University System News
USG NEWS:
www.news-daily.com
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2013/nov/08/clayton-state-to-break-ground-for-198-million/
Clayton State to break ground for $19.8 million science building Nov. 14
By Johnny Jackson
MORROW — Officials will break ground on Clayton State University’s $19.8 million science building Nov. 14, during a ceremony that starts at 3:30 p.m. The 192-acre campus’ newest building will be erected in the parking lot across from the university’s Laboratory Annex Building, which itself was renovated and reopened in January 2011.
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/11/09/2765867/middle-georgia-state-wraps-up.html
Middle Georgia State wraps up first year, looks to future
BY JENNA MINK
The past year has been anything but easy for Middle Georgia State College. After all, merging two colleges is not a simple process. As the new college prepares to welcome a new president and seek university status, officials reflect on its first year, which has been filled with changes and challenges, as well as successes “It’s been an interesting year. I think it’s been a challenging year,” said Albert Abrams, the college’s vice president for external affairs. “People have risen to the occasion and are excited about moving the institution forward.”
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-11-08/uga-research-foundation-tightens-belt-revenues-decline
UGA Research Foundation tightens belt as revenues decline
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia Research Foundation hunkered down Friday, moving to limit expenses in the face of declining income. The dollar amount of federal research grants UGA investigators earn has increased modestly over the past decade, UGA vice president for research David Lee said Friday. But UGA research funding could slip this year and next because of declining federal budgets, Lee told board members of the foundation, meeting in UGA’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
www.dentistrytoday.com
http://dentistrytoday.com/industry-news/9825-brasseler-usa-chairman-president-and-ceo-don-l-waters-inducted-into-savannah-business-hall-of-fame
Brasseler USA Chairman, President and CEO Don L. Waters Inducted Into Savannah Business Hall of Fame
Written by Dentistry Today
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Brasseler USA chairman, president and CEO Don L. Waters was officially inducted into the Savannah Business Hall of Fame at the 14th Annual Business Hall of Fame Gala, held on November 5, 2013 at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center in Savannah, Ga. …A graduate of Leadership Savannah, Waters has an extensive legacy of community involvement and was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal in March 2013 to represent the First Congressional District of Georgia as a member of the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia. He also serves as chair of the finance committee and a member of the board of directors for the Georgia Regents University Health System and as a Trustee Emeritus for the University of Georgia Foundation.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-11-08/march-uga-campus-friday-protests-racist-homophobic-taunts
March on UGA campus Friday protests racist, homophobic taunts
By LEE SHEARER
Nearly 300 people protested discrimination and racism on the University of Georgia campus Friday as a UGA police investigation continued into social media posts targeting black students and other minorities on the UGA campus.
Related article:
www,ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/uga-students-to-march-in-protest-of-racist-faceboo/nbmZQ/
UGA students to march in protest of racist Facebook posts
www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/nov/09/former-albany-state-employee-appealing-dismissal/
Former Albany State employee appealing dismissal to Board of Regents
Rodney Rouse contends he was wrongly terminated at Albany State University
By Carlton Fletcher
ALBANY — Rodney Rouse calls his radio/TV tech position at Albany State University “one of the greatest jobs I’ve ever had.” Despite such sentiment, Rouse, better known in Southwest Georgia as radio/television personality Jaxon Riley, is now considering legal action against the university after he was dismissed on May 30 from the position he’d held for the past eight years for, among other charges by his former supervisor, “insubordination, poor quality of work and failure to complete a performance improvement plan.”
GOOD NEWS:
www.gwinnettdailypost.com
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2013/nov/08/georgia-gwinnett-college-student-center-earns/
Georgia Gwinnett College student center earns LEED Silver certification
By Keith Farner
LAWRENCEVILLE — The library isn’t the only building on the Georgia Gwinnett College campus that’s green certified. GGC’s student center recently attained silver status certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, which is considered the stringent environmental certification of the U.S. Green Building Council.
RESEARCH:
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
Companies will face next year emerging threats in cloud data storage that will demand security measures that go far beyond what is offered by service providers, a university report says. In addition, the Georgia Institute of Technology is warning that the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend among employees using their smartphones for work will present unique challenges that will need to be addressed. The prestigious university recently released its 2014 Emerging Cyber Threats Report, giving its researchers take on the security landscape and how companies should respond.
www.discovery.ca
http://www.discovery.ca/dp/videos/?clipid=1039715
Georgia Tech College of Computing professor Mike Stillman is interviewed about his robotics research.
www.pcdandf.com
http://pcdandf.com/cms/fabnews/10477-working-pcbs-in-60-seconds
Working PCBs, in 60 Seconds
Written by Mike Buetow
Researchers from Georgia Tech, the University of Tokyo and Microsoft Research have developed a novel method to rapidly and cheaply make electrical circuits by printing them with commodity inkjet printers and off-the-shelf materials. For about $300 in equipment costs, anyone can produce working electrical circuits in the 60 seconds it takes to print them. The technique, called instant inkjet circuits, allows the printing of arbitrary-shaped conductors onto rigid or flexible materials and could advance the prototyping skills of non-technical enthusiasts and novice hackers. “We believe there is an opportunity to introduce a new approach to the rapid prototyping of fully custom-printed circuits,” said Gregory Abowd, Regents’ Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech and an investigator in the study.
www.scienceblogs.com
http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2013/11/08/teaching-dogs-to-communicate-with-humans/
Teaching dogs to communicate with humans
Posted by Dr. Dolittle
I came across this interesting technology to communicate with dogs that I just had to share. A research team at Georgia Tech has come up with the idea of creating a high-tech vest for assistance dogs to better communicate with their owners. The project is called FIDO (Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations). The vests come equipped with sensors they are working on training dogs to activate through tugging, biting, and touching with their nose. Moreover, the vests can be equipped with technology enabling the dogs to alert doctors in the event of an emergency. Very cool!
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional/no-1-for-business-but-state-lags-in-economic-measu/nbm97/
‘No. 1’ for business, but state lags in economic measures
BY GREG BLUESTEIN AND J. SCOTT TRUBEY – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Georgia has the best business climate in the nation, a niche industry magazine declared this week, a ranking Gov. Nathan Deal and other state leaders say boosts the state’s image and validates their economic development policies. But while Georgia prides itself for welcoming business, by many broader economic measures the state lags the nation or is even losing ground, according to an analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.newstimes.augusta.com
http://newstimes.augusta.com/opinion/2013-11-10/we-finally-have-a-voice-for-us-in-atlanta
We finally have a voice for us in Atlanta
This time the governor did something right. When Gov. Nathan Deal tapped James M. Hull on Thursday to fill a vacant seat on the Georgia Board of Regents, he made a wise decision. Hull, a member-manager of Hull Storey Gibson Companies LLC, is a well-known philanthropist and booster for higher education and good works in the Augusta area.
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/opinion/2013-11-09/hall-famers-two-kind#.UoD0aih5iCY
Hall of Famers: Two of a kind
ONE WAS a child of the Depression, a kid who was raised in the wilds of Alaska.
The other was born here in Savannah, where he grew up delivering the morning and afternoon newspapers to working class families on East Anderson Street. But both men, who came from opposite sides of the country, had several things in common that make them two of a kind — a strong work ethic, a passion to achieve and an obligation to give something back to the community called home. Fortunately, that community is Savannah. Last Tuesday, Savannah businessmen Curtis G. Anderson and Don L. Waters were inducted into the Savannah Business Hall of Fame at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center. …More recently, he {Waters} was appointed to the Georgia Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s institutions of higher learning. He’s the first representative from Savannah on the board in a long time.
www.times-georgian.com
http://www.times-georgian.com/tallapoosa-journal/article_9aa1ae02-47c8-11e3-9a22-001a4bcf6878.html
A sentimental visit
By Rhubarb Jones/Columnist
Have you heard the news? The Board of Regents have merged Southern Polytechnic with Kennesaw State University to make Kennesaw State University’s student population go from 25,000 to 31,000, making us just a few students shy of surpassing Georgia State as the second largest university in Georgia.
www.theatlantic.com
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/hyperemployment-or-the-exhausting-work-of-the-technology-user/281149/
Hyperemployment, or the Exhausting Work of the Technology User
Feeling overwhelmed online? Maybe it’s because you’re working dozens of jobs
IAN BOGOST
Ian Bogost is an author and game designer. He is the Ivan Allen College Distinguished Chair in media studies and a professor of interactive computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
In 1930, the economist John Maynard Keynes famously argued that by the time a century had passed, developed societies would be able to replace work with leisure thanks to widespread wealth and surplus. “We shall do more things for ourselves than is usual with the rich to-day,” he wrote, “only too glad to have small duties and tasks and routines.” Eighty years hence, it’s hard to find a moment in the day not filled with a duty or task or routine. If anything, it would seem that work has overtaken leisure almost entirely. We work increasingly hard for increasingly little, only to come home to catch up on the work we can’t manage to work on at work.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2013-11-10/georgia-must-maintain-its-role-national-leader-pre-k?v=1384045452
Georgia must maintain its role as a national leader in pre-K
By Bobby Cagle
Guest Columnist
I thank The Augusta Chronicle for its continued interest in and coverage of early childhood education in Georgia. Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning is committed to nurturing Georgia’s youngest children, keeping them safe and healthy and enriching their lives. Early education is valuable and critically important because a child’s most significant brain development occurs in the first five years and forms the basis for future learning.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/nov/11/more-international-students-studying-us-and-more-a/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
More international students studying in US and more American kids going abroad
The 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange shows a rise in international students at colleges and universities studying in the United States. The report found a seven percent increase to a high of 819,644 international students last year. American students studying abroad increased by three percent to an all-time high of more than 283,000.
Education News
www.wabe.org
http://wabe.org/post/response-jabs-carter-deal-defends-education-record?utm_referrer=http%3A//m.wabe.org/%3Futm_referrer%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.pba.org%252F%23mobile/48607
In Response to Jabs from Carter, Deal Defends Education Record
By JONATHAN SHAPIRO
In response to criticism from new gubernatorial candidate Jason Carter, Gov. Nathan Deal’s office is defending its education record. Deal spokesman Brian Robinson said despite the worst economy since the Great Depression, the state has held firm on education funding.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2013-11-10/technical-glitches-slow-college-application-process?v=1384130247
Technical glitches slow college application process
College application site increases stress
By Meg Mirshak
Staff Writer
A widely used process designed to make applying to college easier has caused big headaches for some local guidance counselors and high school seniors. When the Common Application, a college admissions application used by more than 500 colleges and universities, revamped its online site this fall, the new version was filled with glitches. Problems faced by prospective college students included trouble uploading documents, unrecognized log-in names and incorrect formatting of essays.
www.nytimes.com
Who Made That College Application?
By JESSICA GROSS
In the late 1800s, elite colleges admitted students from private schools based on entrance exams in Latin and Greek. State schools let in almost everyone who graduated from high schools certified by the universities’ professors. It wasn’t until private colleges opened their admissions to public school students that anyone saw the need for an application. There were more students than the schools could serve, and administrators noted with dismay that selecting based on academic merit alone dangerously increased the percentage of Jewish students.
www.americustimesrecorder.com
http://americustimesrecorder.com/local/x135003783/SGTC-awarded-2014-Military-Friendly-Schools-Designation
SGTC awarded 2014 Military Friendly Schools ® Designation
The Americus Times-Recorder
AMERICUS — AMERICUS — South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) has been named to the coveted Military Friendly Schools® list for 2014, by Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life. The 2014 Military Friendly Schools® list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities and technical schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.
www.daltondailycitizen.com
http://daltondailycitizen.com/local/x135003588/Yarbrough-named-chair-of-state-board-of-the-Technical-College-System-of-Georgia
Yarbrough named chair of state board of the Technical College System of Georgia
The members of the State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia have voted to install Joe Yarbrough of Dalton as their new chairman for the next two years. He will replace the board’s current chair, Lynn Cornett of Sandy Springs, whose term expires on Dec. 31.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Many-Students-Majors-Dont/142925/
Many Students’ Majors Don’t Match Their Interests, Study Finds
By Justin Doubleday
A third of college-bound students choose majors that don’t align with their interests, according to a report scheduled for release on Monday by ACT, the college-admissions-test company. While 36 percent of those heading off to college this year intended to major in an area that was a “good” fit for their interests, 32 percent selected a major that was a “poor” fit, the report says.
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424127887324139404579016662718868576-lMyQjAxMTAzMDEwMTExNDEyWj
Why Focusing Too Narrowly in College Could Backfire
Students are told learn the subjects that will best land them a job when they graduate. But that could be the worst thing they could do.
By PETER CAPPELLI
A job after graduation. It’s what all parents want for their kids. So, what’s the smartest way to invest tuition dollars to make that happen? The question is more complicated, and more pressing, than ever. The economy is still shaky, and many graduating students are unable to find jobs that pay well, if they can find jobs at all. The result is that parents guiding their children through the college-application process—and college itself—have to be something like venture capitalists. They have to think through the potential returns from different paths, and pick the one that has the best chance of paying off.
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304402104579149060054918936?mod=ITP_journalreport_1
A Fine-Arts Degree May Be a Better Choice Than You Think
For graduates, job prospects and satisfaction are surprisingly high
By DANIEL GRANT
Think that art school dooms graduates to a life of unemployment? The numbers paint a very different picture. “Artists can have good careers, earning a middle-class income,” says Anthony Carnevale, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. “And, just as important and maybe more, artists tend to be happy with their choices and lives.”
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Will-MOOCs-Change-Campus/142869/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Will MOOCs Change the Way Professors Handle the Classroom?
Buried in all the hype about MOOCs is a somewhat surprising admission by some of the world’s leading universities—that their teaching methods may not be very good. Lectures are the norm for introductory courses at colleges worldwide, from large research universities to local community colleges. But there’s a growing sense that monologues by professors are of limited effectiveness for many of today’s students.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Views-Diverge-Sharply-on/142923/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Views Diverge Sharply on Whether Learning Centers Improve Teaching
By Dan Berrett
Pittsburgh
The job of helping professors become better teachers is often assigned to a campus’s center for teaching and learning, where¬ faculty members can take in the latest educational research, request feedback on their performance, and attend workshops to redesign courses. But how much evidence is there that the centers work? And what keeps more faculty members from using them?
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/The-STEM-Crisis-Reality-or/142879/?cid=wc
The STEM Crisis: Reality or Myth?
By Michael Anft
It’s an acronym that has morphed into a meme. For the United States to maintain its global supremacy in innovation, the commonplace goes, the nation must crank out more and more college graduates in STEM programs—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Otherwise a continuing shortage of workers in those fields will sink the nation and its economy beneath the surface of an ever-flatter world, overrun by lower-paid foreigners who have outpaced us in STEM education.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/11/survey-finds-increases-international-enrollments-study-abroad#ixzz2kLK54IKG
International Study Up
By Elizabeth Redden
The number of international students at U.S. universities increased 7.2 percent in 2012-13 to an all-time high of 819,644, according to the latest “Open Doors” survey of international enrollments and American study abroad participation, conducted annually by the Institute of International Education. The number of Americans studying abroad grew to 283,332 in 2011-12, representing a 3.4 percent increase over the previous year.
Related articles:
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/US-Universities-Increasingly/142911/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
U.S. Universities Increasingly Enroll the World, Report Shows
www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/us-international-student-intake-reaches-record-high/2008864.article
US international student intake reaches record high
www.usatoday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/11/international-students-and-study-abroad/3442733/
More students coming (and going) overseas for college
www.news.yahoo.com
http://news.yahoo.com/u-sees-record-number-international-college-students-152640512.html;_ylt=A2KLOzI1.YBS9U8AdXrQtDMD
U.S. Sees Record Number of International College Students
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/11/students-video-leads-discussion-race-ucla#ixzz2kLRgyOr9
To Be a Black Man at UCLA
By Scott Jaschik
Sy Stokes, a junior at the University of California at Los Angeles, remembers that he nearly dropped out his first year. He has come to see that what he had been told about UCLA — that it was diverse and welcoming of all kinds of people — was hype. As a black male, he said in an interview Saturday, he felt “isolated” and he was very aware that the diversity at the university hasn’t led to increases in the share of black students (about 4 percent). While UCLA regularly has debates about race, he said that he felt that the perspective of black male students was missing.
So last week Stokes — with help from friends — created a video called “The Black Bruins” and posted it to YouTube. Nearly 60,000 people have viewed the video — and it has set off a new round of discussions about race at UCLA.
www.chicagotribune.com
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/jobs/chi-fastest-growing-jobs-20131108,0,7908138.story
Fastest growing occupations through 2017
By Susan RIcker
CareerBuilder
Eleven million Americans are currently looking for work, yet 45 percent of human resources managers say they are unable to find qualified candidates for their open positions. For job seekers, this might not make sense; for HR managers, it all comes down to who has the right qualifications right now. This skills gap is a growing problem for employers and workers alike, but it can be overcome.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/57323/
Study: Internet-based Job Hunting Effective for African-Americans
by Ronald Roach
A new study has found that, with the Internet emerging as a credible resource for searching and applying for jobs, African-Americans have come to rely on online job search information sources more than any U.S. racial or ethnic group. In addition, African-Americans are more likely than average “to say the Internet was very important to landing a job,” even while their measures of digital skills and literacy are reported to be “modestly lower than the average.”
www.sacbee.com
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/11/09/5895625/califs-low-community-college-fees.html
Calif.’s low community college fees face scrutiny
By LISA LEFF
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — The fees to attend California’s community colleges are by far the lowest in the United States — less than half the national average — yet at least 40 percent of the 2.4 million students in the largest U.S. system of higher education do not pay them. The reasons? An unusual financial aid program and a half-century-old vision that made affordability and open access the chief purpose of the two-year schools.
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304672404579186153175094892
U.S. Private Colleges Face Enrollment Decline
Schools Respond With Cutbacks, Mergers and New Recruitment Strategies
By DOUGLAS BELKIN CONNECT
Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., was founded in 1830. It has graduated governors and admirals. Martin Luther King Jr. praised it for its early efforts at integration in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” None of that august history protected it from plummeting enrollment last year. So, to induce prospective students to consider its $170,000 sticker price for a four-year education, Spring Hill began offering $1,000 scholarships for taking a campus tour. …From 2010 through 2012, freshman enrollment at more than a quarter of U.S. private four-year schools declined 10% or more, according to federal data The Wall Street Journal analyzed.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/57366/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=b218c44b44b34cd7b54adb373e27caf0&elqCampaignId=62#
Funding Cuts for Undergrad Programs, Research Trouble APLU
by Jamal Watson
WASHINGTON — The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities kicked off its annual three-day meeting Sunday with an ambitious agenda focused on how to address the challenges that beset public education. Many university presidents, chancellors, deans and other senior leaders representing colleges across the country expressed concerns that state and federal funding for undergraduate programs and research has consistently been cut over the last few years.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/2-Leaders-Challenge/142933/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
2 Leaders Challenge Land-Grants to Tackle Nation’s Problems
By Eric Kelderman
Washington
Purdue University’s president, Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., challenged the nation’s public universities to adjust their costs to meet the needs of students and families. Nancy L. Zimpher, chancellor of the State University of New York, called on land-grant universities to cooperate in nationwide efforts to make universities more effective and efficient.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/University-Adjuncts-Are-Often/142917/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
University Adjuncts Are Often Denied a Share of Shared Governance, Study Finds
By Peter Schmidt
Adjuncts remain largely excluded from faculty senates at most research universities, according to a groundbreaking study of which types of instructors can serve on such bodies. Among the more than 100 research universities examined in the study, about two-thirds had faculty senates that were off-limits to adjunct instructors who had less than half the workload of a full-time faculty member.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Fulbright-Program-Introduces/142643/
Fulbright Starts Efforts to Help Alumni Keep Global Ties
By Ian Wilhelm
Colleen R. O’Neal had what many might call the quintessential Fulbright experience. For years, Ms. O’Neal, who earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, had studied the emotional health of minority students under duress in the United States. But in 2010 she traveled to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as part of the U.S. State Department’s Fulbright Program. There she discovered a new passion: studying the stresses faced by the 40,000 or so refugee children from Burma and elsewhere—an underserved population she says she had never heard of before she arrived.
www.nytimes.com
Big Data’s Little Brother
Start-Ups Are Mining Hyperlocal Information for Global Insights
By QUENTIN HARDY
SAN FRANCISCO — David Soloff is recruiting an army of “hyperdata” collectors. The company he co-founded, Premise, created a smartphone application that is now used by 700 people in 25 developing countries. Using guidance from Mr. Soloff and his co-workers, these people, mostly college students and homemakers, photograph food and goods in public markets. By analyzing the photos of prices and the placement of everyday items like piles of tomatoes and bottles of shampoo and matching that to other data, Premise is building a real-time inflation index to sell to companies and Wall Street traders, who are hungry for insightful data.