University System News

USG NEWS:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-11-19/morehead-invested-uga-president-pomp-and-circumstance
Morehead invested as UGA president with pomp and circumstance
By LEE SHEARER
New University of Georgia President Jere Morehead promised a bigger role in economic development for UGA as he symbolically took on the vestments of his new office in a colorful ceremony on the university campus Tuesday morning. “A strong and vital Georgia economy is essential to the future of this university,” and a strong UGA is equally important for the state’s future, he said.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/incoming-uga-president-sees-a-new-normal-on-higher/nbx27/
Incoming UGA president sees a ‘new normal’ on higher ed funding
By Greg Bluestein
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
ATHENS — Gov. Nathan Deal endorsed Jere Morehead to be the University of Georgia’s next president partly because he is willing to look increasingly beyond the state for funding. And at his formal installation on Tuesday Morehead did his best to validate that decision. Morehead, 56, a former professor, actually took office as president in July, but the ceremony gave him the chance to outline his priorities for Georgia’s flagship institution. He announced a fundraising campaign that would break school records, but was careful to strike a chord of fiscal conservatism throughout his message.

Related article:
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/morehead-invested-as-nd-uga-president-humbled-to-lead-georgia/article_890685a2-5167-11e3-b39c-0019bb30f31a.html
Morehead invested as 22nd UGA president, ‘humbled’ to lead Georgia’s flagship school

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2013-11-19/moreheads-investiture-uga-president-be-broadcast-live-morning
Morehead’s investiture as UGA president to be broadcast live this morning
By STAFF REPORTSNEWS
The investiture of Jere W. Morehead as 22nd president of the University of Georgia, set for 10 a.m. today, will be broadcast live on Channel 15 of both the UGA and Charter cable systems. In addition, the investiture will be streamed live online at http://www.ctl.uga.edu/. Morehead’s installation as president will include remarks from Gov. Nathan Deal, University System Chancellor Hank Huckaby and University System Board of Regents Chairman Dink NeSmith, as well as Athens-Clarke County Mayor Nancy Denson. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Julie E. Carnes will preside over the ceremony, and U.S. District Court Judge Steve C. Jones will bring the welcome.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/around-the-metro-area-tuesday/nbxQX/
Around the metro area | Tuesday
By Breaking News Staff
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s a quick look at what’s happening Tuesday:
…The University of Georgia will hold the investiture ceremony for Jere W. Morehead — its 22nd president — at 10 a.m. in the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall on campus. Morehead has been in the post since July 1 and was the only finalist for the job.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/southern-poly-president-finalist-for-utah-college-/nbxjh/
Southern Poly president finalist for Utah college position
By Janel Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Lisa Rossbacher, president of Marietta’s Southern Polytechnic State University, was named one of four finalists to lead Southern Utah University. The Utah State Board of Regents made the announcement Monday. The finalists are scheduled to interview Friday for the position as the school’s 16th president.

www.mdjonline.com
http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/24085015/article–SPSU-president-Rossbacher-a-finalist-for-Utah-post
SPSU president Rossbacher a finalist for Utah post
by Rachel Gray
MARIETTA — The president of Southern Polytechnic State University might vacate her position with the university before the merger with Kennesaw State University is completed in 2015. The Utah State Board of Regents announced Monday that President Lisa Rossbacher is one of four finalists being considered for the next president of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, three hours south of Salt Lake City.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2013-11-18/uga-raze-baxter-street-dining-hall
UGA to raze Baxter Street dining hall
By LEE SHEARER
Bolton Hall will bite the dust, Georgia officials recently decided. The Board of Regents approved the University of Georgia’s request to raze the 36,000-square-foot dining hall just down the Baxter Street Hill from three high-rise dormitories.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2013-11-18/georgia-memorial-service-held-body-donors
Georgia memorial service held for body donors
By TRACEY MCMANUS ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUGUSTA, Ga.— Dexter Mattox’s first patient in dental school was a 94-year-old retired nurse. They spent almost one year together, but Mattox never knew her name, her personality and never heard her voice. Even so, this woman taught Mattox more than any textbook or diagram ever could. By giving her body to medicine after her death, she allowed Mattox and his classmates to literally explore the makeup of her brain, see veins and arteries up close and touch the muscles in her face. On Friday, Mattox, a second-year student in Georgia Regents University’s College of Dental Medicine, was finally able to say thank you. GRU medical students and faculty held a memorial service to honor 170 donors who gave their bodies to science so students could better understand human anatomy.

www.11alive.com
http://www.11alive.com/News/Crime/313406/445/GA-Tech-Investigates-Reports-of-Credit-Card-Fraud
GA Tech investigates reports of credit card fraud
Rebecca Lindstrom
ATLANTA — Georgia Tech has opened another investigation into the misuse of P-cards. Those are basically university credit cards, paid for with tax money. In 2007-2008 the Institute says 13 employees were dismissed for using those cards to spend $558,000 in personal items, ranging from car repairs to jet skis. 11Alive News was tipped off to the latest investigation when a staff meeting at the school’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, was posted online.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/eight-uga-students-robbed-in-nine-days/nbxb6/
Eight UGA students robbed in nine days
By Mike Morris
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eight University of Georgia students have been robbed this month, most while walking between downtown Athens and the UGA campus, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.
In the most recent robbery, which happened early Saturday, police made an arrest before the victims had a chance to report the crime.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/uga-students-body-found-in-creek/nbxzy/
GBI: No foul play in UGA student’s death
By Alexis Stevens
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An autopsy showed no signs of foul play in the death of a University of Georgia student whose body was found Tuesday morning, the GBI said. “It was not a homicide,” GBI spokeswoman Sherry Lang told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday night. “No one else caused her death.” But investigators have not yet said how they believe Rebecca Elaine Greene died.

Related article:
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=268050
Foul play not suspected in death of UGA student

www.latinalista.com

Georgia DREAMer shares how ESOL program changed his life and taught him language is a bridge

Georgia DREAMer shares how ESOL program changed his life and taught him language is a bridge
By John Newton
“Your gift of language changes lives.” That was the theme of a speech delivered by Yair Muñoz, a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) in Savannah, to more than 500 ESOL teachers and administrators who gathered in Atlanta last month for their annual Georgia Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (GATESOL) Conference. Muñoz is originally from Hidalgo, Mexico and moved to South Georgia with his family when he was just nine-years-old. This past spring, he and two other AASU students were arrested and booked into the Chatham County jail after they interrupted a campus meeting by the Georgia Board of Regents in protest of their policy against allowing undocumented students who were educated in Georgia Public Schools to attend the state’s so-called flagship universities.

USG VALUE:
www.atlawblog.com
http://www.atlawblog.com/2013/11/new-gsu-law-bankruptcy-clinic-offers-community-education-class-on-thursday/?kw=New%20GSU%20Law%20bankruptcy%20clinic%20offers%20community%20education%20class%20on%20Thursday&et=editorial&bu=Daily%20Report&cn=20131119&src=EMC-Email&pt=Afternoon%20News
New GSU Law bankruptcy clinic offers community education class on Thursday
Georgia State University College of Law’s new Bankruptcy Assistance and Practice Program is holding a free community education class this Thursday for those facing bankruptcy.
Representatives from the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and GSU’s law school will explain foreclosures, loan modifications and other bankruptcy procedures. Legal Aid lawyers will meet individually with participants to explain what resources are available to assist them with their debt problems. Pro bono bankruptcy services may be provided to income-eligible participants by Atlanta Legal Aid or GSU’s Bankruptcy Assistance and Practice Program. GSU law professor Jessica Gabel started the bankruptcy assistance program this year to help people who cannot afford a lawyer navigate a bankruptcy filing.

RESEARCH:
www.bankinfosecurity.com
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/interviews/new-encryption-tools-for-cloud-i-2109
New Encryption Tools for the Cloud
Georgia Tech Researchers Tackle Key Security Issues
By Eric Chabrow
Computer scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing new ways to apply encryption when storing or searching data in the cloud, says Paul Royal, associate director of the university’s information security center. This encryption research, designed to address security concerns associated with cloud computing, is highlighted in Georgia Tech’s just-issued Emerging Cyber Threats Report 2014.

www.thespacereporter.com
http://thespacereporter.com/2013/11/researchers-discover-stronger-evidence-of-granite-on-mars/
Researchers discover stronger evidence of granite on Mars
For years the Red Planet was thought of as geologically simplistic, comprised mainly of one type of rock, in sharp contrast to the diverse geology of our planet.
By Max Sonnenberg, The Space Reporter
According to a news release from the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers have discovered stronger evidence of granite on the Red Planet. They have also developed a new theory for how the granite could have developed there. The result imply a much more geologically intricate Mars than previously thought. Massive quantities of a mineral located in granite, called feldspar, were discovered in a primitive Red Planet volcano. Also, minerals that are standard in basalts that are rich in iron and magnesium, ever-present on the Red Planet, are almost completely AWOL at this location.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/science_health/skidaway-institute-professors-awarded-grant-to-research-shrimp-disease/article_d35eaa1e-502f-11e3-b810-001a4bcf6878.html
Skidaway Institute professors awarded grant to research shrimp disease
Jeanette Kazmierczak
…The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has been monitoring the presence of black gill syndrome since shrimpers first started reporting it in 1996, said Patrick Geer, chief of marine fisheries in the coastal resource division, and their research trawls span from Savannah to Cumberland Island. But there’s still not much known about it. …“There’s very little work on this symptom, black gill, in wild shrimp populations,” said Marc Frischer, a professor at the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography. He and his colleague Richard Lee have been awarded a Georgia Sea Grant of $140 thousand to begin developing assays to test for the ciliate’s presence even when the symptom of black gill is absent, in the hopes of further understanding the parasite’s life cycle and history.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/managing-hyperemployment/53517?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Managing ‘Hyperemployment’
By Anastasia Salter
Ian Bogost (Georgia Tech) recently wrote an article for the Atlantic on the impact of technology on the redistribution of work, which has put most of us in a state of what he terms “hyperemployment.” He points out that the same technology that makes our communication easier also makes us more likely to distribute work: Email and online services have provided a way for employees to outsource work to one another. Whether you’re planning a meeting with an online poll, requesting an expense report submission to an ERP system, asking that a colleague contribute to a shared Google Doc, or just forwarding on a notice that “might be of interest,” jobs that previously would have been handled by specialized roles have now been distributed to everyone in an organization

www.eweek.com
http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/ibm-pushes-the-pedal-on-cloud-big-data-mobile-innovation.html
IBM Pushes the Pedal on Cloud, Big Data, Mobile Innovation
By Darryl K. Taft
IBM remains aggressive in pursuing innovation in its key areas of focus, including cloud computing, big data and analytics, mobile and security, among others. IBM has been busy of late with several major announcements in areas including cloud computing, big data, security and more… As part of IBM’s Academic Initiative, the company is launching new curriculum and programs focusing on cyber-security with Fordham University, Georgia Institute of Technology, San Jose State University, Southern Methodist University, Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany, Temasek Polytechnic in Singapore, Universidad Cenfotec in Costa Rica, Universiti Kebangsaan in Malaysia, The University of South Carolina, University of Texas at Dallas and Wroclaw University of Economics in Poland.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/administration/could-ksu-and-spsu-merger-happen-at-uga/article_28bb7f14-50bc-11e3-901a-0019bb30f31a.html
Could KSU and SPSU merger happen at UGA?
Zach Jones
Last week, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia announced a plan to merge Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University. Both schools are located in Cobb County, and SPSU is located in Marietta. KSU is Georgia’s third largest university and is several times larger than nearby SPSU, which only has around 5,000 students. …School mergers are a reality for all state school systems. It is possible that the University of Georgia could be joined with a smaller state school if the Board of Regents voted to do so. Kristine O’Neil, a senior advertising major from Tyrone, is not worried about the possibility of UGA merging with another institution. She sees positive aspects to a merger.

www.ksusentinel.com
http://www.ksusentinel.com/2013/11/19/moving-forward/
Moving Forward
By Toni-Ann Hall
Through the circulation of news articles, e-mail notifications and word of mouth, I, along with many members of the student body was informed of the SPSU/ KSU merger. I initially paid no attention to this information because to me it just seemed like regular old news. It wasn’t until I was aware of the series of protests that took place in regards to this consolidation that I realized the passion and collectiveness built around this topic. With the announcement of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents’ approval on Tuesday, Nov. 12, according to 11alive.com, there no longer seems to be room for debate. The next best step to take is to consider the outcomes of this decision that is set to transpire in 2015.

www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2013/11/19/2785009/georgia-editorial-roundup.html
Georgia editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Georgia newspapers:
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle on Georgia Regents University: State officials are at least taking a skeptical look at having Georgia Regents University expand into the stately old mills beside the Augusta Canal. But it appears they’re looking more eagerly to establish an Atlanta campus of the GRU medical school. We think expansion here makes a ton more sense.

www.blogs.ajc.com
http://blogs.ajc.com/news-to-me/2013/11/19/study-georgia-tech-engineering-millionaires/?cxntfid=blogs_news_to_me
News to Me with George Mathis
Study: Georgia Tech engineering millionaires
Have you heard the Buzz? Georgia Tech is one of world’s Top 100 universities at producing millionaires. If you are a parent of a high school student eligible for the HOPE Scholarship that cares nothing about football or the availability of ‘hotties,’ the choice is clear. Tech is ranked No. 80 on the list; Harvard is No. 1. …Unfortunately for graduates of other Georgia universities, a “Top 10,000″ list was not provided. The research is also helpful at helping parents pick their kid’s major.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/57532/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=f953f2651102490193d9a8630254f4dc&elqCampaignId=62
Making the Right Cuts in Higher Education
By Brian C. Mitchell
CBS News recently reported that a number of colleges and universities had or planned to cut their sticker prices significantly. CBS noted that the reported tuition price for independent colleges and universities was slightly over $30,000 per year—or up about $1,100 since last year. These numbers translated into a 2.9-percent increase or the lowest collective tuition increase in 40 years. Consumers need to think through a number of points before applauding this decision as a panacea to address high sticker prices.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2013/11/19/essay-urges-colleges-invest-more-placement#ixzz2l6R1aYtv
Make Placement a Priority
By Michael Bugeja
When student debt surpassed credit card debt in 2010, exceeding the $1 trillion mark, higher education officials began focusing on how much college graduates owed after commencement — a whopping $26,600 on average, according to the latest statistics. That figure is expected to rise about 5 percent annually unless institutions take such proactive measures as freezing tuition, streamlining curricula, consolidating departments, reorganizing colleges, and curtailing mission creep — all unpopular on the typical campus — meaning debt is here to stay for the foreseeable future.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/mapping-courseras-global-footprint
Mapping Coursera’s Global Footprint
By Kris Olds
Over the last year I’ve been stuck by how most debates about MOOCs, and MOOC platform providers, are remarkably national in orientation. In the US, for example, a surprising number of politicians and select ‘disruptive innovation’ consultants have framed MOOCs as a vehicle to help redress the fiscal challenges facing public higher education. This (the MOOC as fiscal challenge solution) is a mug’s game, though, as anyone involved in developing and running online courses (as I am for both regular credit classes and a MOOC) will tell you for they are resource intensive to both develop and run well. MOOCs are great for some things, and worse for others, but they are not going to save universities money by functioning as a silver bullet for the legacy impacts of austerity.

Education News
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/duncan-tries-to-quell-uproar-over-common-core-comments/2013/11/18/b88376d8-5085-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
Duncan tries to quell uproar over Common Core comments
By Lyndsey Layton, Published: November 18 E-mail the writer
Education Secretary Arne Duncan tried Monday to quell the outrage sparked by his comments that injected race and class into the debate about the Common Core academic standards taking root in classrooms across the country. Duncan said Friday that he was fascinated by the fact that some opposition to the standards was coming from “white suburban moms” who fear that “their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were.”

www.wabe.org
http://wabe.org/post/how-will-georgia-assess-common-core
How Will Georgia Assess the Common Core?
By MARTHA DALTON
Georgia education officials are trying to figure out how to replace a national test aligned to the Common Core education standards. The state withdrew from a test consortium earlier this year, citing cost. But officials are on a tight deadline to find a replacement. The national test would have cost Georgia about $29 per student to test two subjects. The state currently spends about $14 per student to test five subjects. The consortium is called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC. Georgia Department of Education spokesperson Matt Cardoza says officials have been talking with other states that have withdrawn from PARCC about developing a regional test.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/should-your-college-join-the-common-application/37221?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Should Your College Join the Common Application?
By Eric Hoover
In an article published on Monday, I describe the rise of the Common Application, which has become a powerful force in college admissions, with more than 500 member colleges. In the past, the nonprofit organization that runs the application recruited new members each fall. This involved friendly telephone calls to colleges that conducted holistic evaluations of applicants, by considering more than just grades and test scores, says Scott Anderson, senior director for policy at the organization, which is also called the Common Application. (To offer the Common App, colleges must require at least one essay and letter of recommendation.)

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/common-apps-competitors-are-here-to-help/37233?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Common App’s Competitors Are ‘Here to Help’
Over the last few decades, the Common Application has become a cornerstone of the admissions process for 517 colleges, as I describe in an article this week. Perhaps the rise of the Common App (or something like it) was inevitable in a world where the ease of Amazon.com rewired consumers’ brains. Where student recruitment went national and then global. Where a scarcity of spots at super-selective colleges led more students to seek a “safety school.” And where presidents demanded more and more applications, either to enroll more-diverse classes, attract more out-of-state students, or attain the prestige some mammals associate with lower acceptance rates (perhaps all of the above). But let’s not forget something else: Processing applications is a big business.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/57572/#
Obama to Announce $100M in Education Grants for HS Students
by Associated Press
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama is announcing $100 million in grants to help better prepare high school students to compete in the global economy. The White House says the Youth CareerConnect program will help schools train students for in-demand industries, including science, technology, engineering and math.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/20/distance-education-state-reciprocity-initiative-prepares-welcome-first-members#ixzz2lBmEDMsT
Will States Reciprocate?
By Carl Straumsheim
Can savings and the spirit of cooperation persuade states to hand over their ability to evaluate distance education providers? With institutions hurrying to obtain authorization in the states they wish to operate in by next summer, an effort to simplify that process prepares to accept its first members. States have until July 1, 2014, to authorize the colleges and universities operating within their borders — a particularly onerous policy for distance education providers, which are required to jump through the regulatory hoops of each state in which they wish to make their programs available.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/ScienceEngineering/143163/?cid=at
Science and Engineering Degrees Are on the Rise
By Katherine Mangan
The number of science and engineering bachelor’s degrees completed in the United States has climbed 19 percent over the last five years, more than double the 9-percent growth rate for other disciplines, according to studies being released on Tuesday by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/20/project-based-learning-could-help-attract-and-retain-women-stem-study-suggests
Strategy for Women in STEM
By Allie Grasgreen
When researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute began surveying alumni to assess how their project-based curriculum impacted their students in the long term, they simply hoped to see that students did well after graduating. That appeared to be true. But what also emerged was evidence that WPI’s approach to engineering education appeared to be substantially more effective for women, suggesting that a project-based curriculum may boost female success in the science, technology, mathematics and engineering fields.

www.businessweek.com
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-18/haas-launches-new-institute-for-mbas-that-want-to-do-good
Haas Launches New Institute for MBAs Who Want to Do Good
By Francesca Di Meglio
It’s easy to gauge the growing interest in business school programs that address social and environmental issues. At University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Kristi Raube says all you have to do is look at the jump in applicants expressing a desire for more socially conscious careers, student activities, and the subjects of business case competitions. On Nov. 6, Haas launched the Institute of Business & Social Impact. The center, which is run by former Haas Dean Laura Tyson, will house a hodgepodge of activities, including a new research project exploring the impact of women on the economy, the Center for Nonprofit & Public Management, the Center for Responsible Business, a graduate program in health management, and the Global Social Venture Competition.

www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-11-16/women-leading-way-job-recovery-post-recession
Women leading the way on job recovery post-recession
Women’s employment returns to pre-recession levels
By Jenna Martin
Staff Writer
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research finds “women have regained all their jobs lost in the recession,” reports the Augusta Chronicle. …In its review of October employment data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the institute found that the number of women working reached its highest point in October, when there were 67.4 million jobs held by female workers. That’s an increase of 102,000 over their previous employment peak of March 2008. Additionally, the unemployment rate for single mothers has reached its lowest level at 8.8 percent since October 2008.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/New-Graduates-Will-Enter-a/143173/?cid=at
New Graduates Will Enter a Slowly Improving Job Market
By Justin Doubleday
The job market for new college graduates will continue to improve slowly in 2013-14, as cuts in the banking and credit industries, as well as political uncertainty, hold back what could otherwise be robust growth, according to a new report from the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University. Job opportunities will increase by 2 percent across all degree levels, similar to last year’s growth, says the latest annual “Recruiting Trends” report. Its findings are based on a survey of more than 6,000 employers.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/20/new-book-how-navigate-entire-academic-career#ixzz2lBmWJi1Q
‘Behind the Academic Curtain’
By Serena Golden
The academic job market has been unsteady — to say the least — for years now, and more seems to be expected of job candidates with each hiring season. Trying to succeed in academe can be daunting, and no single article or even book can begin to provide the prospective academic with all the information she’ll need. Still, Frank F. Furstenberg gives it his best shot in Behind the Academic Curtain: How to Find Success and Happiness With a Ph.D. (University of Chicago Press). The subtitle may overpromise, but Furstenberg does offer an exceptionally comprehensive guide to an entire academic career, from deciding where to apply to grad school to determining when it’s time to retire.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/citing-series-of-conflicts-san-jose-state-u-asks-for-governance-review/48427?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Citing Series of Conflicts, San Jose State U. Asks for Governance Review
By Steve Kolowich
Academic leaders at San Jose State University on Monday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution asking the chancellor of the California State University system to review governance at the university, where unease over the introduction of massive open online courses has exacerbated difficulties caused by tight budgets.

Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/19/faculty-members-san-jose-state-u-urge-outside-review-institutions-governance#ixzz2l6Qf8jMP
Rifts in the Valley

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Harvard-Researcher-Who-Gave/143165/
Harvard Researcher Who Gave Voice to Faculty Discontent to Step Down
By Robin Wilson
One of the country’s most-prominent experts on faculty members’ working lives is stepping down next week from her long-term research post at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Cathy A. Trower, 53, helped found and direct the school’s Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, which has become a major source of information for institutions about what professors like and don’t like about their jobs.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/major-fraud-plea-has-university-scientists-regretting-journal-article/33713
Major Fraud Plea Has University Scientists Regretting Journal Article
By Paul Basken
Just days after federal prosecutors concluded one of the nation’s largest fraud settlements involving a single drug, at least some university researchers are retreating from a medical-journal article that helped sell the medicine to children. Denis Daneman, a professor and chair of pediatrics at the University of Toronto, said he had asked the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, which published the 2003 article evaluating the schizophrenia medication Risperdal, to remove his name from it.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/11/19/disability-studies-meeting-wasnt-accessible-those-disabilities#ixzz2l6QrSvHP
No Access
By Megan Rogers
At a gathering for scholars interested in the intersection of health, humanities and disabilities this weekend, a professor who uses a wheelchair was asked to ring a bell to gain access to the meeting. William Peace, a visiting professor at Syracuse University, wrote in a blog post he hadn’t seen a sign directing people to “ring bell for access”— which he likened to “white only” signs — since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed 23 years ago.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Most-States-Collect-Education/143159/?cid=at
Most States Collect Plenty of Education Data—They Just Don’t Use It
By Eric Kelderman
The call for more and better data on the educational performance of students and colleges has become a common refrain from policy makers and lawmakers across the country. The information is there, in many cases, but is not always being shared with other agencies or linked to other performance measures that would drive better policy decisions, according to the ninth annual report from the Data Quality Campaign, a nonpartisan group promoting the collection and use of data on student and teacher performance in the classroom.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Senate-Task-Force-to-Assess/143153/?cid=at
Senate Task Force to Assess Regulatory Burden on Colleges
By Andy Thomason
Washington
Four members of the U.S. Senate’s education committee on Monday announced the formation of a task force aimed at examining the effects of federal regulation on higher education, echoing lawmakers’ concerns that government red tape drives up college costs and stifles innovation.

www.politico.com
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Harvard president sounds alarm over sequester
By LIBBY A. NELSON
Harvard University President Drew Faust warned Tuesday of continuing to cut scientific research budgets, saying even the nation’s wealthiest university is losing faculty to countries where governments are spending more on research. Harvard gets 16 percent of its budget — $600 million per year — from federal research spending, much of that for medical research. The university is fund-raising and seeking nonprofits and corporations to help support research, Faust said during a meeting with POLITICO editors and reporters, in part because the basic partnership between universities and the government is at risk.

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Latest Gainful-Employment Proposal Pleases No One
By Kelly Field
Washington
The Education Department took heat from both sides of the negotiating table on Monday, with for-profit-college leaders arguing the agency had gone too far with its latest “gainful employment” proposal, and student and consumer advocates saying that it had not gone far enough.