University System News

USG NEWS:
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-11-07/augustas-james-hull-named-board-regents?v=1383871932
Augusta’s James Hull named to Board of Regents
By Walter C. Jones and Tracey McManus
Morris News Service
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal appointed Augusta philanthropist and real estate developer James M. Hull to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia on Thursday. Hull, a member manager of Hull Storey Gibson Companies LLC, serves on the boards of the Community Foundation of the CSRA, the Medical College of Georgia Foundation, the Augusta State University Foundation, the Georgia Regents University Board of Visitors and the Augusta Warrior Project, where he was a co-founding member and president. Deal said in a phone interview with The Augusta Chronicle that he’s confident Hull’s past contributions to education and community service will work toward the long-term goals for the state’s public colleges and universities. That’s especially true for Georgia Regents University.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-11-07/deal-appoints-augusta-developer-regents
Deal appoints Augusta developer to regents
Deal appoints developer to regents
Morris News Service
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal announced Thursday he has appointed James M. Hull, an Augusta attorney and real-estate developer, to the 19-member panel that oversees the state’s public colleges and universities. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents holds considerable power since it is the only state agency that can raise funds independent of the governor and legislature by hiking fees and tuition. The state constitution gives it authority over all aspects of admissions, hiring, curriculum and administration of the schools with little influence from the governor or lawmakers. That independence is why governors usually chose their most trusted supporters to serve on the board.

www.soosavalleynews.com
http://www.coosavalleynews.com/np104691.htm
Middle Georgia College NamesNew President, Blake
Tony Potts
Dr. Christopher Blake, most recently president of Mount Mercy University, has been named as the second president of Middle Georgia State College by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Blake will assume his new post on January 1, 2014, according to Board of Regents Chair `Dink` NeSmith. `As Middle Georgia State College begins to realize its potential following our recent consolidation, it’s essential we have the right leadership in place to bring the vision and drive necessary, and in Dr. Blake we have found the right person,` said NeSmith.

Related article:
www.therepublic.com
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/518c394efc584bdf8beae4687bbe0ca6/GA–Middle-Georgia-State-President
Blake named president of Middle Georgia State College in Macon

www.archive.13wmaz.com
http://archive.13wmaz.com/news/education/article/246082/203/Ga-Board-of-Regents-to-Seek-Bigger-Budget
Ga. Board of Regents to Seek Bigger Budget
Robin Folsom
ATLANTA (AP) – The Georgia Board of Regents has signed off on a $1.93 billion budget request for fiscal year 2015, which represents a 2.6 percent increase over the year before. The request was adopted Wednesday by the board and now heads to the governor’s office for consideration. The request doesn’t include $235.2 million needed for facilities within the university system, which was also approved by the board.

www.nerdwallet.com
http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/nerdscholar/2013/top-salaries-humanities-social-science/
Top Salaries: Highest Earning Humanities & Social Sciences Programs
by DANI
“What are you going to do with that degree?” is a question that humanities and social science students find themselves having to answer quite frequently. Unlike engineering or business degrees, the traditional liberal arts education has gained a reputation of providing students with limited career choices in low-paying jobs. The average starting salaries for humanities and social sciences grads ranges from $37,000 to $41,000 depending on the major, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)… 5) Georgia Institute of Technology – Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts: $47,950: Georgia Tech grads rake in top salaries for many majors and liberal arts is no exception.

USG VALUE:
www.forest-blade.com
http://www.forest-blade.com/news/education/article_7d1eb7c4-465d-11e3-8627-0019bb2963f4.html
Fulford Center Lunch & Learn to focus on Alzheimer’s
In 2011, the first wave of baby boomers began turning 65—the age that your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease begins to increase significantly. Knowing the warning signs of Alzheimer’s and getting diagnosed early is vital to receiving the best help and care possible. The Fulford Center, located at East Georgia State College, will host a Lunch & Learn on November 14, at noon, that will provide insightful information regarding Alzheimer’s disease.

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University of Georgia Hosting a Group of African Journalists

University of Georgia Hosting a Group of African Journalists
Beginning today, 10 journalists from Africa are participating in sessions at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia to discuss broadcast journalism, media education, online media, and business models for success. The African journalists are participating in the Edward R. Murrow Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.

GOOD NEWS:
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=267613
9 recognized for innovation, entrepreneurship; Wilheit named Entrepreneur of the Year
By Staff
GAINESVILLE – Nine people were recognized Wednesday by Featherbone Communiversity for their innovation and entrepreneurship and one of them, Philip Wilheit, Sr. named Entrepreneur of the Year. Wilheit was nominated for the award by the University of North Georgia (UNG) and the school’s Mike Cottrell College of Business.

www.businessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-07/kellogg-reclaims-title-of-best-executive-mba-program
Kellogg Reclaims Title of Best Executive MBA Program
By Geoff Gloeckler
Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management has reclaimed the top position after a two-year absence in Bloomberg Businessweek’s biennial ranking of the best executive MBA programs. Until 2011, Kellogg was the only school to ever hold the top spot, ranking No. 1 six consecutive times. It now retakes top honors from its crosstown rival, the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business, which finishes second this year… Rutgers, Boston University, Georgia Tech (Scheller), and Rochester (Simon), each earned a spot among the 42 ranked programs this year after being relegated to second-tier status in 2011. Meanwhile, Baylor (Hankamer), Georgia (Terry), Michigan State (Broad), Queen’s, and Western Ontario (Ivey) each were assigned the second-tier designation after failing to receive any directors’-poll points.

www.statesoborherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/54798/
Grant to help city, GSU to open the state’s first FabLab
By JEFF HARRISON
New businesses create new jobs, and lead to economic prosperity. That is the formula favored by officials with Georgia Southern University and the City of Statesboro, who Thursday took a major step to prove their theory correct. The university and city officials announced Thursday that the pair have been awarded a nearly $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to expand the Georgia Southern City Campus, and create an only-of-its-kind facility in Georgia to help build businesses and create new products from the ground up.

Related article:
www.wtoc.com
http://www.wtoc.com/story/23910735/georgia-southern-opens-downtown-business-incubator
Georgia Southern opens downtown business ‘incubator’

RESEARCH:
www.jbhe.com

Georgia Tech Surveys Its Campus Community on Diversity Issues

Georgia Tech Surveys Its Campus Community on Diversity Issues
The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta recently completed a survey of members of the campus community on issues of diversity. Respondents included 439 faculty members, more than 2,400 staff members, and nearly 3,800 students. mThe results showed a high level of satisfaction with the university’s diversity efforts and climate for inclusiveness.

www.mobilesecurityzone.com
http://www.mobilesecurityzone.com/topics/mobile-security/articles/359432-georgia-tech-warns-threats-cloud-data-storage-mobile.htm
Georgia Tech Warns of Threats to Cloud Data Storage, Mobile Devices in new ‘Emerging Cyber Threats’ Report
By Peter Bernstein
Senior Editor
There is no substitute for obtaining truly expert views on industry trends and developments, and when it comes to security, you should join me in putting on your “must read” list the Georgia Tech Emerging Cyber Threats 2014 ReportContaining insight from the Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) and the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI), the latest research is not just food for thought, but should be taken as a call to action based on its findings concerning growing threats in the key areas of cloud data storage and mobile device management.

Related article
www.business-technology.co.uk
http://business-technology.co.uk/2013/11/experts-warn-of-cloud-threat/
Experts warn of cloud security threat
Experts at the Georgia Institute of Technology have warned that many businesses are relying on cloud firms’ security to protect their data.

www.nextgov.com
http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-report/2013/11/big-data-good-place-hackers-hide/73394/?oref=voicesmodule
BIG DATA IS A GOOD PLACE FOR HACKERS TO HIDE
As departments increasingly try parsing mammoth streams of Web activity to detect cyber threats, expect attackers to fight back by gaming the big data analytics, according to a new cybersecurity report by Georgia Tech researchers. Even U.S. spies could be fooled. “Government agencies, such as the National Security Agency, collect and process information to look for threats to national security,” states the report, which was released Wednesday. “As the use of such big data analytics spreads, attackers will have to find ways to hide from statistical analysis and anomaly detection.”

www.thebusinessofrobotics.com

Georgia Tech adds institute for robotics, intelligent machines

Georgia Tech adds institute for robotics, intelligent machines
Posted by Mike Davin
By its nature, robotics is a discipline that crosses academic boundaries; it can involve engineering, computer science, aeronautics, biology and more. Recognizing this, Georgia Tech has created a new interdisciplinary organization called the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines, which is designed to coordinate the university’s various colleges, departments and labs to promote advancement in robotics. It’s the latest of ten such Interdisciplinary Research Institutes at the school, and Georgia Tech predicts it will create additional faculty collaboration, strengthen industry and government partnerships, and generally maximize the robotics research being conducted.

www.upi.com
http://www.upi.com/Science_News/Technology/2013/11/07/Survey-finds-people-prefer-wrist-or-arm-as-best-for-wearable-tech/UPI-30521383867755/#ixzz2k3dCpw1T
Survey finds people prefer wrist or arm as best for wearable tech
People prefer to put wearable tech devices on the arm or wrist, rather than on the collar, torso, waste or pants, a U.S. study found. Georgia Tech researchers surveyed people in both the United States and South Korea to gain cultural insights into perceptions of the use of e-textiles, or electronic devices, stitched into everyday clothing. Participants in the survey overwhelmingly said they would prefer the wrist and forearm as locations for e-textiles, feeling other locations might cause awkwardness, embarrassment or strange looks, a university release said. “This may be due to the fact that these locations are already being used for wearable technology,” said Halley Profita, a former Georgia Tech industrial design graduate student who led the study. “People strap smartphones or MP3 players to their arms while exercising. Runners wear GPS watches.”

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/11/08/city-becoming-transportation-tech-hub.html
City becoming transportation tech hub
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Abundant and inexpensive real estate has made the Southeast an auto manufacturing hub. Now, abundant and inexpensive tech talent is turning metro Atlanta into a transportation technology hub. Fortune 500 companies are taking note, bringing a wave of engineering projects — and jobs — to the region. That interest is having a ripple effect on technology companies lower down the food chain, creating opportunities for mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships… In August, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America said it would expand its engineering and product testing operations at its Peachtree City headquarters campus and add up to 150 jobs. Last year, Panasonic opened an innovation center at Georgia Tech. The nation’s largest wireless carriers see the auto industry as a promising revenue stream and are expanding work around the “connected car” — a term that refers to telematics and in-car infotainment technologies. AT&T Inc. opened an incubator at Georgia Tech to work on connected car technologies and applications. Verizon acquired Hughes Telematics, an Atlanta-based OnStar competitor.

www.menshealth.com
http://www.menshealth.com/techlust/how-video-games-can-make-you-better-life
How Video Games Can Make You Better At Life
Yes, the right ones will boost your speed, brainpower, and … sexiness?
BY SARAH JACOBSSON PUREWAL, TODAY
Video games are always getting a bad rap. They’re too violent. They make you lazy. They make you stupid. Staring at screens is bad for your eyes. You’ll never get a girlfriend. But those are lies. Video games are none of those things—well, maybe some of them are—and they can actually help improve your life, if you’re willing to sit down and play them… Take a look around the web, and you’ll find tons of “brain-training” games—such as Lumosity (lumosity.com,)and Cogmed (cogmed.com)—which purport to improve memory and brain power. But whether these brain-training games actually make you smarter is up for debate. A recent Stanford study by Shelli Kesler, Ph.D., demonstrates that Lumosity could help breast cancer survivors improve cognitive function. Meanwhile, a 2013 Georgia Institute of Technology study headed showed no evidence of intelligence improvement after people played brain-training games.

www.technews.tmcnet.com
http://technews.tmcnet.com/news/2013/11/06/7524729.htm
SUMMER OF STEM [Diverse Issues in Higher Education] (Diverse Issues in Higher Education Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Despite tightening budgets, colleges and universities push STEM summer programs. Against the backdrop of a national imperative to address projected shortages of underrepresented minorities earning degrees in STEM, universities throughout the country are using summer downtime to offer programs that expose youth to the sciences. From hands-on science to engineering and robotics camps to specialized STEM career programs, universities throughout the country are targeting minority students in order to fill the pipeline – even before they enter college… “Summer camps are an effective way to pique the interest of young students in STEM,” says John Lock, former CEO of Project Lead The Way, a nonprofit provider of STEM curricular programs to middle schools and high schools across the U.S. “The younger they get hooked, the more likely they will stick with it during high school and college, which will help prepare them for success in todays 21st-century global economy.” There are numerous programs throughout the country with the goal of early introduction to and preparation for STEM fields, including the U.S. Naval Academy, the University of Maryland, Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Southern California.

www.atlantaintownpaper.com
http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2013/11/golden-shoe-awards-given-pedestrian-friendly-projects/
Golden Shoe Awards given to pedestrian-friendly projects
By collin
PEDS (Pedestrians Educating Drivers on Safety) recently handed out its annual Golden Shoe Awards to people, projects and places that are making metro Atlanta more pedestrian-friendly. The Midtown Alliance was recognized for two projects: Transforming the intersection of Peachtree and Ponce de Leon and creating a safe, convenient crossing to the Midtown MARTA station on 10th Street. Also recognized. Emory Point, a pedestrian-friendly development of retail and apartments to Clifton Road. Peggy Berg, who coordinated sidewalk maintenance in Virginia-Highland and exposed red tape in the City of Atlanta’s sidewalk maintenance program. East Atlanta Patch, for spotlighting controversial sidewalk policies and opportunities for public input on them. Georgia Tech Center for Traffic Operations and Safety, for its comprehensive sidewalk inventory project.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/23995007/article-Merger-Muddle–Regents-should-have-forseen-SPSU-blowback?instance=secondary_story_left_column
Merger Muddle: Regents should have forseen SPSU blowback
DOES “BIGGER” MEAN “BETTER”? Yes, according to the state Board of Regents, who also say the expected merger of Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University announced Friday will lead to a broadened curriculum and considerable savings to taxpayers. …The merger is being touted as a way to save millions of dollars through efficiencies and economies of scale, although Regents and other spokesmen have been frustratingly vague thus far on specifics. Neither has much information been forthcoming about which or how many jobs would be affected.

www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/24005899/article-How-about-some-answers-from-Board-of-Regents-on-SPSU-KSU-merger-?instance=lead_story_left_column
How about some answers from Board of Regents on SPSU-KSU merger?
by Don McKee
The proposed merger of Southern Polytechnic State University into Kennesaw State has been handled by the Georgia Board of Regents about like the Obamacare rollout. It seems to be the approach of “Just throw it out there and let the chips fall where they may.” It’s a public relations fiasco created by the very people who oversee the universities and colleges that teach students in their mass communications/PR classes to never do what the regents did in this case. The operative word is “communications.”

www.northwestgeorgianews.com
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/opinion/editorials/friday-blog-did-football-sack-southern-poly/article_1d60bc4c-481f-11e3-aee7-0019bb30f31a.html
FRIDAY BLOG: Did football sack Southern Poly?
By the Rome News-Tribune
IN A MOVE PLAINLY UNPOPULAR with many of the 6,500 students attending Southern Polytechnic State University in Cobb County — long considered a sort of poorer students’ Georgia Tech — the University System of Georgia has decided to merge it with Kennesaw State University, which is sort of the University of Suburbia, starting in 2015.
The regents, begging poverty because state politicians tend to support higher education with their mouths more than with funding, say this is necessary to keep costs down. More such mergers and consolidations may be in the offing so a word to the wise may be in order for local Georgia Highlands supporters: Push to start a football team.

www.peachpundit.com
http://www.peachpundit.com/2013/11/06/the-board-of-regents/
The Board of Regents
by ERIC THE YOUNGER
With the recent brouhaha over the proposed merger for KSU and SPSU, there have been some very active conversations (here and here) in the comment sections. Some making good points, others not so much. Though when it comes to the actual merger, I don’t really care one way or the other. However, as part of the conversation on the topic, there have also been some interesting (and often wrong or misleading) things flung around about the Board of Regents. You know, a popular whipping boy as of late. Especially after the Georgia Regents University thing. So let’s go ahead clear a few things up, and talk about the Regents.

www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/elias-four-year-degrees-at-community-colleges-why-not/?utm_campaign=1108ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=67c0008e3d124ab19de4697365c4761d&elqCampaignId=128
Elias: Four-year degrees at community colleges? Why not?
Source: Thomas Elias, in Pomerado News
Maybe it’s been just an ego thing or a matter of turf, but administrators and some alumni groups at the University of California and the California State University systems for years have adamantly opposed the notion of community colleges granting anything more than two-year associate of arts degrees. But this idea is making more sense than ever, especially amid continuing cutbacks at many existing four-year schools. It’s also an idea that’s allowed in more than 20 other states.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/11/08/ending-remediation-wrong-answer-essay#ixzz2k3lB0NFA
Wrong Answer on Remediation
By William G. Tierney and Julia C. Duncheon
Remedial education in higher education has become a target for reformers. Lawmakers in Florida have made remedial classes in math, reading and English optional for students entering community colleges in fall 2014. The placement tests to assess these skills will be optional as well.

www.clatl.com
http://clatl.com/atlanta/how-is-literary-success-defined/Content?oid=9650027
How is literary success defined?
Artists begin life as outsiders. Then they learn the rules.
by Blake Butler
Everyone begins an outsider. At birth, there is no inherent set of rules of what can be. Children’s art is perpetually impressive in its ability to seem moving, because we, too, have all seen people as masses of scrawl, felt sun like a strong gold eye with countless tiny arms. There’s something of a madness in the interpretative ability of someone like a child, working outside the frames of expectation or the desire to be recognized by anyone beyond the act of creating in itself… I found this feeling also in computers, both in playing RPG games where one became another person, and in coding programs of my own. After high school, I ended up going to Georgia Tech to study computer science, believing that I could learn to program games that developed logic of their own.

www.nytimes.com

Getting Government Technology Right
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
The problems with the federal health insurance website have highlighted the need for broad reform in how the government uses technology to deliver public services. Some critics have used the troubles of the insurance site, HealthCare.gov, to claim that the government never gets technology right. But that accusation should ring false to anybody familiar with the important role federal agencies have played in advancing innovation. For instance, defense researchers helped create the Internet.

Education News
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/reading-and-math-scores-rise-in-georgia/nbkY3/
Reading and math scores rise in Georgia
By Wayne Washington
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reading and math scores are up in Georgia and are near U.S. averages, 2013 data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show, but there’s still room for improvement in student understanding of subject material. NAEP, frequently referred to as the “nation’s report card,” tests what it calls a representative sample of 4th- and 8th-graders across the country every other year. The reading and math scores of Georgia’s 4th- and 8th-graders were all higher in 2013 than they were in 2011.

Related article:
www.walb.com
http://www.walb.com/story/23904811/ga-students-show-imnprovement
GA students show improvement on National Assessment

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/state-education-board-wades-into-common-core-debat/nbkw8/
State education board wades into Common Core debate
BY WAYNE WASHINGTON – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
This is how controversial the new set of national academic standards called Common Core has become: The state Board of Education voted Thursday to make sure school districts know they don’t have to use a book list tied to those standards. The board’s voice vote was unanimous, even though the state had never adopted the book list in the first place.

www.mysouthwestga.com
http://www.mysouthwestga.com/news/story.aspx?list=194943&id=968788#.Un0E9yh5iCY
School system and college unite to lower drop out rate
by Colby Gallagher
ALBANY — The Dougherty County School System announced a new partnership with Albany Technical College on Thursday evening to help high school students earn college credits. The program is set to begin in January and will offer dual or joint enrollment for students allowing them to graduate high school with an Associate’s Degree.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2013/11/08/study-gives-metro-area-good-grade-in.html?page=all
Study gives metro area good grade in higher ed
Maria Saporta
Contributing Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
Metro Atlanta has 66 institutions of higher learning teaching a total of 277,831 undergraduate and graduate students — undeniably a strong enough concentration to qualify the region as a college town. Those are the results of a new study that will be released Nov. 8 by the Metro Atlanta Chamber titled “Growing Through Higher Education.” The study, conducted by Human Capital Research Corp., compared the Atlanta region’s higher educational profile to those in the nation’s top 100 metro areas… Georgia Tech President Bud Peterson applauded the Metro Atlanta Chamber for recognizing the significance of universities and colleges to the region’s overall economy and understanding how they contribute to the region’s ability to offer an innovative workforce. The new study also showed that metro Atlanta has momentum.“What’s most impressive is not the raw numbers, it’s the change,” Peterson said.

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Black Student Graduation Rates at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities

Black Student Graduation Rates at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities
Last week JBHE reported a huge racial gap in graduation rates between Black and White students at our nation’s largest universities. But, here at JBHE, we have always been particularly interested in how Black students are succeeding at our nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities. At these high-ranking colleges and universities, Black students generally do very well and in many cases have graduation rates that are very close to those of their White peers.

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Huge Increase in Black Male Graduation Rates at Ohio State University

Huge Increase in Black Male Graduation Rates at Ohio State University
The graduation rate for Black men at Ohio State has shown significant improvement in recent years. Over the past five years the graduation rate for Black male students has increased by 24 percentage points and now stands at 67 percent. The average for Black men at Ohio State’s peer institutions in the Big 10 Conference is 60 percent.

www.nationaljournal.com
http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/education/why-minorities-are-more-optimistic-about-the-value-of-college-20131107
Why Minorities Are More Optimistic About the Value of CollegeWhites are more dubious than minorities that a college degree puts graduates on the path to success.
By Ronald Brownstein
…Those contrasting responses from Parkinson, who is white, and Stathas, who is Hispanic, point to one of the most intriguing findings in a new College Board/National Journal Next America Poll. While minorities worry more than whites about affording the cost of higher education, they are more likely to see a payoff from the investment for themselves and for the country overall. The survey, which measures assessments of the pathways to opportunity, found broad agreement among whites, African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans that the U.S. still provides young people from any racial background an adequate chance to succeed—and that the primary and secondary schools in their neighborhood are preparing them to do so. But on several fronts, the poll said minorities were considerably more optimistic than whites that more access to education will mean more opportunity, both personally and throughout the economy.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/57332/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=9e877f52bb1547a2a7b5f5a38fea2351&elqCampaignId=62
Napolitano Pledges Monetary Assistance to Undocumented Students
by Jamal Watson
In response to the growing number of undocumented college students in her state, University of California President Janet Napolitano recently announced that she will spend $5 million to help provide financial assistance and counseling services to assist the students.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/08/market-forecast-predicts-major-growth-within-lms-industry
Not Dead Yet
By Carl Straumsheim
The death of the learning management system has been routinely predicted over the last few years, but if a new market forecast is to be believed, commercial vendors have little to fear. The industry will continue to expand over the next five years, though most of the growth will come from outside the higher education sector.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/New-Presidents-Pace-of-Change/142875/?cid=at
New President’s Pace of Change Rocks U. of Wyoming
A wave of resignations prompts faculty dismay: ‘All around us, we see these people falling’
By Lindsay Ellis
When a new president comes to a campus, some change is expected. But at the University of Wyoming, change has come widely and with unusual speed. In the four months since Robert J. Sternberg assumed the presidency, a provost, three associate provosts, and four deans have resigned. The turnover has unsettled many professors on the campus and has led at least one to call for the president’s dismissal.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/08/aaup-asserts-instructors-should-control-classroom-curricular-decisions#ixzz2k3kcYzq2
‘Freedom to Teach’
By Colleen Flaherty
Individual professors largely retain the right to choose what they teach and how, even when they’re teaching sections of the same course as other professors. That’s the American Association of University Professors’ take on individual vs. collective responsibility for course design, as laid out in its new statement on the matter.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/University-Researchers-Are/142865/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
University Researchers Are Seen as Enablers in Latest Major Drug Fraud
By Paul Basken
Federal prosecutors on Thursday concluded another multibillion-dollar settlement with a major pharmaceutical company accused of illegally marketing its drugs. In this case, the company was Johnson & Johnson, the total payment was $2.2-billion, and the key drug was Risperdal, which was approved by federal regulators to treat schizophrenia in adults but was being marketed for other patients, including children with behavioral problems. As with similar instances involving other major drug companies in recent years, the case file includes a list of academic researchers who wrote articles for medical journals that the company allegedly used to overstate the benefits and understate the risks of a blockbuster drug.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/08/veterans-advocate-changes-jobs-and-positions
Change of Heart on For-Profits
By Michael Stratford
The former head of Student Veterans of America, who previously criticized some for-profit colleges, is now working for the trade association that represents those institutions — a move that has riled some veterans’ advocates and illustrates the high-stakes battle the industry is facing when it comes to veterans’ education.

www.miamiherald.com
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/07/3738068/more-high-school-students-in-florida.html
More high school students in Florida are taking advantage of massive open online courses, or MOOCs
BY KATHLEEN MCGRORY
HERALD/TIMES TALLAHASSEE BUREAU
TALLAHASSEE — It’s the latest trend in education and it’s coming soon to a school near you. But what exactly is a MOOC? On Thursday, Florida lawmakers got schooled on massive open online courses, or MOOCs. The concept is being tested in Miami-Dade, Broward and Pinellas counties, and will likely be expanding across the state. MOOCs are virtual classes that allow unlimited enrollment.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/bottomline/u-of-michigan-announces-4-billion-campaign/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
U. of Michigan Announces $4-Billion Campaign
By Andy Thomason
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor on Thursday kicked off what it is calling the largest fund-raising campaign ever by a public university, with a goal of $4-billion by 2018.
The university plans to devote $1-billion of the total to student support, an area encompassing financial aid, admissions, and “student experience,” according to a news release. The university raised $1.7-billion during the campaign’s “silent phase,” the release says.

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Choose Your Ranking
By Elizabeth Redden
It’s no secret that American and British universities dominate the global university rankings, a fact that’s prompted the proliferation of regional rankings that delve deeper into the pool of say, just Latin American or just Asian universities. The slicing and dicing of international university rankings has been happening for years, but three new efforts to rank universities in countries that haven’t historically fared well in the international league tables – the Middle East and North Africa region and the so-called BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries – have been announced in recent months.