University System News
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Pipeline for undergrads to attend medical school
By Martha J. Foster
For EDU Atlanta
…Now, with the help of a new pipeline program that began Aug. 19 at Georgia Regents University in Augusta, 18-year-old Dorsey is on his way toward earning a bachelor of science and a medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia in eight years. And plans are already underway to reduce the program length to seven years next year.
GOOD NEWS:
www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/news/local/article_8a99e65a-1753-11e3-ae98-0019bb30f31a.html
UWG professor wins top award for online teaching
A University of West Georgia faculty member has been awarded one of the most prestigious teaching awards in Georgia. Kim Huett, an instructor in the Department of Educational Technology and Foundations, is the recipient of the 2014 Georgia Board of Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award. Huett is the first educator to ever receive the award in the “Online Teaching” category.
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20130908SUNDAY-UWG-Newnan-Campus-Groundbreaking
Uwg Groundbreaking
by CELIA SHORTT
On Monday the city of Newnan and the University of West Georgia will officially break ground on the new UWG Newnan campus near downtown. The new campus will be at the site of the former Newnan Hospital, at 80 Jackson Street, just north of the downtown business district.
USG NEWS:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-09-08/university-system-enrollment-declined-nearly-3-percent-last-year
University system enrollment declined nearly 3 percent last year
By LEE SHEARER
Enrollment in the University System of Georgia declined by nearly 3 percent last year, according to budget documents the system released in advance of this week’s meeting of the state Board of Regents, the appointed body that governs the state’s 31 public colleges and universities.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-09-07/uga-line-get-hoped-science-building
UGA in line to get hoped-for science building
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia is finally in line to get the big building administrators say would be a linchpin for helping UGA scientists be more competitive for federal research grants. The University System of Georgia released last week a list of fiscal year 2015 capital projects it will ask the state Legislature and Gov. Nathan Deal to authorize when state lawmakers convene next year, and UGA’s hoped-for Science Learning Center is one of just two large projects on the list.
RESEARCH:
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-tech-taps-crowd-funding-to-pay-for-researc/nZpp9/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Georgia Tech taps ‘crowd funding’ to pay for research
BY KRISTINA TORRES – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Attention geeks, what deserves your money more: honey bees equipped with tiny transmitters or a lumbering Robosaurus? Folks from around the world can now vote with their dollars about research at Georgia Tech, as one of the state’s top institutions launched a website last week tapping into that most basic of Internet Age fundraising: crowd funding.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-09-06/uga-center-receives-104-million-grant-renewal-glycobiology-research
UGA Center receives $10.4 million grant renewal for glycobiology research
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a five-year, $10.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to support the National Center for Biomedical Glycomics, a consortium of UGA faculty and staff working to develop new technologies for the analysis of glycans.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-09-08/scientists-experiment-ultrasound-save-fish
Scientists experiment with ultrasound to save fish
By WALTER C. JONESMORRIS NEWS SERVICE
BRUNSWICK — Brenda Anderson reaches over her own pregnant belly to manipulate an electronic wand across the midsection of a bonnethead shark in order to view an ultrasound image of the pups it carried. …Anderson is helping Dr. Carolyn Belcher devise an alternative. Belcher, the biologist in charge of research and manager of the surveys done by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Coastal Resources Division, is exploring the use of ultrasound technology to conduct the samples.
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/at-20-hope-enters-era-of-uncertainty/nZngx/
At 20, HOPE enters era of uncertainty
BY LAURA DIAMOND AND KRISTINA TORRES – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Welcome to the new era of HOPE — Georgia’s popular college scholarship that turns 20 this month and faces an uncertain middle age. More than 1.5 million Georgians paid for college using HOPE so far. But recent changes altered the program and more revisions are likely. Over the next 20 years:
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/now-20-what-has-hope-accomplished/nZngw/
Now 20, what has HOPE accomplished?
BY LAURA DIAMOND AND KRISTINA TORRES – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
One of the most lauded state-sponsored scholarships in the nation turns 20 this month. Its biggest anniversary gift? Having helped more than 1.5 million Georgians pay for college. Former Gov. Zell Miller created the lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship to give students an incentive to work hard in school and focus on college. He never dreamed it would be such a landmark program for Georgia. Political and college leaders credit HOPE with changing attitudes toward college.
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/hope-at-20-seven-voices-weigh-in/nZpYf/
HOPE at 20: Seven voices weigh in
BY LAURA DIAMOND AND KRISTINA TORRES – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
As Georgia’s HOPE scholarship turns 20 this month, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked seven Georgians to weigh in on what is widely lauded as one of the nation’s most successful academic programs. HOPE is intertwined with the creation of the Georgia Lottery, which also turned 20 in June. Both were launched in 1993 by Gov. Zell Miller. The lottery has pumped billions of dollars into HOPE and the state’s free pre-k programs.
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/the-lottery-and-hope/nZpw6/
THE LOTTERY AND HOPE
BY KRISTINA TORRES – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Milestones of the last 20 years
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/author/khead
Lessons Learned From a Freshman-Composition MOOC
By Karen Head
Karen Head is an assistant professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Literature, Media, and Communication, and director of the university’s Communication Center. She has been reporting periodically on her group’s efforts to develop and offer a massive open online course in freshman composition. This is her final post on the course.
Since our MOOC, “First-Year Composition 2.0,” officially ended in late July, I have been asked many times whether the course was a success. My standard response is, “Define success.”
www.nytimes.com
OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
The Pop! of the Wild
By AARON HIRSH
. . .Colleges are moving many courses into an online environment, doing away with traditional classrooms and labs. There are potential advantages to this shift. When students are logged on, educators can monitor their work in ways that are otherwise impossible. . . .But drawbacks have been pointed out. In several studies, students in online courses were more likely to struggle and drop out than were their counterparts in traditional classrooms. The discrepancy was particularly pronounced for students who were economically less privileged and educationally less well prepared.
www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/09/column-new-colab-event-seeks-to-inspire-regional-collaboration/
Column: New (co)lab event seeks to inspire regional collaboration
After 40 years of nurturing leaders in Atlanta, Leadership Atlanta believed it needed to harness the opportunities in the region by engaging a broader coalition to participate in a first-of-its-kind event.
That’s how (co)lab, a two-day summit taking place Sept. 22-23 at the Woodruff Arts Center, came to be. … Among the 60 speakers who will be at the summit are Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and columnist for The New York Times… Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed; Gov. Nathan Deal… and Bud Peterson, president of Georgia Tech.
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-brian-c-mitchell/rebuilding-higher-educati_b_3890927.html
Rebuilding Higher Education: Playing to Win
Dr. Brian C. Mitchell
Director of the Edvance Foundation
President Obama has set the higher education agenda for the remainder of his term by linking consumer fears with politics. There is substance in the president’s arguments about sticker price, the squeezing of the American middle class and the failure to provide access to a higher education degree for those who seek it. The fundamental flaw in the president’s argument is, of course, that his “scorecard” will be based upon research data that are often unreliable or nonexistent. American consumers cannot “score” a college or university if the numbers behind the scorecard are bad.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Rethinking-the-Scale-of/141487/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Rethinking the Scale of Graduate Education
Declining number of applications will force us to examine what we do and how we do it
By Leonard Cassuto
What if we built a degree program and nobody came? The preliminary application numbers have been a subject of much conversation lately among deans. The scuttlebutt is: Applications to graduate school are said to have dropped sharply this past year, across fields, across the country. Some observers are saying that the graduate-school bubble has burst.
Education News
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-09-08/hotel-teaches-georgia-educators-about-hospitality
Hotel teaches Georgia educators about hospitality
By Christina A. Cassidy
Associated Press
ATLANTA — A line of Ritz-Carlton employees stretched down the hotel hallway, and applause erupted as a group of public school educators walked by. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. uses the “wall of applause” to show appreciation – a central message during a recent training session with Georgia education officials working on a broad initiative to create family-friendly schools.
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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/ninth-graders-expected-to-choose-career-interests/nZnxQ/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Ninth graders expected to choose career interests
BY NANCY BADERTSCHER AND TY TAGAMI – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
David Lemcoe Jr.’s high school education included field trips to Georgia’s death row and a lab where he learned how blood flies when a head is struck with a baseball bat. The 2013 graduate of Centennial High School chose classes that gave him a peek into the work world. Starting this year, all Georgia high school freshmen are required to follow his lead. Hoping to address a dismal graduation rate and prepare students for the workforce, the state is requiring ninth graders to pick one of 17 broad career “clusters,” such as finance or health sciences.
Related article:
www.chron.com
Ga. ninth-graders to consider career paths
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Ga-ninth-graders-to-consider-career-paths-4798221.php
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http://chronicle.com/article/Better-Data-Can-Help-Colleges/141485/
Better Data Can Help Colleges Fight Cheating
By Frank Bi
…In what remains an unusual practice, administrators at UT-Austin began collecting data on cheating in the 1980s. Since 2003, they have published the information online. Hundreds of incidents each year are broken down by gender, ethnicity, age, college, and grade-point average, as well as type of violation (the university defines 12). The practice is part of an effort to deter academic dishonesty.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/09/study-finds-students-learn-more-non-tenure-track-instructors
The Adjunct Advantage
By Scott Jaschik
A major new study has found that new students at Northwestern University learn more when their instructors are adjuncts than when they are tenure-track professors. The study — released this morning by the National Bureau of Economic Research (abstract available here) — found that the gains are greatest for the students with the weakest academic preparation.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/55820/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=33e4ffc43acb462f99a6a3d4d06b39f8&elqCampaignId=62#
Analysts Warn Higher Education Headed for a Shakeout
by Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
Facing skeptical customers, declining enrollment, an antiquated financial model that is hemorrhaging money, and new kinds of low-cost competition, some U.S. universities and colleges may be going the way of the music and journalism industries. Their predicament has become so bad that financial analysts, regulators and bond-rating agencies are beginning to warn that many colleges and universities could close.
www.miamiherald.com
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/09/07/3612859/college-gave-florida-students.html
College gave Florida students an education in deceit
The Justice Department’s settlement with a for-profit college forced it to close its doors, but students at its Florida campuses are stuck with massive loan debts.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/55816/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=33e4ffc43acb462f99a6a3d4d06b39f8&elqCampaignId=62#
Trade Balance: Numbers Growing for American Students Studying in China, Vice Versa
by Lekan Oguntoyinbo
…Since the 2009-10 school year, China has become the top country for sending students to study at American colleges and universities. …According to an Open Doors Report released earlier this year, which is published by the Institute of International Education in conjunction with the U.S. State Department, the number of American students studying in China rose from 3,291 in 2000 to more than 15,000 in the 2010-11 school year. That number is expected to rise rapidly in the coming years.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/09/stanford-university-and-khan-academy-use-flipped-classroom-medical-education
Flipping Med Ed
By Carl Straumsheim
To help medical students progress faster and find their calling in the field, two educators suggest moving content delivery out of the classroom may be the way to bring the students back in.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/09/effects-sequester-take-effect-scientists-worry-about-future-research
Sequester Strains Science Researchers
By Michael Stratford
The billions of dollars in cuts to federal research funding earlier this year are prompting science researchers across the country to lay off researchers, close laboratories and scramble to find other sources of funding. Researchers said the budget cuts, caused by across-the-board reductions known as sequestration, are threatening important scientific investigations and pushing young scientists out of the field.
www.postrib.suntimes.com
http://posttrib.suntimes.com/news/22360611-418/daniels-pushes-to-change-purdues-business.html
Daniels pushes to change Purdue’s business
By J.K. WALL Indianapolis Business Journal
WEST LAFAYETTE — As president of Purdue University, Mitch Daniels wants nothing less than to change the rules of higher education. But first the former governor must convince the school’s skeptical professors that his plans aren’t just politics, but actually good for Purdue. After considering and rejecting ways to make Purdue a high-end private university, Daniels now wants to establish Purdue as the nation’s premier place for “value” education.