University System News

USG NEWS:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/university-presidents-discuss-higher-educations-ev/nfP56/
University presidents discuss higher education’s evolution
BY JANEL DAVIS – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Five presidents from Atlanta area colleges and universities will discuss the evolution of higher education’s role in society during a lecture April 2 at Emory University. The “Higher Education and the Evolving Social Contract” will feature James Wagner, Emory’s president; Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College; G.P. “Bud” Peterson, president of Georgia Tech; Mark Becker, president of Georgia State University; and John Wilson Jr., president of Morehouse College.

www.unionrecorder.com
http://www.unionrecorder.com/local/x1316962086/University-System-of-Georgia-campuses-must-ban-smoking
University System of Georgia campuses must ban smoking
Georgia College going smoke free
From staff reports
The Union-Recorder
MILLEDGEVILLE — The University System of Georgia (USG) announced a new Tobacco and Smoke-Free Campus policy Wednesday, March 19, as approved by the Board of Regents. The stated goal is to preserve and improve the health, comfort and environment of students, employees and any persons occupying USG campuses. All USG institutions, including Georgia College, will be completely tobacco and smoke-free effective Oct. 1, 2014.

www.statesboroherald.com
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/58304/
Bulloch HR managers struggle to fill technical jobs
‘Workforce readiness’ called into question
By AL HACKLE
Human resources pros at major Bulloch County employers, including Georgia Southern University as well as industries such as Viracon, report difficulty finding qualified people for mechanical and technical jobs and certain other specialized work. …GSU’s needs Meanwhile, Georgia Southern University at times has difficulty filling skilled trade jobs such as those for plumbers, HVAC technicians, electricians, maintenance workers and carpenters, Bynes said. “Those are positions that people can work in without a college degree, with work experience and some technical training,” he said. “So if you are not enrolled in a four-year university, there is still hope for you. I know Ogeechee Tech does many of these programs.”

www.wsbtv.com
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/former-campus-police-officers-claim-retaliation-af/nfPgw/
Former campus police officers claim retaliation after filing complaint against GGC
By Kerry Kavanaugh
GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Two former campus police officers at Georgia Gwinnett College claimed they suffered retaliation after they filed a discrimination complaint against the school. The state dismissed their complaint. But, their attorney believes the bigger issue now is how the officers were allegedly treated after filing that complaint. One of those officers believes it cost him his job.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/sports/college-athletics-under-fire-from-several-directio/nfPc7/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1
College athletics under fire from several directions
BY TIM TUCKER – THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
One Saturday last September, about 10 players on the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech football teams stepped onto the field with a three-letter message written on their wrist tape or other gear: APU. Indecipherable to most, it was the first hint locally of a revolution in college athletics. The initials stood for “All Players United,” a rallying cry for reform on issues such as player compensation and health. The local players and some at Northwestern University near Chicago were the only ones known to take part that day in the subtle protest, which was orchestrated by a fledgling national college players organization and drew limited attention. But the whisper created by the group six months ago became screaming headlines last week.

RESEARCH:
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/04/01/study-recruiting-stars-bolsters-departments-research-productivity
Study: Recruiting Stars Bolsters Departments’ Research Productivity
The hiring of “star” professors — defined by their research output — results in improvement in the research productivity of the departments they join, according a study published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research, The study (available to subscribers; abstract available here), by scholars at the University of Toronto, Georgia Institute of Technology, and National University of Ireland, Galway, finds that the recruitment of research stars does nothing to lift the productivity of those already in the department (and actually leads to reduced productivity of some of them).

www.digitaljournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1823917
Georgia Southern University to Streamline Sponsored Program and Compliance Management with rSmart Cloud Express
rSmart, a leader in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for higher education, announced today that the Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation, Inc. has begun implementation of rSmart Cloud Express for Kuali Coeus to streamline the university’s sponsored program management. Built on open source, community-developed Kuali Coeus software, Cloud Express will help Georgia Southern better manage their research enterprise by providing quick and accurate access to data in a single, automated system.

www.tiftongazette.com
http://www.tiftongazette.com/local/x787239022/UGA-researcher-using-innovative-techniques-to-trap-control-beetles
UGA researcher using innovative techniques to trap, control beetles
Clint Thompson
TIFTON — A University of Georgia researcher is using two news traps and the beetle’s sex drive to trap and control the pest that damages the roots of pecan trees. Prionous root borers, the larval stage of the beetle, damages pecan tree roots by depriving trees of essential water nutrients. This makes them vulnerable to heavy winds. The larvae can also move through the soil and feed on an irrigation system if they encounter a pipe between pecan roots. Recent research, however, by University of Georgia entomologist Jim Dutcher may lead to successful control methods.

Related article:
www.agprofessional.com
http://www.agprofessional.com/news/agpro-weekly/articles/UGA-researcher-targets-prionus-root-borers-253184601.html?ref=601
UGA researcher targets prionus root borers

www.kxan.com
http://kxan.com/2014/03/31/sub-alvin-in-at-oil-spill-4th-anniversary/
Navy researchers take a look at ocean floor in light of oil spill 4th anniversary
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — As the fourth anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill approaches, the Navy research sub called Alvin will be taking researchers down for a look at the ocean floor. The research vessel Atlantis was scheduled to carry scientists and Alvin out Monday for the smaller vessel’s first research trip since renovation added space for a third scientist. Researchers from the University of Georgia, Florida State University, the University of North Carolina and Coastal Carolina University plan 22 dives, The Sun Herald reported. Marine science professor Samantha “Mandy” Joye of the University of Georgia, chief scientist for the voyage, said they’ll be checking sites they sampled in 2010 to see whether there’s been recovery.

STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/economy/new-biotech-training-site-under-construction-at-ba/nfPLZ/
New biotech training site under construction at Baxter plant
By Greg Bluestein
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Social Circle – Contractors began construction on a state-funded training center Monday next to a new $1 billion Baxter International pharmaceutical plant that state officials hope can help lure scores of other biotech jobs. The Georgia BioScience Training Center was a key piece in the lucrative package of incentives that helped draw Baxter to build the plant on a sprawling site in the eastern outskirts of Atlanta. The package, which tops $210 million, included $14 million to build the Quick Start facility and another $10 million to operate the program. It’s part of a state strategy of promising in-depth training and splashy facilities to entice companies to relocate or expand in Georgia. The state backed similar training centers for the Kia manufacturing center in west Georgia and Caterpillar’s new plant near Athens.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/mar/26/after-losing-its-identity-southern-polytechnic-sta/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
After losing its identity, Southern Polytechnic State University loses its president
I would assume this news is related to the absorption of Southern Polytechnic State University into Kennesaw State University although the merger is noticeably left out of this statement from the Board of Regents: From the Board of Regents:

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/how-to-keep-guns-from-dangerous-mentally-ill/nfNGJ/
How to keep guns from dangerous mentally ill?
BY MARY SANCHEZ
The federal government believed Colby Sue Weathers was a paranoid schizophrenic. It had information that she was delusional and suicidal, unable to work and therefore eligible for Medicaid and disability benefits. One summer day in 2012, Weathers cashed her government check, bought a .45 caliber pistol from Missouri gun shop, returned home and shot her father dead. So here’s the question: If the federal government considers a person is mentally ill enough to receive financial benefits, why can’t it also decide that person is dangerous enough to be banned from buying a gun? Ask that question, and you tumble down a mineshaft.

www.northwestgeorgianews.com
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/opinion/editorials/editorial-gun-law-backfires/article_487d5ac0-b7cd-11e3-a0c0-0017a43b2370.html
EDITORIAL: Gun law backfires
SHOWING their inability once again to hit the broad side of a legislative target with a shotgun of verbiage, the General Assembly has passed a new gun-carry law that demands being shot down by a veto from Gov. Nathan Deal. That is said by longtime supporters of the right to bear arms … well, at least by those who don’t look down barrels while pulling triggers. At least Deal will have time to read this mess, which would be more than the legislators supporting it (including the entire local delegation) apparently were able to do during the final make-haste hours of deliberation.

www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/03/31/3032527/tim-chitwood-wearing-guns-could.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1
Tim Chitwood: Wearing guns could be a Georgia trend
BY TIM CHITWOOD
Hot damn: Soon I can take my gun almost anywhere. This should work out well for me, under Georgia law, which as amended by the General Assembly will let us take guns to church and into bars and pretty much anywhere else we might need one. That sounds good to me, because I’ve got a classic Smith & Wesson revolver with a shoulder holster, and that can really boost your gravitas. If ever I wear a coat again, it can hide the gun until I peel one side of it away to show the butt of that revolver. So the next time I meet someone who says, “I don’t agree with everything you write,” I’ll just pull the coat aside and say, “And?”

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/health/2014-03-31/tips-quit-smoking
Tips to quit smoking
By APRIL BURKHART
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents recently voted to ban tobacco use at the state’s public colleges and university campuses and other properties. The ban goes into effect Oct. 1, so tobacco-using students, faculty and employees of the University of Georgia might want to consider quitting. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends developing a quit plan:

www.theatlantic.com
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/03/career-technical-education-more-middle-in-the-middle-class/359854/
‘Career Technical’ Education: More Middle in the Middle Class?
Training students for jobs that are less likely to be outsourced, de-skilled, or stuck at minimum wage.
JAMES FALLOWS
Two days ago I mentioned what my wife and I had seen this month at Camden County High School, in southernmost Georgia. There all students, in addition to regular academic subjects and 20-plus AP offerings, are enrolled after freshman year in one of five “academies” emphasizing specific occupational skills. This approach used to be called “vocational ed,” is now known as career technical education, and is designed to equip students, whether or not they are headed for college, with skills that will give them options and leverage for higher-paid jobs. I am no one’s idea of an education specialist, but from my book More Like Us onward I’ve tried to follow the ways American institutions equip people, or hamper them, for the endless process of reinvention and adaptation that is American economic and social life. College education is obviously valuable in its own right and, usually, as a path toward better career options. But not everyone will start or stay in college.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/04/01/comparing-college-costs-a-primer/?wpisrc=nl_cuzheads
The Answer Sheet By Valerie Strauss
Comparing college costs: a primer
It’s the season for colleges to accept students and then students to accept colleges. Part of the decision for many students is price, but comparing the actual cost of attending different colleges can be tricky. Here to help is Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president and publisher of Edvisors.com, a group of web sites about planning and paying for college. He has written three bestselling books about financial aid, including “Filing the FAFSA: The Edvisors Guide to Completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.” This book is available for free download in PDF format for students and parents who register (also for free) on Edvisors.com.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/04/01/essay-calls-colleges-award-associate-degrees-those-who-finish-two-not-four-years
3 Cheers for Associate Degrees
By Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
…College study provides two primary values: it stretches the mind, develops critical thinking and broadens the base of one’s knowledge; and by awarding a degree it puts a stamp of approval on one’s back that says the student has met certain standards. That hechsher — that certificate — signals to hiring personnel that this individual has jumped through hoops and over hurdles: an important requirement has been met. Check mark in Box One. …Three years of college study but no earned degree is worth less in the market place than two years of college that culminates in an associate degree. If that is so, then why not award the A.A. to students who successfully complete two years of study but don’t make it to the finish line at traditional four-year institutions?

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/giving-college-a-welcoming-front-door/37885?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Giving College a Welcoming Front Door
by Maria S. Moten
If the enrollment process at a community college isn’t well structured, new students are left to fend for themselves and might not know which options match their goals. In a guest post, Maria S. Moten explains how her college improved its “new-student flow.” Ms. Moten, assistant provost and dean of enrollment services at Harper College, a two-year institution in Illinois, is scheduled to present on this topic at the annual meeting this week of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.

www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/opinion/2014-03-31/editorial-unions-wont-help-college-athletes-earn-valuable-degrees#.Uzr4_CgrseV
Editorial: Unions won’t help college athletes earn valuable degrees
UNIONIZATION ISN’T the answer to problems facing college athletics today. More responsible use of money is. Last week, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board dropped a bombshell — football players on scholarship at Northwestern University are entitled to vote on whether to unionize. Players led by former NU quarterback and National Football League prospect Kain Colter argued universities are basically exploiting young athletes, reaping mountains of revenue while those doing the work get peanuts Peter Sung Ohr, who issued the ruling, said these players should be regarded as “employees” because their sport produces revenue and blocking and tackling takes work. Letting them join a union would best protect their interests, he argued. That’s a myopic response. Northwestern is right to appeal.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/61495/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=23d05e1b94f44080a18f8b8b0c7d17ab&elqCampaignId=173
Here’s Some Underpublicized March Madness
by William Spriggs
The Chicago regional office of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled in favor of the College Athletes Players Association (CAPA) in determining that the scholarship football players at private Northwestern University had the right to form a union. Courageous leadership by Kain Colter of Northwestern and CAPA founder Ramogi Huma led to this victory. Now everyone is crying in their beer because the discussion has focused on athletes being paid. But, CAPA is about all that unions do: giving voice to the workers. Too little attention is focused on issues of player safety and health in the media storm following the ruling.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/61504/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=23d05e1b94f44080a18f8b8b0c7d17ab&elqCampaignId=173
If Student Athletes Are Allowed to Unionize, Will It Change How Colleges View All Their Students?
by Emil Guillermo
With the NCAA making a profit of more than one billion dollars a year, I’ve got nothing against the unionization of student-athletes. Basic equity just makes sense. And the way things are run today, we have an undeniable equity problem when it comes to student athletics. When you consider what a star athlete does for a school, just one big time football star like a Johnny Manziel could subsidize an entire athletic program, maybe even a school — for years. …But what if unionization also brings on a new kind of reality in how a school views its other students? If colleges place a high value on jocks, what about the value it puts on non-athlete students? Will schools begin to see students solely based on their potential to be “positive revenue generators?”

Education News
www.rockdalecitizen.com
http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/news/2014/mar/31/georgia-bioscience-training-center-to-create/
Georgia BioScience Training Center to create skilled workforce
Gov. Deal breaks ground for facility
By Jessicah Peters
COVINGTON — With shovel in hand, Gov. Nathan Deal along with Baxter International executives “broke ground” in preparation for the facility where Baxter and other life sciences industries will be able to train future employees. “This will be a resource like no other, offering customized training,” said Commissioner Ron Jackson, Technical College System of Georgia. “It will be part of a bigger vision to serve the life sciences industry and build a successful workforce.” The Georgia BioScience Training Center will support training for Baxter International Inc. employees and for new companies that choose to locate within the state.

www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2014-03-28/employees-sought-skill-set?v=1396039016
Employers seek workers with skills
Skilled workers, service personnel in demand
By Tim Rausch
Business Editor
Staffing agencies that serve the Augusta area report seeing an increase in demand for workers. But the real demand is for those who have skills. “The day where they are looking for that strong back, that brawn-type person, is fading out,” said Preston Sizemore, the president and CEO of Augusta-based regional staffing firm Sizemore Inc. “Employers are looking for more skilled employees.” MAU Workforce Solutions conducted a job fair in Augusta last week to find welders and electromechanical technicians. …Isaac Kelly, a staffing specialist at Augusta Staffing Associates, said machine operators, electronic medical technicians and engineers are in high demand. “Electronic records technicians, as soon as they come out of school, they are going to work,” Kelly said.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/01/u-colorado-flummoxes-companies-promising-state-tuition-out-state-students
Stopping a Shortcut to In-State Tuition
By Ry Rivard
In a tit-for-tat with two companies that helped out-of-state students pay much lower in-state rates, the University of Colorado system changed its tuition policy. The change, made last fall, has put one of the two companies out of business and may be forcing a change in tactics by the second. Both companies, Tuition Specialists and In-State Angels, promised to help parents and students save thousands of dollars by getting in-state tuition for nonresident students.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/01/community-colleges-go-big-corporate-college-consortium
Back in Business
By Paul Fain
Arizona covers less than 1 percent of the budget for the Maricopa Community College District. The 10-college system, which enrolls 265,000 students, now receives an annual state contribution of $8 million. One upside to Arizona’s near-complete disinvestment in its community colleges, Maricopa’s leaders say, is that the years of budget cuts have forced the two-year system to get more entrepreneurial. They are particularly excited about the money-making potential of the new Maricopa Corporate College, which landed Marriott International as a client in its first year of existence. One reason for the college’s early success, said Rufus Glasper, the district’s chancellor, is that corporate CEOs have picked up on a shift at Maricopa. “We’re starting to market ourselves as a business,” he said.

www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/community-colleges-are-a-good-spot-for-students-looking-to-save-cash-find-non-traditional-degree/?utm_campaign=040114ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=994f4ed93f4e4ec499abd1f0fea618a3&elqCampaignId=257
Community colleges are a good spot for students looking to save cash, find non-traditional degree
Source: omaha.com
Death, taxes — and the rising cost of a college education. These are the things in life that we can all count on as certainties. During the past three decades, college tuition has consistently increased faster than inflation and incomes, and every year tuition rates rise anywhere from 2 to 4 percent. For the 2013-2014 school year, students at in-state universities are paying an average $22,826, while those at private institutions are shelling out almost double at $44,750. …But community colleges are increasingly becoming an option for savvy students who want to save money on an undergraduate degree or want to pursue a trade that a traditional college education would not make possible.

www.ccnewsnow.com
http://www.ccnewsnow.com/students-jobs-pay-off-tuition-at-7-work-colleges/?utm_campaign=040114ccnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=994f4ed93f4e4ec499abd1f0fea618a3&elqCampaignId=257
Students’ Jobs Pay Off Tuition at 7 Work Colleges
Source: Associated Press
CRAFTSBURY, Vt. ― Many students spend years after college working off tens of thousands of dollars in school debt. But at seven “work colleges” around the country, students are required to work on campus as part of their studies ― doing everything from landscaping, growing and cooking food to public relations and feeding farm animals ― to pay off at least some of their tuition before they graduate. The arrangement not only makes college more affordable for students who otherwise might not be able to go, it also gives them real-life experience, teaches them responsibility and how to work together, officials said.

www.tampabay.com
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/scott-signs-in-state-tuition-for-veterans/2172759
Scott signs in-state tuition for veterans
Kathleen McGrory, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau
TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott signed the first substantive bill of the session Monday, creating a program that will waive out-of-state tuition fees for military veterans. The “Florida G.I. Bill” will also connect veterans to potential employers and pump money into continuing education and industry certification programs for active service members.
Scott, who served in the Navy, said he hoped the legislation would make Florida “the most military-friendly state” in the nation.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/01/work-place-flexibility-stigma-affects-non-parents-too-study-suggests
Room to Grow
By Colleen Flaherty
Flexibility stigma is a term scholars use to describe work places that punish those who don’t fit the “ideal worker” profile: solely devoted to one’s job, available 24 hours a day and traditionally male. Lots of studies suggest that in academe, such biases are particularly prevalent in the sciences, and that women with young children are the most frequent targets — hence the “leaky,” gendered STEM pipeline. But a new study argues that both men and women with small children report and resent inflexible department cultures. The study also finds that even non-parents resent flexibility stigma, with negative consequences for the department over all.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Most-PhD-s-in-STEM-Fields/145649/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Most Ph.D.’s in STEM Fields Work Outside of Academe, Analysis Finds
By Vimal Patel
Students pursuing Ph.D.’s in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics need broader training to prepare them for work outside academe since most pursue nonacademic careers, according to a report being released on Tuesday by the American Institutes for Research. The group’s analysis of federal data shows that 61 percent of students in those disciplines—known as the STEM fields—have nonacademic careers, and that 43 percent of Ph.D.’s in those careers say their primary work activity is not research and development.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/04/01/book-offers-campus-leaders-advice-crisis-preparation-and-response
‘Managing the Unthinkable’
By Andrea Watson
A devastating tornado touches down, claiming the lives of six university students and affecting more than 1,200 without homes. A plane crash kills a team and its coaches. A night of fun goes drastically wrong when a bonfire suddenly collapses, killing 12 students. Campuses experience almost every crisis imaginable, from natural disasters to sexual harassment allegations and shootings. Being prepared for each one isn’t always possible, which is why Managing the Unthinkable: Crisis Preparation and Response for Campus Leaders (Stylus) discusses how campus leaders can effectively deal with situations of all sorts.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Getting-Personal-on-Twitter/145585/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Getting Personal on Twitter Pays Off for a College Leader
By Sara Hebel
Santa J. Ono, president of the University of Cincinnati, talked with The Chronicle about why there are so few Asian-American college presidents in the United States. For more of his thoughts on that subject, read his recent piece in The Chronicle’s special report on diversity in academe. Mr. Ono also discussed how being genuine on Twitter (he’s @PrezOno) can bolster a leader’s reputation and the university’s, too.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/04/01/princeton-sued-student-who-attempted-suicide
Princeton Sued by Student Who Attempted Suicide
A Princeton University student has sued the university and seven administrators, saying that they violated his rights when they reacted to a suicide attempt in his dormitory room by evicting him and asking him to withdraw from classes, NJ.com reported. The suit alleges that Princeton was not acting in the student’s best interests, but was trying to avoid adverse publicity.

www.gainesville.com
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140401/ARTICLES/140339928?tc=cr
New biotechs have plenty of ideas, no lab space
By Anthony Clark
Business editor
Farshid Rouhani was surprised by the lack of large lab spaces available for private companies when he started Geneaidyx LLC earlier this year. Rouhani and Mark Brantly lead a team in the University of Florida College of Medicine researching a genetic protein deficiency. They started the company to commercialize a diagnostic test for a rare lung disease called genetic COPD and need an office and lab space to house 20 employees who will move over from their UF lab. “It was impossible to find lab space of at least 5,000-plus square feet,” Rouhani said. …Other biotech companies have struggled to find lab space as they grow out of university labs and incubator programs, often cobbling together two or more facilities at a time to meet their needs.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/google-blocks-u-of-illinois-at-chicago-from-emailing-its-own-students/51521?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Google Blocks U. of Illinois at Chicago From Emailing Its Own Students
by Steve Kolowich
The University of Illinois at Chicago recently found itself living a modern nightmare: Google’s automated cybersecurity regime mistook the university as the culprit in a spam attack on the university’s students and began blocking university email accounts from sending messages to Gmail users. The blocking went on for more than two weeks, and the affected Gmail users included 13,000 of the university’s own students. University officials describe those two weeks as a Kafkaesque state of limbo.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/libraries-test-a-model-for-setting-monographs-free/51455?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Libraries Test a Model for Setting Monographs Free
Librarians love to get free books into the hands of scholars and students who need them. Publishers love it when their books find readers—but they also need to cover the costs of turning an idea into a finished monograph. Now a nonprofit group called Knowledge Unlatched is trying out a new open-access model designed to make both librarians and publishers happy.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/61506/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=23d05e1b94f44080a18f8b8b0c7d17ab&elqCampaignId=173
Maryland Higher Ed Secretary Joining Lumina Foundation
by Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md. ― Maryland’s secretary of higher education is leaving her post to work for an education foundation. Danette Howard, who has served as the secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission since 2011, will join the Lumina Foundation as vice president for policy and mobilization.