University System News
USG VALUE:
www.savannahbusinessjournal.com
http://www.savannahbusinessjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3346:sept-17-effective-communication-workshop-to-be-held&catid=53:events-opportunities&Itemid=74
Sept. 17 – Effective Communication Workshop to be Held
Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing Education wants to help people eliminate communication problems in their workplace and will offer a workshop on effective business communication to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 8:30-10:30 a.m. at the Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St., Savannah.
GOOD NEWS:
www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/88890/
University of North Georgia enrollment rises 4.6 percent
Gainesville campus largest of four
By Carly Sharec
The current unverified enrollment number for the University of North Georgia rests at 15,769, up from last year’s 15,072. “That is unduplicated head count,” said Kate Maine, director of university relations. “We have a number of students who are taking classes on multiple campuses.”
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-09-17/college-environment-and-design’s-jackson-street-building-awarded-leed-certification
College of Environment and Design’s Jackson Street Building awarded LEED certification
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
The University of Georgia College of Environment and Design’s Jackson Street Building has received LEED Gold Certification. The building is the first historic building on campus to earn the designation.
USG NEWS:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-09-17/uga-foundation-votes-buy-building
UGA board will buy Hodgson building
ATLANTA – The board controlling University of Georgia property voted unanimously Tuesday to pay $5.5 million for the Hodgson Oil Building at 286 Oconee St. in Athens. Although the company’s name is still displayed on the brown building, the school has leased it since 2004 with an option to buy it at the price agreed to Tuesday. It houses the university police, public affairs, real estate and other departments.
RESEARCH:
www.bionews-tx.com
http://bionews-tx.com/news/2013/09/17/nih-awards-2-million-engineering-approach-understanding-lymphedema/
NIH Awards $2 Million For Engineering Approach To Understanding Lymphedema
Posted by: Charles Moore
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology a $2-million research grant to unravel the mechanical forces at play in the disorder lymphedema. Lymphedema is a poorly understood disease with no cure and little hope for sufferers that develops when the body fails to circulate lymphatic fluid, a mixture of immune cells, proteins, and lipids.
www.fiercedrugdelivery.com
http://www.fiercedrugdelivery.com/story/microbottles-dissolving-corks-deliver-drugs-higher-temps/2013-09-17#ixzz2fEQOPHqk
Microbottles with dissolving ‘corks’ deliver drugs in higher temps
Researchers from the U.S. and South Korea have developed an intelligent delivery system using a structure much like a corked bottle that releases a drug payload when triggered by a rise in temperature. The concept is relatively simple: The scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Emory University in Atlanta and Yonsei University in Seoul designed “microbottles” with “corks” which, at a defined temperature, dissolve to release the contents of the bottle.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56048/#
Education Attainment Seen as Key to Minority Buying Power Surge
by Vikki Conwell
Minority groups — especially Asians — are flexing greater economic and educational muscle. Ethnic and racial minorities have attained buying power at a faster rate than their White counterparts, according to the 2013 Multicultural Economy report released last week by the University of Georgia. …Researchers cited educational attainment as one of the contributing factors of the Asian consumer market’s significant growth following the recession. High levels of educational attainment shielded the Asian market from the recession and allowed them to take advantage of the economic recovery, explained Jeff Humphreys, author of the report.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/09/17/tawny-crazy-ants-found-in-georgia.html
Tawny crazy ants found in Georgia
Jacques Couret
Senior Online Editor-Atlanta Business Chronicle
There’s a new pest in the Peach State, and it promises an “ant from hell scenario.” The University of Georgia Extension agent James Morgan found tawny crazy ants in Dougherty County. The ant comes from South America and previously was found only in a few counties in Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. …Morgan found the ants at an assisted living facility after the director called the UGA Extension office for help controlling the insect.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/bookmark/23630229-Support-REACH-to-help-state-s-economy-students
Support REACH to help state’s economy, students
by Nathan Deal
As Sandra and I attended this spring’s high school graduation ceremonies and when we hosted the annual valedictorian reception at the Governor’s Mansion, we had the privilege of meeting some of Georgia’s most accomplished graduates. As the valedictorians and salutatorians addressed their graduating class, parents and school administrators, they had common themes; they talked about their futures, their dreams and their plans for attending and completing college. …These students need our attention, mentorship and encouragement. That’s precisely why in 2012 I introduced a program — REACH (Raising Educational Achievement Can Happen) — which is designed to identify low-income middle school students who have academic promise and pair them with a mentor and an academic coach to support them from middle school through college.
www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/2013/09/17/digital-dollars/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_forward
Atlanta Forward
Atlanta is nation’s IT capital
By David Cummings
The digital economy is changing the world, and we’re just getting started. Companies are launched every day with just an idea and an Internet connection. Technology has affected nearly every area of business, and Georgia’s growth trajectory within the digital economy is very promising.
www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/2013/09/17/digital-dollars/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_forward
Atlanta Forward
Technology delivers digital instruction
By Bob Swiggum
Digital education is the use of technology to deliver instruction. Technology allows teachers to shift away from requiring all students to learn at the same pace and with the same style. Every one of us has been in a classroom, frustrated by the fact that some of our classmates seem to understand a topic with ease as we struggle with the concept.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/3-reasons-why-edx-google-partnership-big-news
3 Reasons Why the EdX / Google Partnership Is Big News
By Joshua Kim
Like many of you, I’ve been trying to get my head around the announcement that edX and Google are entering into a partnership. How big a deal is this partnership for higher ed? I had the opportunity to chat with edX’s marketing and communications team, and I think that I have some idea why the edX / Google partnership is important news.
Education News
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/09/us_ed_department_issues_guidan.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
U.S. Ed. Dept. Issues Guidance on ‘Double-Testing’ Flexibility
By Catherine Gewertz
In new guidance issued Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education offered states the chance to suspend their current tests this spring, as long as they administer field tests being designed by the two common-assessment consortia in math and English/language arts. States that use that option will not have to report the results of the field tests, according to the federal guidance on statewide testing.
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/college_bound/2013/09/college_and_k-12_education_officials_need_to_work_together_on_common_core.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
K-12, Higher Education Collaborating on Common Core, Survey Finds
By Caralee Adams on September 18, 2013 9:53 AM
The good news from a recent survey of education officials is that most states report that the K-12 and higher education sectors are working together to implement the Common Core State Standards. But it’s not been easy.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Some-Public-Colleges-Still/141673/?cid=at
Some Public Colleges Still Resist Common Core Standards, Survey Finds
By Eric Kelderman
The Common Core State Standards are meant to help prepare schoolchildren for college or the work force. But many higher-education institutions are not fully cooperating in putting those standards in place, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/feeling-heat-2013-survey-college-and-university-admissions-directors
Feeling the Heat: The 2013 Survey of College and University Admissions Directors
By Scott Jaschik
Filling a class is the job of admissions, and the 2013 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Admissions Directors shows just how hard that job has become. Just under 60 percent of admissions directors reported, for example, that they had not met their enrollment goals for this fall by May 1, the end of the traditional period of courtship of admitted applicants by colleges.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/18/mit-announces-two-mooc-sequences-edx-strategy-begins-take-shape
Mini MOOC Minors
By Carl Straumsheim
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will this fall package some of its online courses into more cohesive sequences, just as edX prepares to roll out certificates of completion using identity verification. Seen together, the two announcements may provide a glimpse at what the future holds for the massive open online course provider.
www.nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/18/education/online-classes-move-closer-to-degree-programs.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=1&
Online Classes Move Closer to Degree Programs
By TAMAR LEWIN
Coursera and edX, the two largest providers of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, are inching closer to offering degree programs, although the courses so far carry no academic credit.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/18/colleges-adopt-new-policies-accommodate-transgender-students#ixzz2fEVILPDD
Broadening the Transgender Agenda
By Allie Grasgreen
Last week, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill students marched the mile from campus to the Board of Governors meeting site to protest the UNC System’s blanket ban, imposed by the board, on gender-neutral housing. The new policy — which overturned the Chapel Hill Board of Trustees’ endorsement of the housing option — was approved while students were away for the summer under the reasoning that “there are more practical ways” to make students “safe, comfortable and included,” the board chairman said.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/EmployersPublic-Favor/141679/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Employers and Public Favor Graduates Who Can Communicate, Survey Finds
By Dan Berrett
Washington
Americans adults and employers want colleges to produce graduates who can think critically and creatively, and can communicate orally and in writing, according to the results of a public-opinion survey released by Northeastern University here on Tuesday. Respondents were far less interested in having students receive narrow training and industry-specific skills.
Related articles:
www.insidehighered.com
Broad Education vs. Industry-Specific Skills
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/18/poll-most-americans-and-business-leaders-say-graduates-should-be-well-rounded#ixzz2fEVT10jN
www.blogs.wsj.com
Are You Experienced? Employers Hope So
http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/09/17/are-you-experienced-employers-hope-so/?KEYWORDS=%22Higher+Education%22
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Colorado-Regents-May-Add/141655/
Colorado Regents May Add Political Affiliation to Nondiscrimination Policy
By Lindsay Ellis
Regents of the University of Colorado will consider adding protections for political affiliation and political philosophy to the university’s nondiscrimination policy at their meeting on Tuesday in Boulder.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/International-University/141675/?cid=at
International University Partnerships May Suffer Under a Proposed Budget Cut
By Karin Fischer
Washington
The U.S. Agency for International Development has abruptly told the group that runs its international higher-education partnerships that it could cut its operating budget by 80 percent, as of the start of the new federal fiscal year. The agency, known as USAID, informed Higher Education for Development in an August e-mail message obtained by The Chronicle that its budget would be chopped, from $4.9-million to just $1-million, beginning on October 1.