University System News
USG NEWS:
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2014-06-16/georgia-tech-president-visits-augusta-part-summer-tour
Georgia Tech president visits Augusta as part of summer tour
By Sean Gruber
Staff Writer
Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. Peterson began his annual summer tour of Georgia in Augusta on Monday, meeting with local industrial and media representatives to discuss how Georgia Tech influences economic and educational opportunities in the city.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/man-jailed-after-kennesaw-state-threat/ngNHh/
Man jailed after Kennesaw State threat
By Rodney Thrash
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Gwinnett County man allegedly threatened to kill a Kennesaw State University student on the campus. Between 10:24 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Monday, Ryan Christopher Berry of Lilburn contacted the student and told him “he was going to rip his throat out and stuff it down his lungs,” according to an arrest warrant obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The accused planned to arrive at Kennesaw State University and locate the victim and put the victim in fear for his life and safety by using threatening words and threatening to take the victim’s life by any means necessary,” authorities said in the warrant. …He is not affiliated with Kennesaw State, university spokeswoman Tammy DeMel told The AJC.
USG VALUE:
www.digitaljournal.com
http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1996513
Top 10 Online Colleges Ranks Top 25 Most Affordable Online Business Graduate Degrees
PR Newswire
A new web article from Top 10 Online Colleges ranks 25 top online business schools to find the most affordable online business degrees in the United States. The schools featured in “Top 25 Most Affordable Online Business Graduate Degrees” were hand-selected from a U.S. News and World Report ranking of top online MBA programs. The tuition rates for the schools were then ranked from highest to lowest to find the most affordable online business degrees. …Following is a complete ranking of the top 25 most affordable online business graduate degrees as rated by Top 10 Online Colleges: …6. University of West Georgia, Richards College of Business: Carrollton, Georgia …16. Georgia College and State University, J. Whitney Bunting College of Business: Milledgeville, Georgia, 17. Columbus State University, D. Abbott Turner College of Business: Columbus, Georgia
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/closeup/20140618HEALTH_UWG_Fantasy-Baseball-Camp_blind-camper
Camp Helps Blind Camper’s Dreams Come True
The College of Education’s Comprehensive Community Clinic at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton recently teamed up with the Carroll County Sertoma Club to host its annual Fantasy Baseball Camp. The camp, which originated as a camp for children with hearing and speech difficulties, incorporates the fundamentals of baseball with speech-language activities to teach children. …“Because it was an education-based camp, I think they were okay with accepting a teachable moment,” said Buttone. “This whole idea is about teaching and learning, and so it just fits that it’s with a higher institution of learning.
www.foreest-blade.com
http://www.forest-blade.com/news/education/article_b05b7662-f653-11e3-885c-0019bb2963f4.html
EGSC holds Camp Adventure
Candler County Extension Agent, Marnie Dekle led Camp Adventure in its third year at East Georgia State College. …Camp Adventure’s enriching programs included nature activities, arts and crafts, games, cooking healthy foods and making ice cream.
www.accessnorthga.com
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=276169
Gainesville man graduates from GDOL’s 2014 EXCEL program
By Staff
ATLANTA – Deputy Commissioner of Labor Tim Evans of Atlanta recently presented an EXCEL Certificate of Leadership Development to Kevin Hankinson of Gainesville, unit supervisor in the Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Gainesville Career Center. Hankinson graduated from the GDOL’s Executive Commitment to Excellence in Leadership (EXCEL) 2014 class. EXCEL, a partnership between the GDOL and the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government in Athens, is designed to develop future leaders for the department.
GOOD NEWS:
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20140618-Newnan-City-Council-Pre_to-award-AV-contract-at-new-UWG-Newnan-campus
AV Contract Set To Be Awarded To UWG Campus
by CELIA SHORTT
Newnan City Council will vote Thursday morning on awarding Technical Systems Audiovisual a contract for audiovisual systems at University of West Georgia’s new Newnan campus. The campus is under construction at the site of the old Newnan Hospital on Jackson Street. The council will only hold one meeting in June, on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. The contract to be awarded is a state contract in the amount of $513,750.04. It is under the current budget of $600,00 allotted for an audiovisual system.
RESEARCH:
www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2014-06-17/marijuana-derived-drug-epidiolex-shows-promise-drug-could-be-tested-georgia?v=1403051855
Marijuana-derived drug Epidiolex shows promise; drug could be tested at Georgia Regents University
Company to explore GRU as site for clinical trials
By Tom Corwin
Staff Writer
A marijuana-derived drug that might be tested at Georgia Regents University showed success in patients with hard-to-treat seizures, the drug’s maker announced Tuesday. London-based GW Pharmaceuticals said its Epidiolex cannabidiol drug showed “promising” results in 27 patients with more difficult seizures after at least 12 weeks of treatment.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-06-17/uga-veterinary-surgeons-use-feline-adult-stem-cells-kidney-transplant
UGA veterinary surgeons use feline adult stem cells in kidney transplant
By UGA NEWS SERVICE
Veterinary surgeons in the University of Georgia Veterinary Teaching Hospital successfully performed a kidney transplant in a domestic cat and used stem cells harvested from the patient to optimize the cat’s acceptance of the new kidney. The surgery, performed in May, is the second successful feline kidney transplant using feline adult stem cells performed at the hospital. “To the best of our knowledge, UGA is the only veterinary facility in the world to use adult stem cells in feline kidney transplantation,” said Dr. Chad Schmiedt, a board-certified small animal surgeon who heads UGA’s feline kidney transplant program.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-researchers-outline-grand-challenges-for-natural-resources/article_ad6f1d98-f589-11e3-8c47-0017a43b2370.html
UGA researchers outline grand challenges for natural resources
Evelyn Andrews
Two University of Georgia professors have co-authored a “roadmap” that outlines six “grand challenges” to the U.S. in regards to natural resources. Rhett Jackson, a professor in the UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, was one of 35 authors of the roadmap. He said the purpose of the roadmap is to prioritize research and policy decisions by deciding the most important issues surrounding natural resources.
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/farm-labor-shortage-is-costly/ngMHS/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#a6777561.3566685.735402
Farm labor shortage is costly
By Bryan Tolar
While Georgia’s success in attracting new businesses rightly dominates headlines, our oldest and largest industry – agriculture – struggles to find a workforce to fuel its $76 billion economic contribution. Challenges to secure workers who plant, harvest and deliver Georgia farm products to families and businesses have long been daunting. Such worker shortages put popular and locally grown produce industry at risk. …While some farms cannot afford a federal visa program, doing without a viable workforce is also costly. A study by the University of Georgia Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development showed that Georgia growers of seven major fruit and vegetable crops lost an estimated $140 million due to the labor shortage in the spring and summer of 2011.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/study-finds-economical-way-to-convert-biomass-to-transportation-fuel/article_0e6fe528-f5cb-11e3-b9c6-0017a43b2370.html
Study finds economical way to convert biomass to transportation fuel
Daniel Funke
A study conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia may be the key for unlocking the future of more affordable transportation. The paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, cites the use of newly engineered microbes during the biomass conversion process as a significant alternative to past methods of producing ethanol for usable transportation fuel. Janet Westpheling, a professor in the UGA Department of Genetics, and her research team, which included members of the BioEnergy Science Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, addressed the problem of ethanol generation in regards to corn production.
www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/news/2014/06/16/assessing-the-vulnerability-of-places-and-people-along-the-coast-0#
Assessing The Vulnerability Of Places, And People, Along The Coast
By Sarah McCammon
One of the tradeoffs of living near the ocean is vulnerability to risks like hurricanes and floods. Even more vulnerable? Low-income people, the elderly, and those with health problems or disabilities. Scientists at the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography are pulling together data from a variety of sources – mostly the federal government – to better understand those vulnerabilities.
www.gwinnettdailypost.com
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/2014/jun/16/ready-georgia-app-upgraded-to-help-during-severe/
Ready Georgia app upgraded to help during severe weather
By Camie Young
Upgrades to Georgia’s emergency mobile app come just in time for hurricane season, officials said Monday. The upgrade to the Ready Georgia app fulfills a recommendation of the governor’s Severe Winter Weather Warning and Preparedness Taskforce, which was created after thousands of people were stranded in the snow during severe weather in January. … The National Weather Service, GDOT, Georgia Tech and The Weather Channel played roles in the app’s development, the release noted.
www.chicagotribune.com
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-1871-expansion-0617-biz-20140617,0,7331860.story
Tech incubator 1871 expanding this summer
Chicago workspace for digital entrepreneurs set to grow 50% bigger
By Ellen Jean Hirst
Tribune reporter
Chicago’s largest tech innovation hub is about to get 50 percent larger. In April, the Tribune reported that 1871, a 2-year-old incubator for tech startups, would expand its space from 50,000 square feet to 75,000. …The startup engineering incubator will include a presence from the Startup Institute, which trains people to succeed at startup companies, and professors who run a startup accelerator program at the Georgia Institute of Technology called Flashpoint, among other advisers.
www.techtimes.com
FAhttp://www.techtimes.com/articles/8528/20140617/faa-must-consider-better-schedules-for-air-traffic-controllers-study.htm
FAA must consider better schedules for air traffic controllers: Study
By Anu Passary
Air traffic controllers are said to be at higher risk of errors due to work timetables and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) should consider better schedules to avoid potential accidents … “Other complications include the uncertainty of air traffic forecasts and the fact that a large percentage of the controllers are eligible to retire, as it can take years to train new controllers. The committee’s recommendations aim to enable controller staffing decisions that are consistent; that are driven by proper science and data analysis; and that will address relationships between ensuring safety, meeting the operational needs of the aviation community, and demonstrating cost-effectiveness,” says Amy Pritchett, David S. Lewis Associate Professor of Cognitive Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, who chaired the committee that wrote the report for the National Research Council.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/opinion/2014-06-17/editors-desk-georgia-has-work-do-stem-workforce
The Editor’s Desk: Georgia has work to do on STEM workforce
By JIM THOMPSON
Delta Air Lines opened the renovated flight museum at its Atlanta headquarters Tuesday to the deserved accolades of public officials. Any company that employs nearly 30,000 people in Atlanta is, by definition, an economic driver for Georgia. Gov. Nathan Deal properly acknowledged that fact when he noted, at ceremonies for the reopening of the company’s flight museum, that “for decades, Delta Air Lines has served as a major economic engine for our state. … It’s an honor to be here today … to honor the thousands of people who have worked to make Delta one of the world’s most successful airlines.” It is to be hoped, though, that Deal also is paying attention this week to another Atlanta event. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics convention has brought more than 2,000 engineers, pilots, executives and scientists to Georgia for the week, according to a Morris News Service report. The Morris report goes on to note that the state’s largest aerospace employers, including Delta, “expressed concern Monday that not enough young people are entering the field to keep them on the industry’s forefront.” According to the story, the companies are facing a wave of retirements, and have some concerns about replacing those employees with people who have the required STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — backgrounds.
www.cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/17/opinion/perry-starbucks-college-education/
Is Starbucks the answer to college costs?
By David Perry
(CNN) — Access to affordable and high quality higher education should be a universal right. A free and prosperous society needs an educated citizenry to innovate and thrive.
Today in America, we’re a long way from that goal. Unfortunately, the highly touted plan from Starbucks to provide increased tuition assistance doesn’t really help — and might hurt.
www.foxnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/06/16/from-lab-to-boardroom-tech-launch-lifts-startups/
From the lab to the boardroom: Tech Launch lifts startups
By Aalia Shaheed
Tucson, Ariz. – Scientists, researchers and engineers at the University of Arizona are coming up with new technologies all the time. Now a new center called Tech Launch Arizona is helping turn those technologies into big business for the city of Tucson. The idea is simple: University researchers come to Tech Launch with an idea, and the team at Tech Launch works with them to turn that idea into an industry. They provide services like patent licensing, strategic funding and mentoring, and they help make crucial business connections.
www.nationaljournal.com
http://www.nationaljournal.com/next-america/economic-empowerment/how-michigan-universities-and-businesses-teamed-up-to-save-a-faltering-state-20140617
How Michigan Universities and Businesses Teamed Up to Save a Faltering State
The country’s most influential partnership to change higher education convinced a conservative Legislature to increase funding for public universities.
By Fawn Johnson
Michigan was in bad shape. That much was clear. From 2000 to 2010, the state accounted for half of the 2 million jobs that were lost in the entire country. Residents’ personal income fell by 14 percent. It was the only state to lose population. The recession that peaked nationally in 2008 started early for Michiganders. By 2006, high-level college executives in other states already were looking down their noses at Michigan universities. “We kept hearing, ‘Oh, poor Michigan,’ ” says Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon. “We had to change the dialogue.” …The realization that Michigan’s stock was falling fast drove together these two typically divergent communities—businesses and universities—in what may be the country’s most influential partnership to change higher education.
www.lcsun-news.com
http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_25981448/harnessing-local-resources-support-educators-new-mexico
Harnessing local resources to support educators in New Mexico
By Michelle Valverde
For the Sun-News
When you turn to any form of media these days, you are likely to hear something about formal education. This shouldn’t be a surprise given the important role of education in the United States and the enormous potential for it to positively impact the wellbeing of our society. In the College of Education at New Mexico State University, through the Alliance for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, we strategically support educators in the critical work they do by tapping into, linking and strengthening already existing resources in our state.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/analysts-federal-government-should-cut-funding-from-lowest-performing-colleges/2014/06/17/d8833682-f614-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html
Analysts: Federal government should cut funding from lowest-performing colleges
BY NICK ANDERSON
The federal government spends billions of dollars a year on higher education but almost never cuts off funding to colleges and universities that struggle to fulfill their mission. One reason is that policymakers are reluctant to penalize students enrolled in these schools. Another is a lack of consensus on what constitutes the lowest acceptable performance. On Wednesday, the Education Trust, a group that seeks to close gaps in academic opportunity and achievement, contended in a report that it is time to use federal influence to pressure colleges to meet minimum performance standards.
www.nytimes.com
If Affirmative Action Is Doomed, What’s Next?
David Leonhardt
Affirmative action as we know it is probably doomed. When you ask top Obama administration officials and people in the federal court system about the issue, you often hear a version of that prediction. Five of the Supreme Court’s nine justices have never voted in favor of a race-based affirmative action program. Already, the court has ruled that such programs have the burden of first showing “that available, workable race-neutral alternatives do not suffice.” The issue appears to be following a familiar path in Chief Justice John Roberts’s court. On divisive social issues, the Roberts court first tends to issue narrow rulings, with the backing of both conservative and liberal justices, as my colleague Adam Liptak has noted. In later terms, the five conservative justices deliver a more sweeping decision, citing the earlier case as precedent. With affirmative action, last year’s case involving Texas could be the first stage.
Education News
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/wrestling-with-student-debt/ngMph/
Georgians wrestle with student loan debt
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Student loan debt has doubled since 2007 to more than $1 trillion. That financial load has been blamed for stifling economic growth as borrowers use more of their incomes to repay debt instead of spending it in other areas. President Barack Obama signed an executive order last week to ease the burden of millions of people, including 59 percent of those Georgians strapped with student debt.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-06-18/only-one-state-has-hiked-tuition-more-georgia
Only one state has hiked tuition more than Georgia
By LEE SHEARER
Just a single state jacked up tuition costs for college students more than Georgia did in the five-year period from 2008 to 2013, according to State Higher Education Executive Officers. Tuition and fees for students in Georgia’s public colleges and universities nearly doubled in that time, according to the group’s annual “State Higher Education Finance” report. SHEEO is a nationwide nonprofit association of state higher education chief executive officers with statewide responsibilities, such as University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby. Only New Mexico, where officials hiked tuition by an astounding 188 percent, did state officials shift the cost of college from government to students more than in Georgia, where the net tuition revenue per student went up by 93 percent as legislators cut education appropriations and reduced the value of the HOPE Scholarship many students depend on for college expenses.
www.washingtontimes.com
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/17/bipartisan-group-touts-free-college-tuition-plan/
Bipartisan group touts ‘free’ college tuition plan
Eyes expanded access to higher education
By Nikki Krug-The Washington Times
Free college. At a time of record student debt and ever-rising tuition bills, that’s just what a new nonprofit organization wants to provide for America’s students. Organizers behind Redeeming America’s Promise (RAP) said Tuesday the group has set a goal of making higher education attainable by providing scholarships to cover the full tuition costs of public colleges and schools of applied technology for eligible students.
www.nytimes.com
Critics Point to Drawbacks in Starbucks Tuition Program
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Within hours on Monday of unveiling, with much fanfare, a program to pay employees’ college tuition, Starbucks faced criticism for drawbacks in the fine print — notably that students could have to pay thousands of dollars out of pocket, and wait months or years before being reimbursed. A college junior or senior who qualified for full reimbursement would need to earn 21 credits from Arizona State University’s online programs, out of 120 needed for a bachelor’s degree, before receiving any tuition reimbursement. “The whole idea is that we’re trying to design a program that helps them complete,” said Lacey All, a Starbucks strategy director who helped devise the program. “We want to basically challenge our partners to complete their college degree, and pay them back each time they complete that 21 credits.” That feature of the program was not mentioned in the Starbucks news release announcing the program, or on its publicly accessible web page about the program. But as word of it leaked out, educators and education experts took to the Internet to say that the benefit was less than it seemed, and might even frighten away some potential users.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/64907/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=c8b9e51280a443f094e98c2005c70a8f&elqCampaignId=173
Intervention Programs Having Positive Impact on AAPI Educational Achievement
by Lydia Lum
Educationally disadvantaged, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community college students who participate in federally funded intervention programs are likelier than their nonparticipating peers to earn associate’s degrees. Furthermore, AAPI students in these programs are likelier to obtain those degrees faster than their peers, transfer to four-year institutions and attempt more for-credit courses even before finishing community college. These are among the findings in a recently released report that explores the effectiveness of federal Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) grants.
www.myfoxtwincities.com
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/25802012/my-brothers-keeper-graduates-encourage-mentorship-college-study
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER: Graduates encourage mentorship, college study
video report by Rob Olson
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – Several Twin Cities programs that help young men of color could become duplicated across the country. President Barack Obama launched the “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative in late February as a way to close the achievement gap plaguing young minority men, and now they’re combing the country to prepare a massive scale-up of what’s been working. “I got to meet a group of wonderful guys I will never forget in my life,” Tommy Cooper of St. Paul told Fox 9 News. Cooper and his friend Kalu Abosi are among the first graduates of St. Paul Central High School to complete a program called the African American Male Initiative, which begun in 2010. …“I always wanted to go to college, but AAMI gave me the steps to get there,” Abosi added.
www.argusleader.com
http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/local/2014/06/14/sd-higher-education-officials-approve-new-university-programs/10529153/
S.D. higher education officials approve new university programs
Steve Young
South Dakota public higher education officials approved a cluster of new university programs last week aimed at bolstering jobs and economic development in the state. The state’s board of regents, meeting in Vermillion, signed off on degree programs covering everything from petroleum production and health care to information systems and precision agriculture.
www.orlandosentinel.com
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-ucf-osceola-research-center-20140616,0,1461308.story
UCF pledges $10 million to research center in Osceola County
Osceola County will provide land, $61 million for construction and design
By Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel
The University of Central Florida and Osceola County struck a preliminary deal Monday to build a $61-million “smart sensors” research center that could lead to the creation of thousands of high-tech jobs. The sensors are cutting-edge technology used in automobiles, medical devices, home appliances and smart phones.
www.twincities.com
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_25957816/university-minnesota-regents-ok-3-6-billion-budget
University of Minnesota regents OK $3.6 billion budget
By Mila Koumpilova
The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents approved President Eric Kaler’s budget for next school year and more than $290 million in facility projects Friday. The new $3.6 billion budget freezes resident undergraduate tuition for the second year in a row and includes $23 million in spending on faculty hires, classroom upgrades and other investments. The budget will also trim more than $20 million in administrative costs, mostly in staff positions shed through attrition.
www.dealbook.nytimes.com
King’s College in New York to Accept Bitcoin
By RACHEL ABRAMS
Bitcoin can already be used to purchase a plane ticket, donate to a political campaign and pay a satellite TV bill. Beginning this fall, it can also be used to pay for a college education.
On Friday, King’s College, a four-year evangelical school based in Lower Manhattan, said that it would become the first accredited college to allow students to pay their tuition in Bitcoin. It’s also the latest in a growing list of groups that have begun accepting virtual currency, fueled by a cottage industry dedicated to making online money easier to use.
www.valdostadailytimes.com
http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/schoolnews/x1396891480/-Kids-to-college-savings-programs-take-root
‘Kids to college’ savings programs take root
Claudia Buck, The Sacramento Bee
Associated Press
Like many busy mothers of young kids, Sylvia Suarez never thought too much about college for her two boys, much less saving for it. College simply seemed a long way off.
Until this school year. Under a pilot program at Tahoe Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., Suarez got the motivation — and free cash — to get started. “It was a wake-up … that we need to save for them to go to college,” said Suarez, whose sons are 6 and 11. She is one of 82 parents or guardians participating in a small but growing “Kids to College” savings program created by SAFE Credit Union and Sacramento City Councilman Kevin McCarty.
www.finance.yahoo.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/feds-garnish-wages-more-workers-234436180.html;_ylt=AwrBJSBooaFTWjsAkXLQtDMD
Feds Garnish Wages of More Workers Who Default on Student Loans
By Krystal Steinmetz
More student loan borrowers are learning the hard way that you can run but you can’t hide from student loan debt. According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Education is aggressively pursuing payment from borrowers who are in default – those who have missed 12 monthly payments. The Education Department, the nation’s largest student lender, is docking paychecks (taking up to 15 percent of after-tax wages) from borrowers in default to help pay down their debt. Unlike private lenders, the government doesn’t need court approval to garnish workers’ wages.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/17/ohio-state-u-scholar-finds-path-tenure-track-moocs#sthash.q1aF6PSg.qSrUIQhQ.dpbs
From MOOCs to the Tenure Track
By Carl Straumsheim
When Jim Fowler becomes an assistant professor of mathematics at Ohio State University this fall, he can thank his massive open online courses — and former president E. Gordon Gee. Fowler came to Ohio State in 2009 as a visiting assistant professor decidedly off the tenure track. When he finished that postdoctoral appointment three years later, Fowler negotiated an administrative position that split his duties equally between lecturing and researching. In fall 2012, Ohio State joined the MOOC platform Coursera, and Fowler began building what would become the university’s first MOOC, Calculus One.
www.usatoday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/04/wheres-the-community-in-community-college/9442981/
Community colleges shorten their names
Mary Beth Marklein, USA TODAY
Small but growing numbers of community colleges are moving to drop the word “community” from their name, inspiring a sometimes passionate parsing of its meaning. The move comes as more states allow two-year colleges to confer bachelor’s degrees, which typically take four years or longer to complete.
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/13/sexual-assault-iphone-app_n_5489813.html?utm_hp_ref=college
Universities Turn To Smartphone Apps To Help Sexual Assault Survivors
Tyler Kingkade
Too many victims of sexual assault don’t receive the help they need when they need it. Some universities are trying to solve that problem with a tool familiar to tech-savvy students — the smartphone application. Loyola University in Chicago has created one of the first such mobile apps tailored to its local community. The “Here for You” iPhone app connects students to gender-based violence services and resources on campus and in the Chicago area, and helps victims to quickly report assaults. …Other colleges are also exploring the use of mobile devices as a way to enhance student safety and distribute information on sexual assault services.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/64921/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=94fc8f51b5f84376930e9274a0a4da5b&elqCampaignId=173
NCAA Begins Making Its Case for Amateurism
by Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. ― The NCAA began making its case for keeping the current model for college sports, with the women’s athletic director at the University of Texas testifying Tuesday that paying basketball and football players would tear apart the very foundation the school’s athletics are based upon. Christine Plonsky said she couldn’t imagine a scenario where some of her university’s athletes were able to make money from their appearances in televised games, at the same time hundreds of athletes in other sports only get tuition and room and board for their efforts.