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Crawley named new director of UGA Gwinnett campus
By The Associated Press
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — University of Georgia officials say Laura Crawley has been named the new director of the University of Georgia’s Gwinnett campus. Crawley has served as director of the executive MBA program in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University since 2009. …Officials say Crawley will handle coordinate of academic programs and will work with UGA schools and colleges to maintain and develop graduate-degree programs for the Gwinnett campus. The campus also houses the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and the Small Business Development Center, which offer noncredit courses for professional development.

www.nytimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/education/online-application-woes-make-students-anxious-and-put-colleges-behind-schedule.html?_r=0
Online Application Woes Make Students Anxious and Put Colleges Behind Schedule
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
With early admission deadlines looming for hundreds of thousands of students, the new version of the online Common Application shared by more than 500 colleges and universities has been plagued by numerous malfunctions, alarming students and parents and putting admissions offices weeks behind schedule “It’s been a nightmare,” Jason C. Locke, associate vice provost for enrollment at Cornell University. “I’ve been a supporter of the Common App, but in this case, they’ve really fallen down.” Colleges around the country have posted notices on their admissions Web sites, warning of potential problems in processing applications. Some Minnesota colleges have created an optional partial application. The Georgia Institute of Technology has one of the earliest fall application deadlines, Oct. 15, but it was not able to start reviewing applications on a large scale until last week and has postponed the deadline for some supporting paperwork until Nov. 1.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-10-12/government-shutdown-could-cut-military-scholarships-medical-students
Government shutdown could cut military scholarships for medical students
By JODI MURPHYGEORGIA HEALTH NEWS
On the evening of Sept. 30, Palmer Feibelman received an email he didn’t expect. It informed him that he might not be receiving his monthly stipend of $2,122 from the U.S. Navy due to the government shutdown. Feibelman is a first-year medical student at the Georgia Regents University-University of Georgia Medical Partnership in Athens and a recipient of a Health Professions Scholarship.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/politics/usa-rotc-deals-with-government-shutdown-related-cuts/article_2dc6880a-3460-11e3-acee-001a4bcf6878.html
USA ROTC deals with government shutdown related cuts
Emily Kopp
When President Barack Obama and United States House of Representative Republicans will broker a deal remains unclear, but the repercussions of the ongoing government shutdown on military students at the University of Georgia are certain. The Bulldog Battalion, UGA’s Army ROTC program, has coped with cuts for two weeks.

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www.covnews.com
http://www.covnews.com/section/1/article/45966/
GPC hosts ‘Awesome Autumn’
Georgia Perimeter College’s Newton Campus invites college-bound students, community members and their families to help GPC celebrate its first-ever “Awesome Autumn” Open House from 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Oct. 19. The campus is at 239 Cedar Lane, Covington, and the event is free. During the morning, campus tours, information about classes, academic advisers and financial aid officers will be available, and new students will receive a GPC application fee waiver.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-10-13/uga-earns-economic-development-distinction
UGA earns economic development distinction
By STAFF REPORTSNEWS
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated the University of Georgia an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University, the university announced last week. UGA is one of only 16 universities in the nation to receive the designation, according to a news release from the school.

www.digitaljournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1520872
Times-Georgian: CrowdWest Crowdfunding Event Gets National Attention
Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) It is 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 business community. Crowdfunding is the new angel in the investment and funding world.

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Times-Georgian: CrowdWest Crowdfunding Event Gets National Attention

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http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-10-11/governor-predicts-continued-growth-life-sciences-industry-georgia
Governor predicts continued growth of life sciences industry in Georgia
By ANDY MILLERGEORGIA HEALTH NEWS
Gov. Nathan Deal saluted Georgia’s life sciences companies for their economic impact, predicting continued growth of this industry at an Atlanta conference earlier this week.
The life sciences industry includes companies involved in biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and agricultural science. The industry and related university research, along with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, have a $20 billion annual economic impact on the state and produce more than 94,000 jobs, according to a 2012 report by the University of Georgia.

www.news-record.com
http://www.news-record.com/news/article_48f3fd9c-33b1-11e3-b180-0019bb30f31a.html
MOOCs: Online courses might change face of higher education
By John Newsom
The hot new thing in higher education is online, open to everyone — and free. They’re called MOOCs, which is short for “massive open online course.” (It’s pronounced “mook” and rhymes with “Duke.”) These online courses are taught by top professors at some of the world’s best-known universities. Millions of people with the desire to learn have logged into a MOOC… The trailblazer on this front is Georgia Tech, which will offer an online master’s degree in computer science via Udacity’s MOOCs starting in January.

www.forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/sites/sageworks/2013/10/13/economic-indicators-available-despite-government-shutdown/
What Non-Government Economic Indicators Say
Mary Ellen Biery, Contributor
In the shutdown-induced absence of several national economic indicators, media outlets have highlighted some quirky options for gaining insight on the U.S. economy – including the plastic surgery indicator and the beer consumption index. Odd indicators aside, there are many private data sources of information that can be useful on an ongoing basis to determine the current state of American businesses and consumers… A separate study of publicly traded firms by the Georgia Tech Financial Analysis Lab released recently noted median revenues declined in the 12 months ended June 2013, which researchers said signals a slowdown for the U.S. Economy.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
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College’s Identity Crisis
By FRANK BRUNI
IS a college degree’s worth best measured by the income its recipient makes 5 or 10 years down the road? Is college primarily a catapult to wealth? These were questions implicitly raised by President Obama’s recent proposal that the federal government look at graduates’ earnings when rating schools in an effort to steer students toward the best ones.

www.blogs.wsj.com
http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2013/10/12/moocs-are-easy-targets-but-dont-count-them-out/?KEYWORDS=%22Higher+Education%22
MOOCs Are Easy Targets, but Don’t Count Them Out
What are the opportunities–and risks–in the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) business model?
ROBERT HOWELL: Online education is a significant “disruptive technology.” It allows existing institutions to provide mixed-model, combining in-residence and online programs. This could result in the ability to reach more students. It could, potentially, result in higher facilities utilization.

www.blogs.wsj.com
http://blogs.wsj.com/experts/2013/10/12/there-is-no-business-model-for-moocs-yet/?KEYWORDS=%22Higher+Education%22
There Is No Business Model for MOOCs Yet
What are the opportunities–and risks–in the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) business model?
KENNETH FREEMAN: Currently there is not a sustainable business model for MOOCs. MOOCs are given away for free and MOOC platforms are still trying to figure out how to make money out of them.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/rooting-for-stem-at-expense-of-arts/nbJYQ/?icmp=ajc_internallink_textlink_apr2013_ajcstubtomyajc_launch
Rooting for STEM at expense of arts?
BY MURALI KAMMA
Since when did STEM become so cool that a Miss America could be made its brand ambassador? Yes, I’m referring to Nina Davuluri, winner of the 2014 pageant. Given her degree in brain behavior and cognitive science, not to mention her academic awards, she’s certainly qualified to be a spokesperson for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
But I couldn’t help wondering — when did Glitzy embrace Geeky?

www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304520704579125003614256882.html?mod=ITP_opinion_0
Richard D. Kahlenberg: A Fresh Chance to Rein in Racial Preferences
The Supreme Court’s Fisher decision last spring has been largely ignored. Now the justices can strengthen it.
By RICHARD D. KAHLENBERG
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case that could move the country another step away from racial preferences in college admissions. Last term, the justices avoided a definitive ruling about affirmative action at the University of Texas at Austin and sent the case back to the lower courts for further review under a new, tougher standard. This week’s case, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, is a second chance. At issue is whether voters can amend a state constitution to ban racial preferences by referendum, as Michigan voters did by 58%-42% in 2006.

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False Equality in Michigan
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Can a state’s citizens amend the state constitution to ban affirmative action programs in public universities, even if the Supreme Court has approved those programs? That is the question the court is facing this week in the case of Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action.

Education News
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http://moultrieobserver.com/local/x134979101/Moultrie-Tech-receives-3-million-grant
Moultrie Tech receives $3 million grant
Staff Reports
The Moultrie Observer
MOULTRIE — The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Training Administration has awarded $3,067,705 in grant funds to Moultrie Technical College to train workers to respond to breakdowns in business systems. The grant will allow for the continuation of the college’s current Remote Automation Management Project (RAMP) for dually-enrolled high school students.

www.edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/10/16/08department.h33.html?tkn=XWNFFuqKEgQQr3dzm5dFi383F65khLxm13WD&cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Shutdown Leaves Hollow Staffing at Ed. Dept.
Only the ‘essential’ on hand to crew ship
By Ross Brenneman
Until Oct. 1, Jenelle Leonard served as the director of school support and rural programs within the U.S. Department of Education. Then the federal government shut down, leaving 4,000 of the department’s workers, including Ms. Leonard, without a paycheck. …Most of the Education Department’s phone lines now end up giving callers the same message: “There’s a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends.”

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56665/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=dbbcc77f384b43949177cddff37079ab&elqCampaignId=62#
Arnold Mitchem’s Vision: A Pragmatic Strategy to Protect TRIO Programs
By Ronald Roach
In his departing address as president of the Council of Opportunity in Education at the organization’s annual conference last month, Dr. Arnold Mitchem mixed tough talk and inspirational oratory. His tough talk defined the brutal political realities confronting the federally supported TRIO college access and academic support programs for low-income students aspiring college success.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56678/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=dbbcc77f384b43949177cddff37079ab&elqCampaignId=62#
Calif. Gov. Signs Bill for Pricier Community College Classes
By Lisa Leff, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — A bill that will allow a handful of California’s community colleges to offer additional courses at inflated prices during short summer and winter sessions earned Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature last week despite strong opposition from student leaders and the chancellor of the state’s two-year college system.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Contemplate-a/142291/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Colleges Contemplate a ‘Race Neutral’ Future
By Eric Hoover
Race-conscious admissions policies are here to stay. Race-conscious admissions policies are in peril. The justices in Washington have affirmed the status quo. The justices in Washington have undermined it. Campus officials can rest easy. Campus officials should keep chewing their fingernails. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ambiguous ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin has inspired contradictory interpretations.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/News-Analysis-The-Supreme/142281/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Supreme Court Weighs Constitutionality of Bans on Race-Conscious Admissions
By Peter Schmidt
Washington
Having recently ruled on the legal limits of race-conscious college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court is now weighing in on the constitutionality of efforts to ban public colleges from using them. A case the court scheduled for oral arguments this week, Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, No. 12-682, examines the processes through which a host of admissions preferences come into being. And the arguments being presented in it stand to dishearten anyone who hopes that the enrollments of the nation’s selective colleges will mirror American society anytime soon.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/14/colleges-consider-whether-e-cigarettes-are-covered-bans-smoking#ixzz2hhFwGeNo
Smoking Loophole
By Megan Rogers
As the use of electronic cigarettes grows, colleges are trying to determine whether the products fall under their tobacco-free policies, many of which were adopted before the new form of smoking took off.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Explosion-of-Wireless-Devices/142277/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Explosion of Wireless Devices Strains Campus Networks
By Megan O’Neil
A few weeks into the fall semester, Bruce Maas, chief information officer at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, received an e-mail from his chancellor: A junior living in campus housing was frustrated with the wireless network, which he said often left him unable to connect to the Internet. Mr. Maas, who describes the university’s wireless capacity as “very robust,” asked his networking staff to investigate. “Like many students, he had brought in his own wireless router, which connected many different personal wireless devices,” Mr. Maas says. “The wireless router was conflicting with other wireless routers that other students had brought in, and they were all conflicting with our wireless network.” …Information-technology departments around the country are being tested by an explosion in the use of personal, Internet-capable wireless devices on campuses.

www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/universities-falling-short-on-stem-say-employers/2008087.article
Universities falling short on STEM, say employers
BY JACK GROVE
Universities are not producing enough science graduates to meet the needs of the UK economy, business leaders have claimed. Six in ten employers of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) graduates think there is a skills gap in the UK that will take more than 10 years to close, according to a YouGov poll of 300 senior managers at UK companies. Some 83 per cent of businesses say the skills gap needs to be bridged in order for the UK to be competitive in the world economy, according to the research commissioned by Cambridge-based software firm MathWorks.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Washingtons-Impasse-Threatens/142305/?cid=at
Far Away in Antarctica, Washington’s Impasse Snarls Research and Careers
By Paul Basken
After two weeks, the federal government’s shutdown may have caused more worry than actual damage in the world of higher education. In its third week, however, the harm is becoming very real for hundreds of faculty members and students. In an early sign of what may await their counterparts as the nation’s political impasse slogs on, many scientists associated with the country’s Antarctic research program—which relies on active federal support for access to the remote and barren continent—are already halting their work and pondering deferred careers.

www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/11/higher-education-congress-research_n_4085778.html?utm_hp_ref=college
Higher Education Group Lashes Out At Congress For Research Cuts
The Huffington Post | By Tyler Kingkade
A group representing a multitude of business and education interests sent a letter to Congress and the White House Friday, warning that the nation’s “innovation deficit” will continue to grow if funding for university research and science education is not considered in negotiations over the government shutdown, sequester and debt limit.

www.politico.com
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-university-research-education-98164.html#ixzz2hhaVtWCu
As shutdown continues, university research doesn’t
By LIBBY A. NELSON
Congress can only shut down the federal government. It can’t stop time. The first 10 days of the shutdown passed with only hints of progress on Capitol Hill. But trained rats used for research on aging at the National Institutes of Health kept getting closer to death. Spring, peak research season, continued in Antarctica. And the deadline for federally funded grants came and went, with no one home to process the applications.