates in computer science, only 30 percent of those jobs would be filled. The White house selected 11 people from around the country to help them attract more women and minorities to the tech field. Both are under-represented groups in the tech field One of those was Fort Valley State University professor, Cheryl Swanier.

www.13wmaz.com
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/topstories/article/243139/175/Fort-Valley-State-Leaders-Seek-Global-Partnerships
Fort Valley State Leaders Seek Global Partnerships
Claudia Taylor
Leaders at Fort Valley State University spent the day going over an agenda that could create new global opportunities. Members of the Guyana Association of Georgia visited the university. They listened to a presentation on the academic, athletic, and fundraising efforts put in place by faculty and students. …Griffith says global efforts are important for Fort Valley State right now. He says the university will seek agriculture partnerships in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and Brazil in the near future.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Universities-Reporting-the/140757/
Universities Reporting the Most Research-and-Development Spending in All Fields, by Source of Funds, FY 2011
The top 30 institutions accounted for 40 percent of all research-and-development spending, and the federal government provided 65 percent of the funds for that spending.
… 26. Georgia Institute of Technology: $655,000,000 (All R&D expenditures), $412,000,000 (Federal-government support (non-ARRA), $16,000,000 (Federal-government support (ARRA), $11,000,000 (State- and local-government support), $158,000,000 (Institution funds) $42,000,000 (Business support), $13,000,000 (Nonprofit organizations’ support), $4,000,000 (All other sources)

www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/blogs/georgia-works/2013/08/19/veteran-and-military-job-fair-at-georgia-southern#
Veteran and Military Job Fair at Georgia Southern
By Chip Rogers
Georgia Southern University and U.S. Rep. John Barrow will be hosting a Veterans and Military Job Fair on Tuesday, August 20th from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Nessmith-Lane Conference Center. Any military service veterans, active duty military personnel, National Guard personnel, reserve component personnel and military spouses are welcome to attend.

www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/news/article_a9e1e036-07ad-11e3-ab3a-001a4bcf6878.html
Villa Rica teen could be Georgia’s youngest Master Gardener
Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
Like most Master Gardeners, Tyler Hemrock of Villa Rica enjoys talking about his vegetable garden and the problems caused by this year’s rainy growing season. He can also answer questions about soils, fertilizers and insects. But unlike the other 125 or so Carroll County Master Gardeners, Hemrock is only 14 years old, the youngest in the club and probably the youngest Master Gardener in Georgia. …“The purpose of the Master Gardener program is to train volunteers to complement, enhance and support the educational efforts of the local UGA Cooperative Extension office,” Burke said. “The training is like a mini-college course.” …His career plans are in dentistry. He plans to take pre-dentistry courses at University of West Georgia and study dentistry at Georgia Regents University College of Dental Medicine, specializing in orthodontics.

RESEARCH:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/technology/pilotless-planes-may-guide-ga-plows-pickers/nZRF9/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Pilotless planes may guide Ga. plows, pickers
BY KELLY YAMANOUCHI – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
MOULTRIE — On a dirt path through rows of corn, cotton and peanuts in this South Georgia town, a small black unmanned helicopter levitates, then takes off 675 feet into the sky.
It’s one of the test flights of unmanned helicopters from Stockbridge-based military drone maker Guided Systems Technologies that started in June and finish next month, a project underwritten by a $100,000 grant from the Georgia Centers of Innovation for Aerospace and Agribusiness. Researchers from the University of Georgia Tifton campus and Middle Georgia State College are also involved.

www.theprairiestar.com
http://www.theprairiestar.com/agweekly/news/livestock/a-new-approach-to-parasite-management-in-sheep/article_c303c808-0358-11e3-b6e8-001a4bcf887a.html
A New Approach to Parasite Management in Sheep
The American Sheep Industry Association is continuing its series of webinars. Register now for the Aug. 27 webinar entitled A New Approach to Parasite Management in Sheep. …Presenters from Fort Valley State University, including Will Getz, Ph.D., professor of animal science and extension specialist, and Thomas Terrill, Ph.D., assistant professor of animal science, will discuss the current state of thinking on best management practices for control of internal parasites in sheep.

www.forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/08/18/links-18-aug-apples-app-store-isnt-as-secure-as-you-think/
Links 18 Aug. Apple’s App Store Isn’t As Secure As You Think
Tim Worstall, Contributor
It is true that Apple’s App Store is more secure than many or most others out there. For Apple does at least try to run each piece of code before allowing it to be downloaded. However, this isn’t enough to ensure 100% protection against malware in said store… Furthermore, the Georgia Tech researchers included code on their Jekyll app that allowed them to monitor Apple’s review process. They discovered that the app had only been tested for “a few seconds” before it was allowed to go live on the iOS App Store.

www.dispatch.com
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/08/18/experts-urge-caution-in-online-sharing.html
Experts urge caution in online sharing
By Christopher Quinn
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
ATLANTA — Seymour “Sy” Goodman, an expert on information security at Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, does not have a Facebook page. Goodman knows the risks of spreading personal news and information on the Internet probably as well as anybody, but even he does not know as much as he should. The field is too vast and it changes too quickly.

www.informationweek.com
http://www.informationweek.com/tech-center/it-as-a-service/apple-ios-security-defeated-by-sneaky-ap/240160105
Apple iOS Security Defeated By Sneaky App
After slipping a malicious app past Apple’s App Store reviewers, security researchers say Apple should strengthen its defenses.
By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
Five computer security researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated that they can create malicious apps that can avoid detection by Apple’s app review process. In “Jekyll on iOS: When Benign Apps Become Evil”, a paper presented at the Usenix Security ’13 conference, Tielei Wang, Kangjie Lu, Long Lu, Simon Chung, and Wenke Lee describe how they were able to create apps that can be exploited remotely through program paths that did not exist during the app review process. The researchers call these “Jekyll apps,” because they conceal their malicious side.

www.tampabay.com
http://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/masstransit/with-new-app-hillsborough-bus-riders-can-track-their-ride/2137093
With new app, Hillsborough bus riders can track their ride
Bill Varian, Times Staff Writer
TAMPA — Waiting for a public bus in Florida can mean braving heat and summer deluges without knowing whether your ride is five minutes away or 30. That changes today, when Hillsborough Area Regional Transit unveils a new website and smartphone app that will allow public transit riders to track their bus in real time… Working with a team from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the group at USF conducted a pilot project with 400 participants, half of whom got to use the app or website. They haven’t finished crunching the numbers yet, but so far the reviews appear favorable.

STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-08-15/lawmaker-wants-uga-deny-obamacare-money
Lawmaker wants UGA to deny Obamacare money
By WALTER C. JONESMORRIS NEWS SERVICE
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal was asked on Friday to order the University of Georgia to give back $1.7 million it received from the federal government to help Georgians select a health insurance plan. Rep. Jason Spencer, R-Woodbine, sent Deal a letter calling for an executive order instructing the school to refuse the grant awarded the day before.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/aug/19/your-daily-jolt-state-lawmaker-demands-uga-give-ba/
Political Insider with Jim Galloway
Your daily jolt: State lawmaker demands UGA give back $1.7 million in Obamacare prep cash
Last Thursday, my AJC colleague Misty Williams wrote – on our subscription side – a piece on the $3.8 million in federal money that was coming to Georgia to prepare consumers for the health insurance exchange that will be launched in October. The tail end of the article included these lines: Federal officials awarded on Thursday a second $1.7 million grant to the University of Georgia to hire navigators. The goal is to present people with their insurance options in as understandable a way as possible and to help them make wise choices about their health care, said Linda Kirk Fox, dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at UGA. …The ink was scarcely dry — or digitized — before a Georgia lawmaker demanded that the cash be rejected like a visitor’s home run at Wrigley.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/georgia-leaders-rethink-china-strategy/nZRhN/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Georgia leaders rethink China strategy
BY GREG BLUESTEIN – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Georgia governors have long dreamt of a Chinese investment onslaught that sends new business surging through the state. Sonny Perdue once compared the painstaking process to farming: You plant, you water, you fertilizer and then wait for the harvest. Georgia’s still waiting. So as Gov. Nathan Deal kicks off a 12-day journey to Asia on Monday, the state plans a new — and perhaps novel — strategy to grab a bigger share of China’s export market and lure investment. His journey holds both the promise of a surge of jobs and spending that could directly benefit Georgians, and the risk of another trade mission that produces high hopes and scant results.

www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/08/17/2638893/gov-deal-to-lead-trade-mission.html
Gov. Deal to lead trade mission to Asia
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal will head to Asia next week with the goal of exploring opportunities for business, trade and tourism. Deal will lead a delegation of state officials and business leaders on the nine-day trip to China and Japan from Aug. 22-30. The group plans to visit Shanghai, Qingdao and Jinan in the People’s Republic of China as well as Tokyo. …The governor’s office said the delegation reflects Georgia’s diverse strengths:
— Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black, along with agriculture officials and business representatives, plans to market Georgia to China for agricultural opportunities;
— University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby and other education officials plan to look for academic collaborations;
— Georgia Ports Authority Executive Director Curtis Foltz and Ben Tarbutton, III, of Sandersville Railroad Co. are to represent top Georgia logistics assets;

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/business/state-to-make-big-push-into-funding-startups/nZQJ5/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Georgia to make big push into funding startups
BY J. SCOTT TRUBEY – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
It’s been called the “mother’s milk” of startup companies, but for years, many Georgia entrepreneurs have complained they’re starved for nourishment. Venture capital, a high-stakes form of investor funding for young companies, has been rather scarce in Georgia compared to other startup hubs. But with attracting and retaining so-called “knowledge jobs” a top economic development priority, state leaders are poised to step into the breach in a big way. A program called Invest Georgia could plow $100 million of state dollars over five years into Georgia startups.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/aug/19/math-teacher-inherent-flaws-how-georgia-and-common/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Math teacher: Inherent flaws in how Georgia and Common Core teach math
Georgia math teacher Trevor Thomas writes about the controversial integrated math curriculum that has been a subject of frequent Get Schooled blogs over the last five years. (If you search on “math,” you will find many pros and cons on the program introduced by former school chief Kathy Cox.) Thomas has taught high school mathematics for 20 years (public and private). He holds two graduate degrees (one from UGA) in math ed and has been writing opinion columns for about 10 years. This is his first piece for the Get Schooled blog

www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/23398509/article-Constantly-changing-curriculum-stacks-odds-against-Georgia-students?instance=lead_story_left_column
Constantly changing curriculum stacks odds against Georgia students
by Don McKee
Algebra is a big problem for most Georgia public school students, especially with the new coordinate algebra imposed under Common Core Standards adopted by state education officials. Only 37 percent of Georgia students met or exceeded the coordinate algebra standard this year on the first tests administered since Common Core algebra was introduced last fall, mostly to ninth-graders. That means a stunning 63 percent of the students did not meet the Common Core standard.

www.thebrunswicknews.com
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/Open_Access/editorial/
Utility study shows investment in efficiency
The Brunswick-Glynn County Joint Water and Sewer Commission is making a wise investment. It will pay the experts at the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute $33,000 to tell it if it is operating efficiently — whether it needs to add, cut or do nothing. This is something that should have been done long ago, when the city and county water and sewer systems first merged and tied their workforces together.

www.blogs.wsj.com
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/08/19/the-morning-download-estimates-of-prisms-economic-damage-keep-rising/
The Morning Download: Estimates of Prism’s Economic Damage Keep Rising
Steve Rosenbush
Deputy Editor
The Morning Download comes from the editors of CIO Journal and cues up the most important news in business technology every weekday morning. …Master’s degree is new frontier for study online. From their start two years ago, free massive open online courses, or MOOCs, have drawn millions of students. The courses have not yet produced profound change, partly because they offer no credit and do not lead to a degree. The disruption may be approaching, though, as Georgia Tech, which has one of the country’s top computer science programs, plans to offer a MOOC-based online master’s degree in computer science for $6,600 — far less than the $45,000 on-campus price, writes the NYT’s Tamar Lewin.

www.theatlantic.com
http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/08/women-are-leaning-in-and-not-getting-paid-for-it/278765/
Women Are ‘Leaning In’–and Not Getting Paid For It
Women are more likely than men to have unpaid internships like the one Sheryl Sandberg’s non-profit recently posted.
VICKIE ELMER
In the US, women are shortchanged by 23 percent compared to what men earn–and that’s when they are actually paid for their work. As many as 77 percent of unpaid internships are held by women in government agencies, nonprofits, and companies, according to a 2009 study by InternBridge. Among them may be one at an organization Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg founded to promote women’s advancement, LeanIn.org… Facebook, however, hires hundreds of interns year-round, recruiting them from Princeton, Stanford, MIT and Georgia Tech.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/08/19/essay-big-data#ixzz2cQ7pAj8S
Walking Into Big Data
By Felicia B. LeClere
A long walk through the English countryside and the current flap over the government surveillance of cell phone records touched off my deeply held and unreasoned Luddite reaction to “big data.” Like most over-hyped trends, the surge of interest in big data and its application provokes ennui among those of us with some mileage on our sneakers. Gary King of Harvard says that with all the available “big data” students in their freshman year can be given a personalized plan to achieve their lifetime career goals.

Education News
www.tampabay.com
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/common-core-curriculum-standards-spark-political-firestorm/2137006
Common Core curriculum standards spark political firestorm
Kathleen McGrory, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — The new Common Core State Standards are more than just a road map for teachers and students. They’re a political football causing a rift among Republicans. In Florida, conservative moms and tea party groups have mounted fierce opposition to the national standards, saying decisions about teaching and learning should be made by state governments and local school boards — not the federal government.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/55347/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=a3a255c4b7df496cb7cd0838bf1f7cc5&elqCampaignId=33#
Nearing 50, NAFEO Continuing to Grow Into Role as Effective Advocate for HBCUs
by Cheryl Fields
For nearly 50 years, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) has served as the overarching advocate for all 105 historically Black colleges and universities and 91 predominantly Black institutions (PBIs), working behind the scenes to ensure its member institutions receive their share of federal and state funding and contract opportunities. But as NAFEO’s 50th anniversary approaches, some people — including its board members — say it is time for the organization to get a facelift because a strong, national advocate for HBCUs is needed now more than ever.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-08-18/experts-say-colleges-must-adapt
Experts say colleges must adapt
By WALTER C. JONESMORRIS NEWS SERVICE
ATLANTA — Changes in the economy and demographics are forcing colleges and universities to alter the way they offer courses, experts say, but that doesn’t mean they can abandon traditional classes. The swirl of policy choices for higher education drew the attention of state legislators from across the country last week during the convention of the National Conference of State Legislatures meeting in Atlanta.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/19/feminist-professors-create-alternative-moocs#ixzz2cQ7C8qya
Feminist Anti-MOOC
By Scott Jaschik
At first glance, “Feminism and Technology” sounds like another massive open online open course. The course will involve video components, and will be available online to anyone, with no charge. There are paths to credit, and it’s fine for students to take the course without seeking credit. An international student body is expected. But don’t look for this course in any MOOC catalog.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/08/19/college-enrollment-initiative-posts-promising-results-after-five-year-pilot-project#ixzz2cQ7NidZO
Bridging the Gap
By Carl Straumsheim
Five years after a corporate foundation and an education and health advocacy group launched a program designed to smooth the path from high school to college, data suggest that the initiative can succeed in raising college enrollment — especially among African-American and Latino students — largely by reorganizing existing services and coordinating the work of other college access programs.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/For-Internet-Access-Rural/141149/?cid=wc
For Internet Access, Rural Students Have to Hit the Road
By Sara Grossman
…He made the drive twice each day, leaving early in the morning to make his 8 a.m. class and staying on campus until late in the evening. It wasn’t that he was in class all day. He stayed to complete online research and Web-based assignments. Living five miles beyond the reach of broadband in his area, he lacked high-speed Internet at home. …In an era when education increasingly takes place online, broadband Internet access is a basic necessity for students, says Tom M. Koutsky, chief policy counsel at Connected Nation, a nonprofit that works to expand such access in the United States. Students today are minimally expected to perform research and submit assignments online, and they need reliable, fast Internet access to do so, he said.

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Real Education’
By Colleen Flaherty
It’s a question many professors may be asking themselves this month, as they prepare for another academic year: “Why teach?” Mark Edmundson, professor of English at the University of Virginia, answers the question in a new book, Why Teach? In Defense of a Real Education, out Tuesday from Bloomsbury. But what is a real education – and why does it need defending?

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Last Line of Defense
By Allie Grasgreen
When University of Maryland at Eastern Shore faculty return to campus this fall, they’ll find a new tool in their teaching arsenal. Each classroom will be equipped with a new whiteboard, measuring 18 by 20 inches and weighing a little less than four pounds. They come in snazzy colors like pink, blue and green. Oh, and they’re bulletproof. Couldn’t hurt, right? It’s a potentially life-saving tool, a last line of defense in the event of an active shooter situation, and that was basically the thinking behind President Juliette B. Bell’s decision to spend $59,800 on the whiteboards/shields.

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Foreign Education Costliest in Australia, Report Finds
Australia is the most expensive country for foreign students to pursue a higher education, surpassing the United States and Britain, a report by HSBC has found. Average annual tuition fees for foreign students in Australia and the United States are roughly the same, about $25,000, the report, released last week, found, but a higher cost of living pushed Australia to the top of the list.

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In Absence of New Revenue Bonds, Texas Universities Delaying Projects
By REEVE HAMILTON
The University of Houston-Clear Lake, which is scheduled to become to a four-year university in 2014, had sought support from the Texas Legislature for new science and academic support facilities that administrators hope to open in 2017. But a package of tuition revenue bonds to provide more than $2.7 billion to support about 60 campus construction projects around the state was not approved during the last legislative session, despite broad, bipartisan support. And during the three subsequent special sessions, Gov. Rick Perry did not add the issue to the agenda.