University System News

USG NEWS:
www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2013/10/georgia-state-is-one-of-the-most-diverse-universities-in-the-country/
Georgia State is one of the most diverse universities in the country
By Maria Saporta
If Georgia State University were human, it probably would identify with Rodney Dangerfield. For those younger than 30, Dangerfield was the comedian (1921-2004) who coined the catchphrase: “I don’t get no respect!” But it may be time for Georgia State to be viewed as being in the same league as the much more revered University of Georgia and Georgia Tech. …“We are one of the most diverse universities in the United States,” [President] Becker said.

www.timesenterprise.com
http://timesenterprise.com/x2112890101/VSU-to-host-campus-weapons-bill-discussion-and-debate
VSU to host campus weapons bill discussion and debate
Staff report
CNHI
VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University will host a discussion and debate on Senate Bill 101 at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Jennett Lecture Hall Room 2211. Faculty, staff, students and residents of the surrounding community may attend.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/georgia-tech-fraternity-under-investigation-for-ra/nbH2q/
Georgia Tech fraternity under investigation for ‘rape’ email
By Alexis Stevens
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Georgia Tech fraternity is under investigation after one of its members sent others an email with instructions for “luring rapebait” at parties with the help of alcohol.The Phi Kappa Tau chapter member’s email, posted on several online sites Monday, offered tips for approaching female students, starting conversation and dancing.

Related articles:
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/Georgia-Tech-investigating–rapebait–email
Georgia Tech Investigating ‘Rapebait’ Email
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech is investigating reports that a fraternity member wrote an email with instructions for “luring rapebait” at parties with the help of alcohol. The email has been widely circulated on Internet sites.

www.insidehighered.com
Ga. Tech Investigates Frat’s ‘Luring Your Rapebait’ Guide
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/10/08/ga-tech-investigates-frats-luring-your-rapebait-guide#ixzz2h7ktq75o

USG VALUE:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-10-07/georgia-college-advising-corps-receives-1-million-grant-expansion
Georgia College Advising Corps receives $1 million grant for expansion
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
In fall 2012, the Georgia College Advising Corps sent four recent graduates to high schools in disadvantaged Georgia communities to advise students on preparing for college. A year later, 12 more advisers have joined them courtesy of a $1 million grant from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation. The program, which was launched in 2008 and is sponsored by the University of Georgia’s Institute of Higher Education, sends recent college graduates on a two-year commitment to serve as college advisers in 17 Georgia high schools.

www.beta.effinghamherald.net
http://beta.effinghamherald.net/section/25/article/22956/
GSU to host town hall on veterans health care
Staff report
STATESBORO — The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center is holding a veterans health care town hall meeting at Nessmith-Lane Conference Center on the Georgia Southern University campus. The program will be held Wednesday from 1-3 p.m.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/science_health/uga-to-teach-community-about-renewable-resources/article_871b9238-2f42-11e3-b52b-001a4bcf6878.html
UGA to teach community about renewable resources
By Lauren McDonald and Arvind Deol
Fossil fuels are running out. Bioenergy, or renewable energy made from biological sources could be our planet’s future sustainable energy source in a world where these fossil fuel supplies are lowering everyday. Bioenergy Day, held Tuesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, will teach students through hands-on exhibits how energy is generated through wood, corn and other biomass and how it could be economically feasible in the future. …“Particularly by involving students and the community, we’re really excited to have all the students come and get some first hand experience in bioenergy research and I hope they really enjoy it.”

GOOD NEWS:
www.gwinnettdailypost.com
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2013/oct/07/lawrenceville-proclaims-oct-7-8220georgia/
Lawrenceville proclaims Oct. 7 ‘Georgia Gwinnett College Recognition Day’
By Randy Cox
LAWRENCEVILLE — Georgia Gwinnett College’s Lawrenceville Campus received kudos Monday night for what it has done and what it will do.
Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson and City Council proclaimed Oct. 7 as “Georgia Gwinnett College Recognition Day,” presenting the award to the college’s Dr. Bob Lutz.

www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/news/local/article_b14b10aa-2f9d-11e3-b50f-0019bb30f31a.html
Crowdfunding event gets national attention
By Winston Jones/Times-Georgian
In this age of exaggerated claims and zealous marketing campaigns, to say that “the nation’s eyes” are going to be on a certain location, at a certain time, appears to be a lot of hyperbole. However, it’s not an overstatement to say that Saturday’s CrowdWest event at the University of West Georgia coliseum is getting a lot of national attention from members of the small business community, who are interested in the new crowdfunding concept.

RESEARCH:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-10-07/uga-researchers-receive-13-million-genetically-‘fingerprint’-endangered-loggerhead
UGA researchers receive $1.3 million to genetically ‘fingerprint’ endangered loggerhead turtles
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
University of Georgia researchers have been awarded a $1.3 million grant to continue genetically “fingerprinting” the threatened loggerhead sea turtles in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Using DNA fingerprinting, or “CSI for turtles,” researchers can identify turtle mothers and their offspring to gauge how well the loggerheads are recovering after decades of population decline.

www.uk.news.yahoo.com
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/annoying-arthritis-why-eamonns-wearing-085005457.html
Annoying Arthritis: Why Eamonn’s Wearing This Glove
Sky Sunrise
Prof Alan Silman of Arthritis Research UK and classical musician Laura Wright – who suffers from the condition – explore how a lack of manual dexterity only adds to life’s frustrations. Georgia Tech Research Institute developed the glove that replicates what it is like to have arthritis.

www.bits.blogs.nytimes.com

Young People Are Not as Digitally Native as You Think
By ERIC PFANNER
Everyone knows young people these days are born with smartphones in hand and will stay glued to the Internet from that time onward. Right? Well, not quite. Actually, fewer than one-third of young people around the world are “digital natives,” according to a report published Monday and billed as the first comprehensive global look at the phenomenon. The study, conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology and the International Telecommunication Union, shows that only 30 percent of people ages 15 to 24 have spent at least five years actively using the Internet, the criterion used to define digital nativism.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/leadership_360/2013/10/coding_should_be_a_requirement_to_be_college_and_career_ready.html?cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2
Coding Should Be a Requirement to Be ‘College and Career Ready’
By Jill Berkowicz and Ann Myers
Coding is an essential language we should be teaching all of our students. Perhaps, you haven’t thought about that lately. Others are. If you think this is a grand premise, look at Estonia. This small Eastern European country has achieved an educational turnaround differently from how we are trying to do it.

www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/patrick-oconnor/applying-to-college-is-it_b_4040196.html
Applying to College: Is it Too Late to Apply Early?
Patrick O’Connor
Associate Dean of College Counseling, Cranbrook-Kingswood School
With September in the rearview mirror, seniors now look toward a new round of college application deadlines starting next week. Known as the Early Deadlines, these are the last opportunity students can submit applications to some colleges with the promise of an admissions decision by Thanksgiving, Christmas, or at least much earlier than the traditional date in late March… And as you decide, be sure to double check the early deadline for your college. Some schools, like Lake Forest and Georgia Tech, just changed their early deadlines for this year, in case students got caught in some of the unexpected technology curves of the new Common Application.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/students-talking-about-technology-ecar-2013/52787?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Students Talking About Technology: ECAR 2013
By Jason B. Jones
The Educause Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) has released the latest version of its annual report, ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013. I first started paying attention to ECAR about 5 or 6 years ago when I was at a school that participated in the survey. It’s a good study to participate in, because you get some more data points about how students use technology at your school–but even if your school doesn’t participate in the study, there are data points that will probably interest ProfHacker readers. I’ll just highlight four:

www.senatorjackhill.com
http://www.senatorjackhill.com/default.asp?pt=newsdescr&RI=267
NOTES FROM THE SENATE, OCTOBER 4, 2013
TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM IN GA A LOW-COST SUCCESS STORY
HOPE Grants Pay Much of Technical School Tuition
Georgia’s Technical College System, including Quick Start and its certificate programs focused on training for job skills is both unique and effective and is given the credit many times for the success of locating new industries in the State. The HOPE Grant has been instrumental in that success.

Education News
www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/23783667/article-Common-Core-off–to-rocky-start-in-Ga-?instance=lead_story_left_column
Common Core off to rocky start in Ga.
The controversy continues over Common Core educational standards with the prospect of a fight in the General Assembly over Georgia’s participation in the program.

www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2013/10/nearly_every_teacher_in_the.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Study Finds Teachers Enthusiastic About Common Core
By Liana Heitin
Nearly every teacher in the U.S. now knows about the Common Core State Standards, and 73 percent of math, English, science, and social studies teachers in states that have adopted them say they are enthusiastic about their implementation, according to a new survey.

www.atlantadailyworld.com
http://www.atlantadailyworld.com/201310079385/Business/clark-atlanta-nets-3-4-million-grant-from-national-science-foundation-for-stem-students
Clark Atlanta Nets $3.4 Million Grant From National Science Foundation For STEM Students
BY SPECIAL TO THE DAILY
Clark Atlanta University (CAU) received a $3.4 million grant Sept. 12 to implement and lead the Georgia-Alabama Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in support of underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The grant will cover a period of five years.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Trustees-Say-They-Lack-Good/142193/
Trustees Say They Lack Good Information on Technology, Survey Finds
By Jack Stripling
Nearly three-quarters of college and university trustees say that online learning will be “important” or “essential” to their institutions within the next five years, but only about one in five say their boards are prepared to make decisions about educational technology on their campuses, according to the results of a national survey released on Tuesday.

Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/08/survey-finds-board-members-lack-knowledge-see-big-future-ed-tech#ixzz2h7glebpg
Digital Foreigners in Charge

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/wp/2013/10/08/moocs-going-mainstream-this-may-be-the-year/
MOOCs going mainstream? This may be the year
By Dominic Basulto
Last school year, the term MOOC (massive open online course) skyrocketed into popularity as an important new experiment in higher education. This year may be the school year that the MOOC truly goes mainstream. This will mark the first year, for example, that it will be possible to receive a “super-cheap” master’s degree via MOOCs.

www.walb.com
http://www.walb.com/story/23632318/school-board-members-learn-about-a-program-to-help-at-risk-youth
School board members learn about a program to help at risk youth
By Josh Rhoden
The Dougherty County School system may soon partner with Albany Technical College to help at risk youth stay in school. Monday night, board members learned about a program that would be the first of its kind in Georgia. It would allow students in high school, identified as at risk of dropping out, to take hands-on classes at Albany Tech in areas that interest them.

Related articles:
www.walb.com
http://www.walb.com/story/23630738/dougherty-co-and-albany-tech-unite-to-help-high-school-students
Dougherty Co. and Albany Tech unite to help high school students

www.mysouthwestga.com
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?list=194943&id=955971#.UlRDNyh5iCY
Putting diplomas and jobs in Southwest Georgia hands

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/08/universitynows-unique-approach-accreditation-and-federal-financial-aid#ixzz2h7g4Xwa2
No Aid, No Problem
By Paul Fain
UniversityNow’s Patten University may be the first institution to successfully renew its regional accreditation while also voluntarily dropping out of federal financial aid programs. That move is one of several that make the Bay Area startup novel, or at least a new twist on emerging models in higher education.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/quickwire-deal-eases-courseras-entry-to-chinese-market/47197?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
QuickWire: Deal Eases Coursera’s Entry to Chinese Market
By Lawrence Biemiller
Coursera, a pioneer of massive open online courses, said on Monday night that a new partnership with a Chinese Internet company would allow Coursera to offer courses to millions of the company’s customers across China. The Chinese company, NetEase, provides Internet connections and online games, and claims to operate China’s largest e-mail service.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/US-Will-Be-Fastest-Growing/142191/
U.S. Will Be Fastest-Growing Foreign-Student Destination, Report Predicts
By Karin Fischer
The United States is projected to be the largest and fastest-growing destination for foreign students over the next decade, according to a report released on Tuesday by the British Council’s Education Intelligence global-research service.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56529/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=434769087938443aae7f1379df871ff3&elqCampaignId=62#
Diverse Conversations: Current Issues in Higher Education
by Matthew Lynch
With each passing decade, colleges and universities are faced with the task of responding to the spirit of the times. Those that deal with these trends and issues proactively often receive great rewards. However, those that do not keep up with the times face an uncertain future and, in extreme cases, failure. Recently, I spoke with Dr. Helen F. Giles-Gee to discuss some of the current issues in higher education and how colleges and universities should respond to them.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56525/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=434769087938443aae7f1379df871ff3&elqCampaignId=62#
Black Institutions Reach Out to Hispanic Populations; Benefit Culturally, Financially
By Pearl Stewart
As the 2013-2014 academic year began, Jackson State University in Mississippi and Southern University at Baton Rouge in Louisiana were welcoming to their campuses dozens of students from Brazil for intensive courses in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), as well as in English language skills. …Jackson State and Southern University are among a growing number of HBCUs that have established agreements to educate students from Latin America for part of their matriculation.

www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/school_law/2013/10/supreme_court_declines_to_take.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Supreme Court Declines to Take Up Education Appeals
By Mark Walsh
The U.S. Supreme Court formally opened its new term on Monday by denying review of hundreds of appeals, including education cases involving police drug-detection dog “sniffs” of student backpacks, the participation of school resource officers in questioning of students, and student religious speech at a graduation ceremony.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/08/us-adults-rank-below-average-global-survey-basic-education-skills#ixzz2h7gNQITI
Troubling Stats on Adult Literacy
By Megan Rogers
Eight years ago, a national survey on adult literacy offered data on the extent to which Americans — even those with college credentials — were declining in their proficiency to do the basic kinds of reading people use in everyday life. The finding, published just as President Bush and his education secretary, Margaret Spellings, were cranking up a national commission on the state of higher education, was often cited as evidence of the failings of colleges and universities.

www.usatoday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/08/literacy-international-workers-education-math-americans/2935909/
U.S. adults lag behind counterparts overseas in skills
Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
Americans trail adults in other countries in math, literacy, problem-solving.
Americans have been hearing for years that their kids are lagging behind the rest of the developed world in skills. Now it’s the adults’ turn for a reality check.
A first-ever international comparison of the labor force in 23 industrialized nations shows that Americans ages 16 to 65 fall below international averages in basic problem-solving, reading and math skills, with gaps between the more- and less-educated in the USA larger than those of many other countries.

Related article:
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/10/piaac_study_shows_adults_with.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Study Shows U.S. Adult Workplace Skills Lag Internationally