University System News
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http://www.globalatlanta.com/article/26545/french-government-to-knight-georgia-tech-president/
French Government to ‘Knight’ Georgia Tech President
By Phil Bolton
France’s Consulate General in Atlanta announced Oct. 21 that G. P. “Bud” Peterson, the Georgia Institute of Technology’s president, is to be honored with the Legion of Honor, in the rank of Knight, on Wednesday, Oct. 23. Frédéric Doré, ministry counselor and deputy chief of the mission at the French embassy in Washington, is to bestow the honor during a launch ceremony for the 4th France Atlanta: Together Towards Innovation program. Dr. Peterson is to be honored for strengthening French-American relations through the Georgia Tech Lorraine campus in France as well as the France Atlanta events
www.globalatlanta.com
http://www.globalatlanta.com/article/26550/franco-us-ties-strengthen-in-atlanta-despite-intelligence-snooping/
Franco-U.S. Ties Strengthen in Atlanta Despite Intelligence Snooping
By Phil Bolton
While ties between the French and U.S. governments were fraying at the national levels due to revelations about extensive U.S. electronic eavesdropping within France, Franco-American ties in Atlanta were growing stronger than ever. During a Monday, Oct. 21 midday press conference, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed praised the French consulate general and the Georgia Institute of Technology for collaborating a fourth time on the France Atlanta program.
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20131023UWG-and-WGTC-transfer-agreement-criminology
UWG, WGTC Sign Student Transfer Agreement
West Georgia Technical College and the Carrollton-based University of West Georgia¹s Department of Criminology recently acted on a call for more cooperation between the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia. UWG President Dr. Kyle Marrero and WGTC President Dr. Skip Sullivan recently signed a transfer articulation agreement. This agreement allows both institutions to provide educational opportunities for currently enrolled and potential students.
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http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2013/oct/22/uga-president-jere-morehead-speaks-to-gwinnett/
UGA President Jere Morehead speaks to Gwinnett Rotary
By Keith Farner
DULUTH ‹ While academic prowess by its incoming freshman class is higher than its ever been, the University of Georgia continues to lag behind peer institutions like the University of Florida in other academic and fundraising categories. The focus of UGA¹s new president, Jere Morehead, is to close that gap as the institution strives to remain committed to a quality student experience. Morehead told a lunch crowd at the Rotary Club of Gwinnett on Tuesday at The 1818 Club that while UGA is proud to have recipients of prestigious awards like the Rhode, Truman, Goldwater and Udall scholarships, it ranks below peer and neighboring institutions in its private endowment.
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/10/21/2730802/middle-georgia-state-student-survives.html
Middle Georgia State student survives Somali war, has special take on piracy
MGSC student survives Somali war, has special take on piracy
By JENNA MINK
COCHRAN — When it comes to piracy, Middle Georgia State College student Ali Samatar has a unique perspective. It¹s a perspective he developed after enduring civil war in Somalia and four years in a Kenyan refugee camp. It¹s a perspective he came to after immigrating to America, where he went from having nothing to working alongside top government officials. ŠAli Samatar, a native of Somalia who is studying logistics at Middle Georgia State College in Eastman, put together a program during an internship with the U.S. Department of Transportation that focuses on the history and roots of piracy in his native country.
www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/news/local/article_a516a300-3b80-11e3-960f-001a4bcf6878.html
Secretary of Smithsonian to speak at UWG
The University of West Georgia College of Arts and Humanities will serve as the statewide host site for discussion on a national report titled ³The Heart of the Matter: the Humanities and Social Sciences² and conducted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences. G. Wayne Clough, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, president emeritus of Georgia Institute of Technology and a member of the commission, will attend UWG as part of the discussion on Oct. 31. ŠThe report is in response to a bipartisan request from members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives who wanted to know actions Congress and others should take regarding the long-term sustainability and national excellence of the education in the humanities and social sciences. The UWG College of Arts and Humanities Second Annual Symposium on The Shape of the Humanities in Higher Education is the first site to host the discussion in Georgia.
www.chattanoogan.com
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/10/22/261851/Bandy-Heritage-Center-Seeks-Stories.aspx
Bandy Heritage Center Seeks Stories, Photos Sought for Textile History Day
Women were key to the chenille bedspread industry that was born and flourished in Northwest Georgia. The Bandy Heritage Center is hoping to collect the personal stories of men and women who worked in the industry. ŠThe Bandy Heritage Center of Dalton State College, in partnership with The Center for Public History at the University of West Georgia, will host Textile History Day Sunday, November 10, from 1 to 5 pm at the Dalton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau located at the Dalton Freight Depot.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-10-22/denero-shaped-athens-many-ways
Denero shaped Athens in many ways
By JIM THOMPSON
Friends and family of Walt Denero will gather this evening to remember the man who did much to shape the face of modern Athens, from its infrastructure to the people who would rise over the years to positions of community leadership. Denero, who died Sunday at the age 79, directed the federal Model Cities program in Athens in the early 1970s. A decade later, after working in the University of Georgia¹s Carl Vinson Institute of Government, he was appointed founding director of the University of Georgia¹s J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, where he directed efforts to facilitate effective community leadership across the state.
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www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-10-22/chinese-partner-gru-docs-learn?v=1382492126
Chinese partner with GRU docs to learn
By Tom Corwin
Staff Writer
The lady with the baby lying on her stomach appears to have given birth in a bed at Georgia Regents University but it could have been anywhere. ŠThe six Chinese doctors he is leading on a tour of the simulation center don¹t seem fazed by this. They are part of a new international partnership the university has begun with Jiangsu Province Department of Health. The six will be paired with GRU doctors in the same speciality in a month-long program. ³I want to learn the modern technology and the modern science here,² said Dr. Liqun Sun, a critical care specialist and associate chief physician of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University.
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http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/23763801/ga-tech-to-host-talk-on-investment-opportunities
Ga. Tech to host talk on investment opportunities
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia Tech is set to host a round table discussion on investment opportunities in France and Georgia in the aerospace and health science fields. The event on Oct. 29 is part of the France-Atlanta 2013 collaboration between the French consulate and the Georgia Institute of Technology to promote cooperation between France and the Southeast.
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=267040
Vision 2030 session leads to educational pleas
By Marc Eggers Staff
GAINESVILLE ¬ The Superintendents of the Hall County and Gainesville City School Systems were impassioned as they expressed their perspectives following guest speaker Matt Hauer’s presentation at the VISION 2030 “Building the Best Workforce for Hall County” breakfast Tuesday morning at the Gainesville Civic Center. Hauer is a demographer with the Carl Vinson Institute at the University of Georgia and was presenting the statistical data pertinent to efforts underway by the VISION 2030 Diversity Committee for preparing Gainesville / Hall County for business demands expected in the next decade.
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http://www.forest-blade.com/news/community/article_1e33e46c-3b51-11e3-8fc1-0019bb2963f4.html
Swainsboro Elementary School students view Civil War memorabilia
As a culminating activity on the Civil War, Mrs. Tanya Lamb, 5th grade Social Studies/ Science teacher invited Mrs. Ruby Ashley, from Georgia Southern University to share items from the Civil War. She shared important facts and memorabilia from the Civil War era with all of the 5th graders.
RESEARCH:
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/exercise-school-grades-tests-physical-activity_n_4137604.html
Exercise Could Help Kids Do Better In School
Want your teen to do well in school? Encouraging him or her to hit the gym (or track, court or pavement) could help, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Dundee, University of Bristol and University of Georgia found that the more time teens spend exercising, the better they tend to do on tests for English, math and science.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/science_health/fingerprinting-loggerhead-sea-turtles-leaves-researchers-optimistic-about-population/article_53e85024-3ba7-11e3-939f-0019bb30f31a.html
‘Fingerprinting’ loggerhead sea turtles leaves researchers optimistic about population
Jeanette Kazmierczak
The number of loggerhead sea turtle nests ebbs and flows along the beaches of the United States, but the tide of turtles on the eastern coastline is consistent and a prime location for researchers. In the Northern Recovery Unit ‹ Georgia and North and South Carolina ‹ researchers have found an ideal location for genetic monitoring. ³You have places like the Florida panhandle where you only have 10 to 15 nests a year, so there¹s not really enough nesting there to do the work,² said Joseph Nairn, an associate professor of conservation genetics in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. ŠNairn¹s team was recently awarded a three-year, $1.3 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to continue their work genetically fingerprinting each nest in those three states to assess the number of nesting females.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-10-22/uga-researcher-receives-nih-grant-improve-women¹s-health-liberia
UGA researcher receives NIH grant to improve women¹s health in Liberia
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
War exposure, gender-based violence and extreme poverty following 14 years of civil war has resulted in mental and sexual health challenges in Liberia that place young pregnant women and their unborn children at risk. To address the needs of this vulnerable population, the University of Georgia¹s Tamora Callands, an assistant research scientist in the College of Public Health¹s department of health promotion and behavior, recently was awarded a five-year, $656,348 grant from the National Institutes of Health¹s Fogarty International Center.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2013/10/22/georgia-tech-gets-35m-for-solar.html
Georgia Tech gets $3.5M for solar energy development
Jacques Couret
Senior Online Editor and Social Engagement Manager-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech landed $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy¹s ³SunShot Initiative² for solar energy research and development. Georgia Tech will use the funding to develop solar devices that near the theoretical efficiency limits of single junction solar cells, or about 30 percent efficiency.
www.atlatna.curbed.com
http://atlanta.curbed.com/archives/2013/10/21/latest-gt-building-aims-to-change-the-energy-world.php
Latest GT Building Aims To Change The Energy World
By Josh Green
Georgia Tech has opened a 42,000-square-foot “living lab” that could have a substantial impact on how Atlantans ‹ and everyone else in the world ‹ powers their homes. And it has skyline views! The Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions (CNES) Laboratory, the latest addition to Tech’s North Avenue Research Area on the southwestern fringes of campus, aims to set a new sustainability standard for all buildings like it.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/10/22/2757358/preservationists-have-skilled.html
Preservationists have skilled, able advocate in Hooks
George Hooks has spent most of his adult life in public service to Georgia. The Americus Democrat spent 32 years in the General Assembly, 10 in the House and 22 in the Senate. After being essentially redistricted out of his Senate gig in 2011, he accepted an appointment by Gov. Nathan Deal to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. Now Hooks, 68, has entered a new realm of service for which he is perhaps uniquely qualified.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/disembargo-an-open-access-dissertation-one-letter-at-a-time/52997?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Disembargo: An Open Access Dissertation, One Letter at a Time
By Mark Sample
October 21-27 is Open Access Week, in which libraries, colleges, and research institutions across the globe stress the value of free and immediate access to the results of scholarly research. Open access is a complex issue, though, as Adeline made clear when she released her dissertation under a Creative Commons license in July. An open access advocate myself, I¹ve long wanted to articulate clearly why I want my own scholarship to be public and freely accessible (and almost all of it is).
www.politifact.com
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/oct/21/tim-curtis/anti-common-core-government-collecting-data-studen/
Common Core means the government is collecting 300 data elements about students, says anti-Common Core activist
Tapping into concerns about privacy, some opponents of Common Core have portrayed the new educational standards as a tool by the government to spy on children and store data on them. And they aren’t talking about a few test scores here — but a big ol’ heap of data on every student.
Education News
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Tuition-Increases-Slow-Down/142547/
Tuition Increases Slow Down, but There’s More to College Affordability
By Beckie Supiano
After years of seeing tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rise rapidly, some observers probably believed the pattern of steep price increases was permanent. But the latest rise in average published price for in-state students at four-year public colleges‹2.9 percent‹is the smallest in three decades, according to a new report from the College Board.
Related articles:
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Annual Rise in Cost of Public College Slows
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-board-tuition-growth-slowing-at-public-colleges/2013/10/22/58a59078-3b29-11e3-b7ba-503fb5822c3e_story.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
College Board: Tuition growth slowing at public colleges
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/23/colleges-slow-tuition-growth-financial-aid-not-keeping-pace-report-shows#ixzz2iXrw1WUK
Net Price Rising
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303672404579152021987960980?mod=ITP_pageone_1
College Tuition Increases Slow, but Government Aid Falls
Students Continue to Suffer From a Cycle of Rising Costs and Debt
www.chronicle.comhttp://chronicle.com/article/TuitionFees-1998-99/142511/
Tuition and Fees, 1998-99 Through 2013-14
This table shows the tuition and required fees at more than 3,100 colleges and universities for the 2013-14 academic year. Click the institutions’ names to see historical data back to 1998. Related Article: “Tuition Increases Slow Down, but There’s More to College Affordability.”
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/quickwire-flipping-classrooms-may-not-make-much-difference/47667?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
QuickWire: ŒFlipping¹ Classrooms May Not Make Much Difference
By Hannah Winston
In preliminary research, professors at Harvey Mudd College haven¹t found that students learn more or more easily in so-called flipped courses than in traditional classes, USA Today reports. In flipped courses, students watch professors¹ lectures online before coming to class, then spend the class period in discussions or activities that reinforce and advance the lecture material. Earlier this year, the National Science Foundation gave four professors at the college in Claremont, Calif., a three-year grant for $199,544 to study flipped classrooms.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Dear-Governors-Adjuncts-Want/142541/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Dear Governors: Adjuncts Want to Know You Care
By Peter Schmidt
It’s nice to feel appreciated. It’s even better to feel adequately paid, but being on the receiving end of a statement of appreciation is at least a good start. Such is the thinking, anyway, behind a new lobbying drive by the New Faculty Majority, an advocacy group for college faculty members who are off the tenure track. The organization is urging such instructors to ask the governors of their states to issue proclamations recognizing their work, in hopes that such statements might pave the way for future improvements in their working conditions.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/23/sustainable-scholarship-conference-highlights-urgency-stay-ahead-curve#ixzz2iXsAn8Qr
Staying Relevant
By Carl Straumsheim
NEW YORK — If basic market forces are reshaping higher education, common knowledge dictates incumbents will lose market share to newcomers. But based on the discussions at a conference on sustainable scholarship here on Tuesday, no one — from faculty members to librarians — intends to play the role of the incumbent. Disaggregation, unbundling and public-private partnerships were some of the many recurring themes during a daylong brainstorming session on innovative forms of teaching and learning — themes that the almost 200 academic librarians, publishers and representatives of the private sector in attendance suggested could prevent their fields from becoming obsolete.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/23/analysis-suggests-moocs-will-be-more-disruptive-open-access-journals#ixzz2iXsRxPDA
Degrees of Disruption
By Carl Straumsheim
Supporters of open-access journals and massive open online courses have been quick to label their initiatives disruptive, but a recent analysis by a York University professor suggests only one of them has the potential to spark considerable change, while the other is likely to remain an alternative alongside traditional offerings. “Disruptive² has become one of higher education reformers¹ favorite adjectives, jostling with ³innovative² and ³revolutionary² for the top spot.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/a-healthy-conversation/2013/10/childrens-emory-receive-10m-grant.html
Children’s-Emory receive $10M grant for sickle cell research
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Children¹s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University have received a grant of almost $10 million to target lung damage that causes death in children with sickle cell disease.
Sickle Cell Disease is the most common single-gene disorder in the nation, affecting about 100,000 Americans, according to a statement.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/56967/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9fc43e57b0cc4997947c3b016e92ec58&elqCampaignId=62#
ASU Files Suit Over Critical Audit Report
by Bob Johnson, Associated Press
MONTGOMERY Ala.‹Alabama State University has filed a lawsuit against a company that prepared a preliminary audit report that criticized the university¹s finances. The lawsuit accuses Forensic Strategic Solutions of issuing a ³false and misleading² report that the lawsuit says was intended to interfere with ASU¹s economic relationships with alumni, students and supporters.
www.blogs.edweek.org
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2013/10/study_shows_teachers_aiming_too_low.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
Common-Core Study: Teachers Aiming Too Low With Reading Assignments
By Catherine Gewertz
A new survey shows that most teachers are still gearing class reading assignments to students’ skill level, rather than–as the common-core standards envision–to their grade level.
“Common Core in the Schools: A First Look at Reading Assignments,” released Wednesday by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, explores the practices of teachers as they begin teaching the common standards in public schools in 46 states and the District of Columbia. It’s slated for discussion at an event in Washington which will be webcast live Wednesday (at 1 p.m. Eastern) and available in archived form.