University System News

GOOD NEWS:
www.myajc.com
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Training Georgians to go from watching movies to working on them
BY TAMMY JOYNER – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Georgia’s rapidly growing film industry has more jobs than qualified workers — so much so that the industry is importing employees from other states. To empower locals to compete, Clayton State University will start a program in February to prepare people for behind-the-scenes positions in movies and television. The program is the latest in a broader push by Georgia universities and colleges with film-related programs to tailor their classroom theory to the real-world needs of Hollywood. Rich tax incentives are creating thousands of jobs in Georgia.

www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/11/12/2769920/ga-school-launching-film-industry.html
GA school launching film industry training program
The Associated PressNovember
MORROW, GA. — Clayton State University is launching a program to train Georgians to work in the state’s expanding film and television industry. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/HNVcJf ) reported Monday that the university is launching a 24-week apprenticeship program that will pair students with industry veterans. University of Georgia Director of Economic Forecasting Jeff Humphreys says metro Atlanta has a roughly 8-percent unemployment rate, which could lend the industry a large pool of workers once they’re retrained.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-11-11/uga-grant-train-educators-aggressive-students
UGA grant to train educators for aggressive students
The University of Georgia hopes to use a recent federal grant to train educators to better work with “aggressive” pupils. A five-year $1.25 million federal grant recently was awarded to the UGA College of Education launch a new graduate program to train behavior specialists on how to assess and treat children with developmental disabilities who show severe aggressive behavior. The project’s aim is to train more school staff in behavior management so that there are fewer disruptions in classrooms and students learn better.

www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/91434/
UNG cadets complete cannon restoration
World War II-era anti-tank weapon refurbished by campus groups
By Charles Phelps
Vintage World War II artifacts are often seen in museums, or in a collector’s personal collection. In some cases, their condition isn’t pristine. A few cadets at the University of North Georgia’s Dahlonega campus showed that tackling a restoration challenge involving World War II antiques was hard work, but well worth it.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/health/2013-11-11/gruuga-medical-partnership-awarded-aamc-shining-star
GRU/UGA Medical Partnership awarded AAMC Shining Star
GRU/UGA Medical Partnership awarded AAMC Shining Star
The Georgia Regents University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership Community Health program received one of the Shining Star Awards presented by the Group on Regional Medical Campuses at the Association of American Medical Colleges’ annual meeting in Philadelphia on Nov. 1. The Shining Star Awards highlight outstanding contributions to medical education on regional medical campuses.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2013/11/uga-gets-125m-grant-for-new-graduate.html
UGA gets $1.25M grant for new graduate program
Carla Caldwell, Morning Edition Editor
A five-year $1.25 million federal grant will help the University of Georgia College of Education launch a new graduate program to train behavior specialists how to assess and treat children with developmental disabilities who show severe aggressive behavior, according to UGA News Service. The project’s goal is to train more school staff in behavior management – so that there are fewer disruptions in classrooms and students learn better, UGA said. Ultimately, having behavior specialists on staff could save school systems money by not having to hire outside consultation and out-of-school placement for these students, the school adds.

www.statesboroherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/54910/
Write Place Writers Workshops: Put your passion in writing
By LYNN LILLY
Special to the Herald
In three years, 18 authors with local ties have been honored for their success by Statesboro: The Write Place. Yet the event is just as much about nurturing aspiring writers. After all, a leading partner in the event is the Georgia Southern University Department of Writing and Linguistics, home of the only freestanding writing department in Georgia.

USG NEWS:
www.cbsatlanta.com
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/23934987/investigation-exposes-allegations-that-board-of-regents-mishandles-employee-appeals
Investigation exposes allegations that Board of Regents mishandles appeals
By Jeff Chirico
ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) – A CBS Atlanta investigation exposes allegations that the powerful Board of Regents has mishandled appeals filed by terminated employees. With a $7.5 billion budget, the Regents run all 31 of Georgia’s public colleges and universities which include the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology. They are also responsible for reviewing appeals filed by terminated employees or expelled students but CBS Atlanta has uncovered a document that reveals the Regents don’t read the appeals before voting on them.

RESEARCH:
www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/blogs/georgia-works/2013/11/11/join-the-red-kettle-army-audio
Join the “Red Kettle” Army
GPB
The “Red” Kettles will soon be everywhere, or at least we should hope. One of Georgia’s most successful charity efforts, to help those in need during the holiday season, is the Salvation Army Red Kettle program. This week on Georgia Works we talk to Salvation Army Atlanta Area Commander, Major Todd Hawks. He tells us job and volunteer opportunities exist for those who want help the needy this time of year. As we celebrate the men and women of the Unite States Armed Forces this Veteran’s Day we should not forget, far too many are unemployed. A new program at Georgia Tech is the first of its kind to offer classroom training for specific jobs. Join us as we talk to Dr. James Wilburn, a retired special forces officer who now teaches the VET2 program at Georgia Tech.

www.midtown.11alive.com
http://midtown.11alive.com/news/news/488242-iphone-vulnerable-hackers
iPhone vulnerable to hackers
Submitted by Ross Mclaughlin, 11Alive Reporter
ATLANTA — You’ll want to read this story. Your security could depend on it. The popular iPhone has won praise over its resistance to hackers but Georgia Tech researchers have revealed you can still be vulnerable. We keep a lot of information stored in our phones – to make calls, stay connected, store photos, bank and shop. It’s all contained within many apps. However, Georgia Tech research scientist, Billy Lau, says it can be hacked.

www.sfgate.com
http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/Online-Courses-to-Turn-MBA-Programs-Into-4974733.php
Online Courses to Turn MBA Programs Into Dinosaurs, Panel Says
Oliver Staley
Business schools may be forced to close or overhaul their offerings because of the rapid growth in cheaper online alternatives for management training, according to professors and deans… An MBA at Harvard Business School, ranked first in the Financial Times MBA annual survey this year, will cost $56,175 in tuition for 2015 and an estimated $91,200 including housing, health insurance, utility bills and other fees. The Georgia Institute of Technology will offer a master’s degree in computer science as an MOOC for less than $7,000 in tuition fees, which the school said is a “fraction” of what it charges for a master’s program on campus.

www.designnews.com
http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=269565&itc=dn_analysis_element&dfpPParams=ind_183,industry_consumer,aid_269565&dfpLayout=article&dfpPParams=ind_183,industry_consumer,aid_269565&dfpLayout=article
3D Printing Goes Nanoscale
DesignNews
Georgia Institute of Technology has done some truly bleeding-edge research in self-configuring robotics and robot swarms. It’s also home to research projects in advanced additive manufacturing (AM), design, and materials. The latest one has received a grant from the Department of Energy to develop nanoscale AM with a variety of materials. The technique uses focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) assisted by gas jets, which sends a highly focused beam of high-energy electrons and a jet of gases to a substrate material. The process creates tiny, nanoscale-layered structures, tens of nanometers to hundreds of nanometers wide, formed one atom at a time. The nanscale allow structures made of a wide variety of materials and materials combinations, and with very high purity… The research team is led by professor Andrei Fedorov of Georgia Tech’s school of mechanical engineering, whose specialties include heat transfer, combustion, and energy systems.

www.engineering.com
http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/6624/Cheap-Ink-Jet-Printed-Circuitry.aspx
Cheap Ink-Jet Printed Circuitry
Kyle Maxey
Researchers at Georgia Tech have created a new technique that’ll allow nearly anyone to create circuitry using a desktop printer. The project, which was initially a in the hands of the University of Tokyo and with Microsoft Research, uses a desktop printer to laydown conductive circuit wiring on resin coated paper, PET films and photo papers. According to Georgia Tech the new printing technique can use silver nanoparticle ink to create circuits in as little as 60 seconds. “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. “Unlike existing methods for printing conductive patterns, conductivity in our technique emerges within a few seconds and without the need for special equipment.”

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/science_health/uga-professor-leads-international-sorghum-research-effort/article_cae0168c-4a96-11e3-9eb7-0019bb30f31a.html
UGA professor leads international sorghum research effort
Jeanette Kazmierczak
Largely neglected in favor of its cousins wheat, corn and rye, sorghum may be the plant that saves the day. Andrew Paterson, a Regents professor of genetics, and the University of Georgia’s Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory have been chosen to lead an international group of researchers with a five-year, $4.98 million grant and the goal to increase the production of sorghum worldwide.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/11/12/2769522/yarbrough-to-uga-president-jere.html
YARBROUGH: To UGA President Jere Morehead: Welcome aboard
BY DICK YARBROUGH – SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH
Dear Dr. Morehead:
Congratulations on your investiture as the 22nd president of the University of Georgia. I wish I could be there for the ceremony on Nov. 19, but I have a long-scheduled conflict on that day. Otherwise, I would be there barking “Woof! Woof!” to show my pleasure in having you officially recognized as the leader of my beloved alma mater. This solemn occasion probably doesn’t lend itself to woof-woofing, but I suspect you would get a kick out of hearing it. You are a Bulldog through and through. The good news is that you are now president. The better news is that you won’t have to worry about me giving you a bunch of unsolicited advice in this column.

www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/24029511/article-Factoring-accessibility-into-KSU-SPSU-merger?instance=secondary_story_left_column
Factoring accessibility into KSU/SPSU merger
by Nancy Reichert
Currently the faculty, staff and students at Southern Polytechnic State University have been asked to digest the news that we will merge with Kennesaw State University. I have been paying close attention to numerous sources of information as I have attempted to understand the reasons for a merger. What I haven’t heard discussed concerns the importance of small, public college campuses as a means of providing educational access to students, especially to those with disabilities or social anxiety.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/11/12/essay-whats-missing-discussion-humanities#ixzz2kR2VfUEA
Thinking for Oneself
By Michael Roth
Over the last year there has been a steady stream of articles about the “crisis in the humanities,” fostering a sense that students are stampeding from liberal education toward more vocationally oriented studies. In fact, the decline in humanities enrollments, as some have pointed out, is wildly overstated, and much of that decline occurred in the 1970s and 1980s. Still, the press is filled with tales about parents riding herd on their offspring lest they be attracted to literature or history rather than to courses that teach them to develop new apps for the next, smarter phone.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/11/12/essay-suggests-liberal-arts-training-relates-skills#ixzz2kR2eptLc
False Dichotomy
By Devin T. Hagerty
The liberal arts are dead, or — at best — dying. That’s the theme of story after story in today’s news media. Professional skills training is in. The STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields are in. Practical, vocational higher education is in. The liberal arts are out, relics of a “traditional” way of thinking that has been overtaken by the pressing demands of our dizzyingly complex digital age.

Education News
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/12/carnegie-mellon-u-launches-initiative-improve-student-learning-technology
Delving into Digital Learning
By Carl Straumsheim
Carnegie Mellon University will open the world’s largest database on student learning to the public in an effort to identify best practices and standards for using technology in the classroom, the university announced on Monday. To support the open-access initiative, the institution will form a council of higher education leaders, education technology experts and industry representatives to distribute the data and guide the conversation.

www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/californias-low-community-college-fees-face-scrutiny/?utm_campaign=1112ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=154d1f0aec2d4034beba5f2f0c8080ef&elqCampaignId=132
California’s low community college fees face scrutiny
Source: mercurynews.com
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.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/earn-a-bachelors-at-community-college/?utm_campaign=1112ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=154d1f0aec2d4034beba5f2f0c8080ef&elqCampaignId=132
Earn a bachelor’s at community college?
Source: utsandiego.com
California’s community colleges are considering whether to expand their educational mission and begin offering bachelor’s degrees in high-demand technical and vocational fields.

www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/community-colleges-key-to-workforce/?utm_campaign=1112ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=154d1f0aec2d4034beba5f2f0c8080ef&elqCampaignId=132
Community colleges key to workforce
Source: The Dallas Chronicle
When Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown visited The Dalles Nov. 6, she had a chance to see some of her political handiwork on its way to fruition. Brown toured what Columbia Gorge Community College calls its Workforce Innovation Center, the workforce training component of the Oregon National Guard Ft. Dalles Readiness Center, which will open in late winter. She helped secure $8 million in state funding to help construct 13,000 square feet of dedicated lab and classroom space for the college as part of the facility.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/12/feds-release-tighter-proposed-language-gainful-employment-rules#ixzz2kR1tyCyP
Further on Gainful Employment
By Paul Fain
The U.S. Department of Education has upped the ante in its pursuit of “gainful employment” accountability requirements for vocational programs at for-profit institutions and community colleges. On Friday agency officials released draft regulatory language that is substantially stiffer than what they proposed in September, before a group of negotiators began discussing the issue. And experts said the latest draft also goes further than proposed and final rules from the previous gainful employment battles a couple years ago.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/12/social-media-outlet-sheds-light-substandard-teaching-facilities#ixzz2kR2C6nc7
‘Classrooms of Shame’
By Colleen Flaherty
Leaky ceilings, dim lighting, roaches, mold. Those images don’t evoke the ideals of higher education, but for the growing number of professors posting pictures of their rooms and offices to the social media feed called “Classrooms of Shame,” they’re an everyday reality. Karen Kelsky, who runs the academic career counseling website “The Professor Is In,” and who is a former tenured professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, started the Tumblr feed. She did so several months ago, “after hearing so many anecdotal stories from my clients and readers of the deplorable conditions of adjunct teaching facilities – offices with no phones, leaking roofs, mold, bugs, etc.,” she said via email. The idea was to give academics a place to “vent and share, and know they are not alone.”

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Community colleges seeking STEM funds
Source: metrodailynews.com
Community colleges in the region are cooking up proposals to get a piece of a $4.25 million pie the state is offering as part of a new effort to get more students ready to go into science- and math-based career paths. There’s also a chance the state’s 15 community colleges could submit a single response to the Department of Higher Education on behalf of the entire system, according to MassBay Community College spokesman Jeremy Solomon.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Research-Universities-Are/142941/
Research Universities Are Praised for Returning Focus to Undergrad Education
Chronicle of Higher Education
The president of the Association of American Universities said on Monday that public research institutions were once again moving forward, thanks to a renewed focus on undergraduate education and a willingness to “be extremely aggressive” in taking advantage of new financing opportunities. Hunter R. Rawlings III said that, for the first time in his career, senior faculty members were spending time and effort on teaching. “Our main job at universities is educating students,” he said during a panel discussion here at this week’s annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Cash-Strapped-NIH-May-Ask/142945/
Cash-Strapped NIH May Ask Universities to Limit Grant Applications
By Paul Basken
Washington
At a time of dwindling federal budgets, the National Institutes of Health is considering one sure-fire way to raise record-low grant-approval rates: Have researchers apply for fewer grants. The NIH, the nation’s largest provider of basic research money to universities, has seen its budget cut so much over the last decade that scientists now have only about a 15-percent chance of a successful grant application.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/12/congress-negotiates-budget-new-survey-highlights-strain-sequester-cuts-university#ixzz2kR1acXbS
Sequester Woes for Research
By Michael Stratford
The automatic federal budget cuts, known as sequestration, that took effect in March have forced universities to lay off research-related personnel, delay projects and admit fewer graduate students, according to a new survey released Monday. Eighty-one percent of responding institutions said that sequestration was directly affecting their research activities. More than half of universities said that the decrease in new federal grant opportunities — and the shrinking value of some existing grants — had prompted them to reduce research-related positions, and nearly a quarter of institutions said they had already laid off research employees… The chancellor of the University of California at Los Angeles, Gene Block, estimated that his institution had lost $50 million in federal funding because of sequestration. He said that further reductions, coupled with declining state support, would severely cripple research projects.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/57403/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=6696934789f54025a0bf252a27389bb3&elqCampaignId=62
Universities Say Sequestration Stymied Research Efforts
by Jamal Watson
WASHINGTON — The federal government sequestration has had a devastating impact on the nation’s public and private research universities, according to a new study released Monday at the annual meeting of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities. “Sequestration is a blunt and reckless tool that has chipped away at the core role our institutions play in conducting critical research that leads to next-generation technological breakthroughs,” said Dr. Peter McPherson, president of APLU, a D.C.-based nonprofit advocacy organization.

www.nytimes.com

Michelle Obama Edges Into a Policy Role on Higher Education
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama, after nearly five years of evangelizing exercise and good eating habits, will begin a new initiative on Tuesday that seeks to increase the number of low-income students who pursue a college degree. The goals of the program reflect the first lady’s own life and will immerse her more directly in her husband’s policies.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Librarians-Accuse-Harvard/142947/
Librarians Accuse Harvard Business Publishing of Unfair Prices
By Christopher Shea
Harvard Business Publishing has angered librarians with an aggressive new tactic designed to increase its revenue from Harvard Business Review articles assigned in courses—or, as the publisher would put it, insisting on proper payments that business schools have been evading. Those articles, typically readable summaries of academic work geared toward practitioners, are a staple of the business-school curriculum.