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Green Named President of Georgia Highlands College
ATLANTA – Dr. Donald J. Green, vice president for Extended and International Operations, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Mich. has been named as the next president of Georgia Highlands College in Rome by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Green will assume his new post on Sept. 8, 2014, according to Board of Regents Chair Philip Wilheit, Sr. “Georgia Highlands serves an important area of Georgia with multiple campuses and Dr. Green’s experience in Michigan made him the ideal choice for this presidency,” said Wilheit. “We are excited about his coming to Georgia.”

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Deal: Initiative will make college more affordable, save taxpayers millions
By Staff
ATLANTA – Governor Nathan Deal announced today that Georgia was one of three states chosen to receive a $1 million grant to lead an education initiative, Guided Pathways to Success, focused on making college more affordable, boosting college completion and saving taxpayers millions. The grant is funded by the Lumina Foundation in partnership with Complete College America. …The goal is to provide all Georgia students enrolled in high-demand degree programs with a GPS degree plan by fall 2016. These degree plans will be designed by college advisers and faculty to ensure their quality and value. “Guided Pathways promises to provide our students with a clear roadmap for the future,” said Hank Huckaby, chancellor of the University System of Georgia. “This initiative will assist our institutions to better serve students to realize their educational and career goals faster and at less cost. I appreciate the Lumnia Foundation and Complete College America’s support for this exciting initiative.” “The technical college system looks forward to implementing the GPS program at nine of our colleges in selected high-demand programs this fall with plans for systemwide implementation by fall 2016,” said Ron Jackson, commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia.

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Georgia lands grant to keep college students on track

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http://www.cbs46.com/story/25694703/ga-gets-1-million-grant-to-boost-college-success
Ga. gets $1 million grant to boost college success

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KSU farmers market latest addition to growing ranks for locally grown foods
Posted in David Pendered
The student-run summer farmers market has reopened at Kennesaw State University, marking another milestone in the expansion of shops for locally grown food. …The KSU market is an outreach of the university’s increased attention to the movement toward locally grown products and sustainable practices. …The school also has created a bachelor’s degree in Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality. It focuses on ways the food service industry can improve profits by implementing sustainable practices.

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9248676/University_CIO_helps_boost_graduation_rates_with_analytics?taxonomyId=18
University CIO helps boost graduation rates with analytics
This university CIO uses analytics to help boost graduation rates.
By Mary K. Pratt
Computerworld – As interim CIO at Valdosta State University in Georgia, Brian A. Haugabrook must ensure that the school’s IT systems meet the needs of faculty, staff and 12,000-plus students. But he says an effective IT operation must do more than keep computers and networks running. It must also help the university fulfill its mission by giving officials a way to reach out to students at risk of failing. To do that, Haugabrook deployed analytics tools that allow faculty and staff members to determine which students need extra help and then coordinate that support. Less than two years into the project, the tools are yielding results. Here, Haugabrook talks about how VSU’s IT department is helping to improve graduation rates.

www.daily-tribune.com
http://www.daily-tribune.com/view/full_story/25236710/article-NW-Georgia-named-U-S–Department-of-Commerce-manufacturing-community?instance=homesecondleft
NW Georgia named U.S. Department of Commerce manufacturing community
by Jason Lowrey
The northwest Georgia region has been named one of 12 areas designated a manufacturing community partner by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The designation will net the area part of a $1.3 billion pool of economic development assistance financing from 11 different federal agencies. The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission worked with Georgia Tech to make the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership application. The decision to apply, said NWGRC Director of Regional Planning David Howerin, came from a concern about supporting the carpet industry.

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http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/60728/
Georgia Southern library hosts annual Farm to Table Dinner
Special to the Herald
The Friends of Zach S. Henderson Library in partnership with the Mainstreet Statesboro Farmers Market will host the fifth annual Farm to Table Dinner on Thursday, June 19. …The culinary event will raise funds for library research materials for on-campus and community use. …”The funds we raise will help Henderson Library better support Georgia Southern University’s continually growing research agenda. Our faculty and students are exploring exciting new means of enhancing our nation and world’s quality of life, and they need rich information resources and library services to achieve their mission.”

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http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-06-09/university-georgia-team-helps-unlock-genome-common-bean
University of Georgia team helps unlock genome of common bean
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
…Recently, University of Georgia researchers worked with a team of scientists to help sequence and analyze the genome of the common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris. Black beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, green beans, pole beans and others are varieties of the common bean. Scott Jackson, director of the UGA Center for Applied Genetic Technologies in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Dan Rokhsar of the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Jeremy Schmutz of the DOE JGI and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and Phil McClean of North Dakota State University led the team. Their work appeared in the June 8 issue of Nature Genetics. The project was supported by the DOE Office of Science, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the National Science Foundation.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-researchers-find-virtual-pets-help-increase-physical-activity-reduce/article_622d98c8-f011-11e3-b5ef-0017a43b2370.html
UGA researchers find virtual pets help increase physical activity, reduce obesity
Brad Mannion
Researchers at the University of Georgia found potential for increasing physical activity and reducing the risk of childhood obesity using pets –virtual reality pets, that is. …The study resulted in a pattern of increased physical activity from the group who played with the virtual pets during the study. They averaged 1.09 hours of additional activity per day compared to the group without the virtual pet.

www.foodquality.com
http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/6246141/Study_to_Examine_Vibrio_Growth_in_Gulf_of_Mexico_and_Link_to_Saharan_Dust.html?tzcheck=1&tzcheck=1&tzcheck=1
Study to Examine Vibrio Growth in Gulf of Mexico and Link to Saharan Dust
Dust may be causing growth of other microbes and red tide organism
Vibrio, a bacteria that can thrive in the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean, may be multiplying more quickly because of dust plumes from the Saharan/Sahel desert area in Africa that are being carried across the Atlantic and eventually deposited in ocean waters. Current climate models predict that the Saharan/Sahel desert will grow hotter over the next 100 years, setting the stage for more dust to be released into the atmosphere. Researchers suspect that there may be more Vibrio outbreaks in the Gulf/Caribbean region in the near future if the dust is stimulatory to Vibrio, says researcher Michael Wetz, PhD, assistant professor of marine biology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. …Other collaborators on the project include Bill Landing, PhD, at Florida State University; Liz Otteson, PhD, at the University of Georgia;

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/jun/10/study-no-child-did-not-real-damage-teacher-morale-/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Study: No Child did no real damage to teacher morale or commitment
Interesting study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association, on the impact of No Child Left Behind on teacher morale. In a capsule: No impact of note. The far-reaching federal education law did not cause teacher morale to plummet or their commitment to waver.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/jun/09/common-core-more-states-bail-student-defends-effor/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Common Core: As more states bail, a student defends effort to create shared benchmarks
Today, University of Pennsylvania student Clare Lombardo discusses how Common Core State Standards would have made her move from Virginia schools to Georgia schools easier. Lombardo is a rising sophomore with aspirations in journalism and an interest in education who is contributing blog entries this summer. You can read her most recent column here.
By Clare Lombardo
Georgia students got their first taste of nationwide academic standards during the 2012–2013 school year, when the Common Core made its way into elementary, middle, and high schools. Over the past few years, these new math and language arts benchmarks have raised concerns across the country from students, parents, teachers, and politicians. Many have objected to the additional testing the Common Core Standards will bring starting this time next year.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/jun/09/cost-college-burden-worth-sharing/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
The cost of college: A burden worth sharing?
University of Georgia professor Peter Smagorinsky wrote a piece for the blog last week that inspired comments both here and on Facebook. In response to one such comment, Smagorinsky wrote this second piece on the cost and the value of a college education.
By Peter Smagorinsky
I got a lot of responses to the essay I wrote for the Get Schooled blog, School to work: Is it working? People took positions for and against, from lawyers defending their law schools and their preparation for practice, to people supporting liberal arts education regardless of work readiness.

www.forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryndill/2014/06/05/the-best-and-worst-paying-education-jobs/
The Best- And Worst-Paying Education Jobs
Kathryn Dill
Forbes Staff
The oft-given advice to “do what you love” might be of particular relevance to education professionals, many of whom commit to years of study and multiple degrees to secure jobs that may not always guarantee a healthy paycheck. But the education sector includes a broad variety of occupations paying anywhere from just over $25,000 annually to well into the $100,000s. To determine the Best- And Worst-Paying Education Jobs, Forbes consulted the most recent Occupational Employment and Wages data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which reflects May 2013 salary and employment data, and focused on Education, Training, and Library Occupations, plus education-related jobs in several other categories as well.

www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/business/20140608-Greg-Wright-Column
Workforce Is Critical To Future Economic Success
by GREG WRIGHT, PRESIDENT, COWETA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Last week, I attended a forum that featured a number of site location consultants. These are the professionals who work with companies every day to help them identify the right location for their new facility or for an expanded facility. During the program, no matter which industry sector was discussed the issue of a skilled workforce was front and center.
While many communities are trying to get a handle on technical education, Coweta County continues to be a shining star in Georgia and across the nation. Companies today – in all industry sectors – are looking to locate or expand in communities that have the ability to meet their workforce needs in terms of quantity and in terms of quality.

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http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/opinion/x1760094794/Manufacturing-program-would-help-region
Manufacturing program would help region
The Northwest Georgia area, including Whitfield and Murray counties, got a major piece of good news recently. The U.S. Department of Agriculture named this region one of just 12 finalists nationwide in the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership program, making it one of just three finalists in the entire Southeastern U.S. and the only one in Georgia. The program aims to create a “resurgence” of manufacturing across the United States by building on programs and ideas developed in areas that already have a strong manufacturing economy.

www.inc.com
http://www.inc.com/ilan-mochari/wharton-MOOC-study.html?cid=sf01001
The Disruption of Business Schools Has Been Slightly Exaggerated
BY ILAN MOCHARI
According to a new Wharton study, open online courses are complementary to current B-School offerings, rather than a force than cannibalizes current students.
Are massive open online courses (MOOCs) a competitive threat to traditional business schools? A new study says maybe not. The topic has been hotly debated. A few months ago, Richard Lyons, the dean of University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, predicted that “half of the business schools in this country could be out of business in 10 years–or five.” That possibility puts both prospective students and educators in a difficult position.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/moocs-and-end-courses#sthash.LKqLZqpz.dpbs
MOOCs and the End of Courses?
By Joshua Kim
George Siemens wrapped up the edX Consortium #FutureEDU conference with a rousing keynote address. If you are looking for a keynoter for your next conference, meeting, confab, gathering, assembly, conclave, powwow, or rave I highly recommend George. Most everything that George talked about in his address Where are MOOCs Leading Higher Education? made good sense to me. George talked about the granularization of learning and assessment (from competency based learning to the rise of badges and the end of the credit hour). George talked about the complexification of higher ed. (A new word for me, one that I love). He argued that a single narrative no longer fits the university story. Perhaps the most fascinating part of George’s keynote is when he talked about what MOOCs are destroying.

www.thehill.com
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/education/208101-the-negative-consequences-of-relying-on-loans-to-raise-higher
The negative consequences of relying on loans to raise higher education attainment
By Laura W. Perna, contributor
One particularly formidable barrier limiting higher-education attainment — especially for low-income students — is the need to rely on loans to pay college costs.
The U.S. cannot reach the levels of educational attainment required for international competitiveness in a global, technologically driven economy without closing the considerable gaps in attainment that persist across groups. Gaps in attainment based on family income are among the most vexing. Compared with students from higher-income families, students from low-income families are less likely to enroll in college and, among those who do enroll, are less likely to graduate.

www.newyorker.com
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/06/the-case-for-banning-laptops-in-the-classroom.html
THE CASE FOR BANNING LAPTOPS IN THE CLASSROOM
POSTED BY DAN ROCKMORE
A colleague of mine in the department of computer science at Dartmouth recently sent an e-mail to all of us on the faculty. The subject line read: “Ban computers in the classroom?” The note that followed was one sentence long: “I finally saw the light today and propose we ban the use of laptops in class.” While the sentiment in my colleague’s e-mail was familiar, the source was surprising: it came from someone teaching a programming class, where computers are absolutely integral to learning and teaching. Surprise turned to something approaching shock when, in successive e-mails, I saw that his opinion was shared by many others in the department.

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http://time.com/2848822/womens-colleges-transgender-women/
Women’s Colleges Are on the Wrong Side of History on Transgender Women
Avi Cummings Dean Spade
Gender markers on identity documents, which are inherently discriminatory, shouldn’t determine whether a student is eligible for admissions. In 2014, women’s colleges remain vibrant and relevant institutions, supported by their alumni and sought after by college applicants. Yet despite their founding missions to provide educational opportunities to people facing gender discrimination, women’s colleges remain embroiled in a controversy about whether to admit women who are transgender.

www.baltimoresun.com
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-dday-is-dumb-day-for-too-many-commentary-20140606,0,5530001.story
D-Day is dumb day for too many
Today’s young people care more about sex, pop stars and cellphones, than wisdom and knowledge from our past
By Cal Thomas
Given the numerous studies revealing how American education lags behind instruction in other countries in disciplines once thought to be essential, it should come as no surprise that on the 70th anniversary of D-Day, a lot of people are clueless about central elements of the Allied invasion of the European continent on June 6, 1944. The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has released the results of a survey, which finds only slightly more than half (54 percent) of those who took a multiple choice quiz knew that Dwight D. Eisenhower was the supreme commander of Allied forces on D-Day. Fewer than half knew Franklin Roosevelt was president and 15 percent identified the location of the landing as Pearl Harbor, not beaches named Utah and Omaha. One in 10 college students were among those giving the wrong answer.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/06/10/college-sports-would-be-better-reformed-through-federal-regulation-lawsuits-essay#sthash.TnRfCkSs.dpbs
Regulate, Don’t Litigate, Change in College Sports
By Matthew Mitten and Stephen F. Ross
Yesterday, a federal judge heard opening arguments in one of several antitrust lawsuits challenging National Collegiate Athletic Association rules restricting the compensation intercollegiate athletes may receive for their sports participation. Some commentators herald these cases as a potential way to effectively resolve the problems inherent in commercialized college athletics. In contrast, we believe that the potentially adverse consequences if these rules are invalidated make antitrust litigation a less attractive means of reforming college sports.

www.insidehighered.comThe Threat to the NCAA
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/06/10/lawsuits-pose-existential-threat-ncaa-essay#sthash.bQtEzu7t.dpbs
The Threat to the NCAA
By Murray Sperber
I admit it: I may have been wrong. As recently as a year ago, I wrote an essay in these pages explaining why the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s so-called amateur model would not break apart. It has not occurred yet, but many signs point toward the end of the NCAA’s unpaid, never-allowed-to-be-paid college athlete.

www.realclearpolitics.com
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/06/09/california_bill_brings_government_into_the_bedroom_122908.html
California Bill Brings Government Into the Bedroom
By Cathy Young
With all the other drama in the news, the May 29 vote by the California State Senate to pass a bill that ostensibly targets sexual assault on college campuses has gone largely unnoticed. Yet the bill, SB-967—which now goes to the state assembly—deserves attention as an alarming example of creeping Big Sisterism that seeks to legislate “correct” sex. While its reach affects only college students so far, the precedent is a dangerous and potentially far-reaching one. The bill, sponsored by state Senator Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles) and developed in collaboration with student activists, does nothing less than attempt to mandate the proper way to engage in sexual intimacy, at least if you’re on a college campus.

Education News
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20140531-school-gun-carry-conflict
Will Guns Be Allowed On Campuses?
by SARAH FAY CAMPBELL
Georgia’s House Bill 60, dubbed the “Guns Everywhere Bill” by opponents, was the most well-known gun-related legislation passed during the 2014 Georgia legislative session, but it wasn’t the only one. The other, HB 826, primarily dealt with giving schools some flexibility when it comes to disciplining students who bring weapons, including knives, or “hazardous objects” onto school property. But the bill also removed limits that kept those with weapons carry licenses from carrying weapons in school safety zones. Previously, carry was only allowed when dropping off or picking up a student or in a vehicle.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2014/06/georgia-awards-contract-for-new-testing-system.html
Georgia awards contract for new testing system
Dave Williams
Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
The Georgia Department of Education has awarded a $107.8-million, five-year contract to CTB/McGraw-Hill to develop a new testing system to replace two tests the state has been offering in grades 3-12. Students will take the Georgia Milestones Assessment beginning with the upcoming school year. The new system will replace the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test now given in grades 3-8 and the End of Course Test taken by high school students.

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http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/debt-load-grows-for-georgia-college-graduates/ngHYn/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#b812f690.3566685.735394
Debt load grows for Georgia college graduates
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As the cost of college has risen in Georgia, so has the debt load carried by its students. The average one-year cost for a new full-time student at a public four-year institution was $18,500 in Georgia in 2010-2011, according to data from the Southern Regional Education Board. Of that amount, about $8,000 was funded through scholarships and grants, leaving $10,500 for students and their families to pay. To fill the gap, students and families turned to private grant aid and loans, raised their personal contributions, or cut expenses, the SREB found.

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Educators Applaud President Obama’s Order Capping Monthly Student Loan Repayments
by Jamal Watson
Nearly five million borrowers of federal student loans will soon have their monthly repayments capped at 10 percent of their income, thanks to an executive order signed by President Obama at the White House yesterday. The new guidelines are aimed at helping to ease the burdens of paying for a college education.

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Obama Expands IBR, Pushes Refinancing

www.bloomberg.com
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-08/obama-said-to-sign-order-to-ease-student-loan-payments.html
Obama to Sign Order to Ease Student Loan Payments

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Obama-s-Loan-Debt-Relief/147001/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Obama’s Loan-Debt Relief Might Not Reach the Neediest Borrowers
By Kelly Field
Washington
At a White House event on Monday, President Obama announced plans to expand the federal government’s most generous income-based student-loan-repayment program to an additional five million borrowers. Yet if history is any guide, far fewer borrowers will actually enroll in the president’s Pay as You Earn program, which caps borrowers’ monthly payments at 10 percent of their income and provides loan forgiveness after 20 years.

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http://chronicle.com/article/From-Twitter-to-Tumblr-On/146993/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
From Twitter to Tumblr: On Student Loans, Obama Seeks an Audience
By Andy Thomason
Washington
When President Obama wants to send a message to America’s 20-somethings, he often speaks through their preferred channel—online media. For example, when Mr. Obama sought to urge younger adults to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, he sat for an interview on the cult, Internet-only talk-show parody Between Two Ferns. A topic that has taken up a large portion of the administration’s social-media activity is, predictably, one that disproportionately affects young Americans: student-loan debt. On Tuesday, Mr. Obama will host a student-loan Q&A on the blogging site Tumblr. It’s the latest in a long line of tweets, Google hangouts, and Reddit AMAs.

www.americustimesrecorder.com
http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/local/x111160489/Retiring-colonel-to-lead-the-TCSG-Military-Outreach-Initiative
Retiring colonel to lead the TCSG Military Outreach Initiative
The Americus Times-Recorder
Atlanta — Commissioner Ron Jackson has selected Col. Patricia M. Ross, currently vice commander of the 78th Air Base Wing at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins to fill the position of director of military affairs for the Technical College System of Georgia. She will join the TCSG on Aug. 1.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2014-06-05/2-southwest-georgia-technical-colleges-merge
2 southwest Georgia technical colleges to merge
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA | Two technical colleges in southwest Georgia will merge administrations by 2015. The State Board of the Technical College System of Georgia approved the merger of Moultrie Technical College and Southwest Georgia Technical college at a meeting Thursday in Atlanta. None of the schools’ campuses will be closed. Officials at both schools will recommend a new name.

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Two southwest Georgia tech colleges to merge next year

www.wrcbtv.com
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/25704574/2-southwest-ga-technical-colleges-to-merge
2 southwest Ga. technical colleges to merge

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http://www.wsbradio.com/ap/ap/georgia/2-southwest-ga-technical-colleges-to-merge/ngFPF/
2 southwest Ga. technical colleges to merge

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http://www.wsav.com/story/25686147/troops-to-trucks-program-helps-veterans-find-a-new-career
“Troops to Trucks” Program Helps Veterans Find A New Career
By Raquel Rodriguez, Reporter
LIBERTY COUNTY, GA – 80,000 Georgia veterans are estimated to return home in the next four years. To make the transition to a different career easier, Savannah Technical College is offering veteran training programs. The “Troops to Trucks” program helps veterans get their Commercial Driver’s License. Donald Dunn is about to retire from the military and will apply his mechanical skills to a new trucking career. …The “Troops to Trucks” program aims to make the change from a military career to a civilian one easy.

www.northwestgeorgianews.com
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/business/gntc-president-tech-school-graduates-in-demand-for-industry-manufacturing/article_73200178-e94c-11e3-9216-001a4bcf6878.html
GNTC president: Tech school graduates in demand for industry, manufacturing
by Doug Walker
With close to a quarter of all jobs in the region connected to the manufacturing sector, Georgia Northwestern Technical College President Pete McDonald said a traditional four-year degree is no longer automatically the best choice for young people preparing to enter the workforce. …McDonald said a representative from Toyo Tire in Bartow County once told him the plant’s top five needs are in “industrial maintenance, industrial maintenance, industrial maintenance and, well, you get the idea.” …Greater Rome Chamber of Commerce President Al Hodge said industry leaders have expressed the need for employees with the skill sets to handle advanced manufacturing technologies.

www.usatoday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/08/colleges-business-training-skills/10213761/
Employers go to college to guide worker training
Cliff Peale, The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON, Ohio — Alicia Poling hadn’t worked long at Clear Measures before she started responding to questions from her bosses about the servers and databases she was monitoring. “My first day is when they made me start answering the phone,” said Poling, a Clear Measures operations technician and a business informatics major who graduated from Northern Kentucky University in May. “I was completely terrified.” Poling’s experience is one playing out across the region: Clear Measures and other growing companies in the Cincinnati area say getting trained workers from local colleges is their most urgent concern, despite dozens of public and private training programs.

www.reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/us-china-labour-education-idUSKBN0EJ01A20140608
China taps tech training to tackle labor market mismatch
BY LI HUI AND BEN BLANCHARD
(Reuters) – China is waking up to a potentially damaging mismatch in its labor market. A record 7.27 million graduates – equivalent to the entire population of Hong Kong – will enter the job market this year; a market that has a shortage of skilled workers. Yet many of these university and college students are ill-equipped to fill those jobs, prompting the government to look at how it can overhaul the higher education system to bridge the gap. The problem is part structural, part attitude.

www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/100318/
Proposed federal college rating system alarms colleges
By Carly Sharec
Brenau University President Ed Schrader says a proposed rating system by the federal government for colleges and universities is a step in the wrong direction. “One of the worst possible eventualities I can think of would be for the federal government to get overly engaged in … higher education in the United States,” Schrader said. The New York Times reported May 25 that President Barack Obama has proposed a government rating system for all colleges and universities, including private institutions.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/06/10/affirmative-action-group-changes-name#sthash.emgbSSuw.dpbs
Affirmative Action Group Changes Name
The American Association for Affirmative Action, which includes many college officials, on Monday announced that it is changing its name to the American Association for Access, Equity and Diversity.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/10/bill-funk-top-higher-ed-headhunter-steps-down-florida-state-u-search#sthash.LbZdzWQm.dpbs
Headhunter Heads Off
By Ry Rivard
One of the nation’s top higher ed headhunters ended his work on Florida State University’s presidential search Monday, just days after the Faculty Senate accused his work of aiding a well-connected politician. R. William Funk, head of an Texas-based search firm that has placed about 400 college and university presidents, withdrew from the search, citing the “environment that has evolved” around it.

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College Headhunters, Accustomed to Secrecy, Find Themselves Under Scrutiny
By Jack Stripling
Good college headhunters are mostly invisible. These highly paid consultants, who have significant influence over how academic-leadership searches play out, pride themselves on being behind-the-scenes facilitators, connecting governing boards and search committees with dream candidates. But times have changed. The often politicized and sometimes rancorous process of selecting college leaders has come under greater public scrutiny, and the search-firm industry now finds itself on the defensive.
…For candidates, particularly sitting presidents, open search processes can create awkwardness back home. In 2012, Ricardo Azziz, president of Georgia Regents University, was nominated for the University of Florida presidency. He did not even know who had nominated him, he told The Chronicle, but he had to field some uncomfortable questions from reporters. “It’s a disadvantage for Florida,” he said of the open search process. “It’s too much exposure for presidents.” In March, Mr. Azziz’s name surfaced again in connection with a presidential search, this time at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley. When the news got out, he removed himself from consideration. Mr. Azziz’s experience highlights some of the difficulties candidates face because they have no control over how a search process will unfold. He said that he had been given assurances that his name would be released only if he was a finalist for the job, but that the search committee had reversed its decision. Asked if he felt betrayed, Mr. Azziz said, “It doesn’t shine well on the process.”

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Florida Gov. signs in-state tuition bill
By GARY FINEOUT
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida students living in the country illegally will be allowed to qualify for in-state college tuition rates under a bill signed into law Monday by Gov. Rick Scott. Scott signed the bill privately, but he planned to tout the signing at a campaign event scheduled later in the day in Fort Myers. The new law offers in-state college tuition rates to undocumented students who had attended a Florida school for at least three years before graduation.

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Tuition to go up 16 percent in four years
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A plan to raise tuition at colleges and universities statewide narrowly passed the Nevada Board of Regents in a 7-6 vote Friday. Beginning in fall 2015, undergraduate fees at the state’s schools will rise 4 percent each year for four years, and graduate fees will rise 2 percent each year for four years. Undergraduate fees at Nevada State College will rise 2.5 percent in the first year and 3.5 percent for the next three years.

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Textbook Affordability Bill Dies in Florida Senate
A bill that would have required public colleges and universities in Florida to post information about course materials two weeks before registration has died in a Senate committee, the student newspaper Central Florida Future reported.

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Perry orders state universities to review benefits spending
By HOLLY K. HACKER
Staff Writer
Gov. Rick Perry is ordering all of the state’s public universities to review how they pay employee benefits after an audit found the University of North Texas misspent $83.5 million in state funds over a decade. “The inappropriate and inaccurate accounting of taxpayer funds by the University of North Texas is inexcusable,” Rich Parsons, a Perry spokesman, said Wednesday. “Our office is taking steps to determine if other institutions of higher education are using similar methods that could result in the misuse of taxpayer money.” Perry, citing “recent audit findings” at UNT, told state university leaders in a May 29 letter to make sure they’re paying their fair share of employee benefits.

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Michigan panel approves university funding boost
By David Eggert
Associated Press
LANSING — Michigan lawmakers have given initial approval to a higher education budget that includes a nearly 6 percent fundingincrease and limits tuition hikes to no more than 3.2 percent. A House-Senate conference committee on Thursday voted 6-0 for the plan. The move came as Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican legislative leaders continued working to sign a broader agreement to finalize the $50 billion-plus state budget that begins in October.

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Gina Raimondo releases plans for higher education
BY LINDA BORG
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Gina Raimondo, one of four Democratic candidates for governor, said Thursday that she wants to create a college scholarship fund for academically qualified students in Rhode Island. The fund, she said, would make tuition at the state’s three public institutions — Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island — “a reality for any Rhode Island high school student who wants a degree but can’t afford to attend college.”

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Data, Data Everywhere
By Carl Straumsheim
Massive open online course providers are collecting troves of data about their students, but what good is it if researchers can’t use the information? The MOOC Research Initiative formally released its results on Monday, six months after researchers met in Arlington, Texas, to brief one another on initial findings. The body of research — 22 projects examining everything from how social networks form in MOOCs to how the courses can be used for remedial education — can perhaps best be described as the first chapter of MOOC research, confirming some widely held beliefs about the medium while casting doubt on others. Common to many of the projects, however, were the difficulties of working with MOOC data.

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Arkansas State University notifies individuals of data breach
Arkansas State University (A-State) has notified 50,000 individuals of a data breach after unauthorised access was gained to databases. The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) notified A-State of the breach, which impacted the Travelling Arkansas Professional Pathways (TAPP) Registry. Full and partial Social Security numbers were leaked, with personal information remaining secure. The university subsequently took down the servers running the databases and an outside consultant was brought in to address the issue. The registry was also taken offline for the duration of the investigation.

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Amateurism on Trial
By Doug Lederman
A much-awaited trial of an antitrust lawsuit challenging the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s policies limiting players’ rights to be compensated for commercial use of their likenesses got under way in a California courtroom Monday, with witnesses for the athletes painting the NCAA as a cartel and the association announcing a settlement in a related lawsuit that could result in some payments to current athletes.

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Bomb sniffing dogs to be given to three college campuses: Higher Education Roundup
By Karen Farkas, The Plain Dealer
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Youngstown State University will be presented a bomb-sniffing dog Monday through a pilot program that officials eventually hope to expand throughout the state’s public universities, the Associated Press reported. Dogs will also be presented at Ohio State University on Tuesday and Bowling Green State University on Wednesday. Ohio’s public safety director, John Born, says it’s part of Gov. John Kasich’s plans to strengthen school safety for students ranging from preschool to college age.

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Extra Eyes and Ears
By Charlie Tyson
Tragedy was not averted at Seattle Pacific University Thursday afternoon: a man fired gunshots that killed one student and left three injured. The potential massacre was cut short, however, when Jon Meis, a 22-year-old engineering student, pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman, who had paused to reload. The shooter, Aaron Ybarra, later told detectives that he’d wanted to kill as many people as possible. Meis was working as a student building monitor when he rushed to subdue the shooter.

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Students on patrol: University of Michigan-Flint sees lowest crime stats in 35 years
By Sarah Schuch
FLINT, MI – When they aren’t in class, studying or taking tests some University of Michigan-Flint students are doing something extra to keep campus safe. They work side by side with public safety officers as student patrol officers and officials at UM-Flint’s Public Safety Department say they have a huge impact on a decrease in crime on campus. In fact, crime stats are the lowest they’ve been in at least 35 years, said UM-Flint Police Sgt. Allen Cozart.

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Changes Seek to Make College Crime Data Easier to Use
By Monica Vendituoli
Washington
To help families, students, and institutional researchers more easily obtain data about campus safety and crime, the federal government is making those statistics available in a new way. A summary of safety and security data for colleges is included for the first time in an annual report, “Indicators of School Crime and Safety,” that had previously covered only elementary and secondary schools. The latest version of the report is being released on Tuesday. In addition, the Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics is releasing on YouTube, and promoting on Twitter, a video that explains the college portion of the report.