USG NEWS:
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/ap/ap/georgia/new-president-named-for-georgia-highlands-college/ngGjK/
New president named for Georgia Highlands College
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — A new president has been chosen to lead Georgia Highlands College.
University System of Georgia Board of Regents Chair Philip Wilheit, Sr. says Donald Green will assume the post on September 8. Green was the vice president for extended and international operations at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan.

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New president named for Georgia Highlands College

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http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/25723472/new-president-named-for-georgia-highlands-college
New president named for Georgia Highlands College

www.therepublic.com
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8dc9182775c84d4597fb980a507b99d7/GA–Georgia-Highlands-President
New president names for Georgia Highlands College

www.coosavalleynews.com
http://www.coosavalleynews.com/np107293.htm
Georgia Highlands College Names New President

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/latest-gov-nathan-deal-pick-brings-another-ex-sena/ngGks/
Latest Gov. Nathan Deal pick brings another ex-senator into the fold
By James Salzer
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointment of former South Georgia Sen. Greg Goggans to the state dentistry board Friday continued a trend of former senators returning to state government in one form or another. Of 34 Republican state senators in 2009, about 60 percent — 20 — have left the chamber (and at least three more are leaving at the end of this year). About two-thirds of those are back involved in state government, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution analysis. Some have been appointed to high-paying jobs by Deal, some have been appointed to boards, some have run for and won other posts in government, and some are or will be shortly lobbying the same senators they once called colleagues. …Board memberships are unpaid positions. Recently, the University System hired state Sen. Cecil Staton, R-Macon, to a newly created $165,000 a year administrative job. …Republicans aren’t the only ex-senators to hang around once they retire. Democratic Sen. George Hooks, the chamber’s dean, retired in 2012 and was appointed by Deal to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents in 2013. He served less than a year before becoming a statehouse lobbyist for historic preservation causes.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/administration/vice-chancellor-for-educational-access-and-success-to-boost-stem/article_f7328eee-ec2c-11e3-8dc8-001a4bcf6878.html
Vice Chancellor for Educational Access and Success to boost STEM programs
Leighton Rowell
The University System of Georgia appointed Robert Anderson as its new Vice Chancellor for Educational Access and Success. He replaced Lynne Weisenbach, who retired after three years in the position. Within the Office of Educational Access and Success, Anderson said he will lead efforts to better prepare students for success in college, “remove barriers to postsecondary education” and increase retention and graduation rates. He also said he will “foster excellence and innovation in USG educator preparation programs to produce highly effective educators to meet the needs of Georgia’s schools.” …Along with overseeing a number of initiatives already underway in Georgia, including Complete College Georgia and 20,000 by 2020, Anderson will work to enhance the STEM initiative, a program dealing with science, technology, engineering and math.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/what-does-georgia-states-885wras-fm-merger-mean-fo/ngF5r/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#b5136a89.3566685.735393
What does Georgia State’s 88.5/WRAS-FM merger mean for Atlanta?
By Janel Davis and Kristina Torres – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s been characterized as a corporate takeover of one of the most independent college radio stations in America, a forced marriage of two Atlanta institutions: the powerhouse Georgia Public Broadcasting and Georgia State University’s student-led 88.5/WRAS-FM. But behind the deal, which both institutions sealed last month, lay hard realities that almost made it inevitable in a nationally changing college radio market — even as it hit WRAS supporters like a brick and raised the hackles of what has been metro Atlanta’s lone (and now competing) public radio station.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/cops-woman-shoots-husband-herself-in-west-cobb-cou/ngGCc/
Woman accused in west Cobb murder-suicide was longtime KSU employee
By Alexis Stevens
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The woman accused of shooting and killing her husband and then herself in a west Cobb County parking lot was a longtime employee of Kennesaw State University. Paula Strange, 54, of Kennesaw, served as assistant director of research compliance for the University for more than 10 years, KSU posted online Saturday. “Kennesaw State officials express sincere condolences to those impacted by this tragedy, and stand ready to assist those University employees who may desire support,” the University said in its online statement.

GOOD NEWS:
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20140608-UWG-Newnan-offering-continuing-ed-classes-throughout-the-summer
UWG Newnan Offers Business Classes
by CELIA SHORTT
The University of West Georgia’s Newnan campus is offering several business continuing education classes throughout the summer months. Classes on Excel 2010 Advanced and Customer Service Essentials will be on Friday, July 18, and Essential Communication in the Workplace will be on Friday, Aug. 19. “The purpose of the classes is to meet needs identified by our regional industry,” said Rachael Robinson, UWG director of Continuing Education. “Soft skills, and most especially communication and customer service in the workplace, are the most identified needs that we hear from businesses.”

www.kpbs.org
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/jun/07/job-outlook-brightens-for-graduates-though/
Job Outlook Brightens For Graduates, Though Problems Linger
Marilyn Geewax / NPR
Congratulations Class of 2014! You are entering a labor market that offers a record number of paychecks. On Friday, the Labor Department said the U.S. economy now has 138.5 million jobs, slightly more than the previous high set in early 2008 — just as the Great Recession was tightening its grip. The post-recession peak came after employers added 217,000 jobs in May. That marked the fourth straight month when payrolls increased by at least 200,000. That kind of hiring streak has not happened since late 1999… Shelby Sweat, an Atlanta resident who just graduated from Georgia Tech, said she and her classmates have not had any trouble finding work in science and technology fields. As a biology major, she quickly landed a job in a research laboratory at Emory University. “I had a really good job-hunting experience,” she said. “I got the first job I applied for.” She said Georgia Tech’s focus on hard sciences made the difference.

RESEARCH:
www.globalatlanta.com
http://www.globalatlanta.com/print/26954/
Lafayette’s Legacy Creates a Platform for Georgia Tech ‘Innovations’
Phil Bolton
The Georgia Institute of Technology’s campus in Metz, France, began as a teaching facility, then it became a research center, and is about to enter a third phase of “innovation,” Bernard Kippelen, president of the soon-to-be opened Institute Lafayette, told Global Atlanta. Dr. Kippelen said that by innovation the university means “moving ideas into services or products with economic value,” or basically commercializing its discoveries for global markets. The commercialization of the university’s research has been the objective of the institute since it was first incorporated in 2012 and the 25,000-square-foot facility is soon to be fully active. On May 26, a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the nearly completed building on the Georgia-Tech Lorraine campus was attended by Georgia Tech’s president, provost and other top officials from the university.

www.spacenews.com
http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/40828nasa-unfazed-by-report-saying-current-path-won’t-reach-mars
NASA Unfazed by Report Saying Current Path Won’t Reach Mars
By Dan Leone
A blue-ribbon panel’s finding that NASA is not on a path to put humans on Mars drew nods from space policy experts and a pair of influential lawmakers, but not so much as a flinch from the space agency, which somehow saw affirmation in the highly critical 300-page report. “To continue on the present course … is to invite failure, disillusionment, and the loss of the longstanding international perception that human spaceflight is something the United States does best,” the National Research Council’s congressionally chartered Committee on Human Spaceflight wrote in its report, “Pathways to Exploration — Rationales and Approaches for a U.S. Program of Human Space Exploration.”… Marian Borowitz, assistant professor at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, said while the NRC’s report is not a silver bullet for NASA’s human spaceflight program, the evolving rhetorical consensus in Washington about Mars as a long-term goal makes it easier to have conversations about intermediate destinations, “particularly, the next step after the international space station.”

www.northwetgeorgianews.com
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/calhoun_times/news/local/designation-could-stimulate-manufacturing/article_666d6b8e-eda5-11e3-b6a2-001a4bcf6878.html
Designation could stimulate manufacturing
Aaron Mann
Gordon County is among 12 other communities across the nation to receive a manufacturing community designation, which could mean more federal money invested in the floor covering industry. Out of a pool of 70 applicants across the U.S., Northwest Georgia received the designation as part of the Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership initiative. The program is led by the United States Commerce Department and designed to stimulate the resurgence of manufacturing in communities nationwide… Northwest Georgia Regional Commission and the Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Institute partnered and pushed for Northwest Georgia to receive the designation.

www.daltondailycitizen.com
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… The Northwest Georgia Regional Commission and Georgia Tech are developing a plan that would help take the area forward, focusing first on sustaining the floorcovering industry and then on growing other types of manufacturing. The floorcovering industry isn’t the same one our fathers and grandfathers worked in. It uses high-tech machinery and advanced processes to make its products. The industry has struggled to find workers with the skills needed to operate and maintain these new technologies. The regional commission and Georgia Tech are bringing together business, local governments, Georgia Northwestern Technical College, Dalton State College and others to develop a plan to make sure that local workers acquire those skills.

www.abc11.com
http://abc11.com/news/14-bad-habits-that-drain-your-energy/101929/
14 BAD HABITS THAT DRAIN YOUR ENERGY
LINDA MELONE
Lack of sleep isn’t the only thing sapping your energy. Little things you do (and don’t do) can exhaust you both mentally and physically, which can make getting through your day a chore. Here, experts reveal common bad habits that can make you feel tired, plus simple lifestyle tweaks that will put the pep back in your step.You skip exercise when you’re tired Skipping your workout to save energy actually works against you. In a University of Georgia study, sedentary but otherwise healthy adults who began exercising lightly three days a week for as little as 20 minutes at a time reported feeling less fatigued and more energized after six weeks.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.politics.blog.ajc.com
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2014/06/05/local-angst-over-georgias-new-concealed-carry-law-bubbles-up/
Political Insider with Jim Galloway
Local angst over Georgia’s new concealed-carry law bubbles up
By Greg Bluestein and Jim Galloway
A city hall is a city hall is a city hall. Unless it’s also a courthouse, in which case it becomes exempt from HB 60, Georgia’s new concealed-carry law — which goes into effect on July 1. From the 11Alive website: Mayor Bucky Johnson says he’s asking the city council to officially re-name the building “Norcross City Hall and Municipal Court.” …The name change is significant. Under the new law, guns are prohibited in courthouses with security checkpoints. But other government buildings like city halls are not afforded the same protection.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/jun/03/school-work-it-working/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
School to work: Is it working?
University of Georgia professor Peter Smagorinsky is a frequent contributor to the AJC Get Schooled blog. His theme today is whether college courses, no matter how carefully tailored or nuanced, can equip graduates to arrive at a new job ready to go. I had a related discussion with a manager who oversees 230 computer firm employees. Her company does not expect its hires to arrive job-ready, she said. But it expects new workers to have the capacity to learn complex concepts.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/opinion/is-school-to-work-working/ngFxZ/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#cd44e082.3566685.735393
Is school-to-work working?
By Peter Smagorinsky
An old pal who is now a senior law partner told me his job included mentoring recently hired law school grads in the nuances of the profession. Being a lawyer involves so much more than law schools teach: how to gain a client’s trust, how to gain an adversary’s respect, how to work on a legal team. They need to know how to practice law, rather than simply know about laws. Mentoring new hires is important in many complex professions. I was interested in what new lawyers need to know, and how they are taught in the context of law firms rather than law schools. Much of this work, he said, is accomplished in apprenticeship settings, with experienced lawyers modeling the navigation of the social world that drives legal work. This reliance on on-the-job training led me to wonder, how well did law school prepare him for the actual practice of law? My friend’s answer: not at all.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2014/06/09/essay-calls-end-job-interviews-academic-conferences#sthash.AiQTNw9R.dpbs
An Anti-Conference (Interview) Manifesto
By Patrick Iber
The conference interview for academic jobs is a time-honored ritual. Hundreds — or thousands — of job hopefuls descend upon a conference city, with their best (perhaps only?) suit in hand, and a selection of practiced answers prepared to the normal battery of questions about research and teaching. There are long, awkward moments waiting in chair-less hotel hallways — and comradely good wishes to one’s rivals as they leave. … The basic argument against the conference interview is straightforward: It imposes considerable costs on the interviewees at a time in their lives when they are likely to be painful to absorb.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/when-all-else-fails#sthash.R2MsnpXz.dpbs
When All Else Fails
By Ashley Sanders
In one of the worst academic job markets in history, many of us have been compelled to rethink our plans for the next year. Instead of starting that shiny new job, we are facing yet another year of being a grad student. If you’re in this position, know that you are not alone. There are hundreds in the same boat with you. Perhaps clinging to a life raft is a more accurate metaphor… At least that’s how it feels as we struggle to keep our heads above water and hold on to hope. So what do we do when all else fails?

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/atlanta-bargain-hunter/2014/jun/09/wes-moss-would-you-pass-money-and-happiness-quiz/
Atlanta Bargain Hunter with Nedra Rhone
Wes Moss: Would You Pass this Money and Happiness Quiz?
By Wes Moss
I’ve recently released a new book called, “You Can Retire Sooner Than You Think,” and in it, I analyze the financial bare minimums needed for retirement, along with the different traits and habits between happy retirees and unhappy retirees. I have actually answered the question that we have all heard, “can money buy happiness?” Though people will always argue one way or another, I have collected quantitative research that has been backed by Georgia Tech’s Mathematics department that actually answers this question. Yes, money can buy happiness; however, it is for less than you might think.

www.mibiz.com
http://mibiz.com/item/21623-distance-learning-offers-convenience-but-it’s-not-for-everyone
Distance learning offers convenience, but it’s not for everyone
Written by Nick Manes
There is little debate that the Internet has acted as a disruptive force for a broad range of industries, higher education included. Like many higher education institutions around the country, West Michigan organizations such as Grand Valley State University, Calvin College and Grand Rapids Community College have begun to offer distance learning classes where students don’t need to be in a classroom. Rather, they simply need a computer with an Internet connection… Mazoue cited one program currently being designed that could significantly change MOOCs and how they are perceived. Georgia Tech is in the process of creating a new cohort that will allow students to earn a master’s degree in computer science in three years for the bargain price of $6,600. The on-campus degree for an out-of-state resident costs $45,000.

www.ft.com
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/ace70a64-d213-11e3-97a6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz349giiHc9
MBAs need to value local as well as global
By Tim Vorley
Graduates should be able to make a difference wherever they work
Higher education is a truly global business. Today, many leading business and management schools profess to deliver an educational experience that creates global graduates – but is this an entirely good thing? This is premised on the perceived need for graduates to be more globally aware as they enter an international workplace. However, such rhetoric underplays the wider contribution of business school graduates. While the lure of London and other leading cities has, and always will be, an attraction, there is a need to make sure that graduates do not lose sight of more local opportunities.

www.informationweek.com
http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-business/13-ways-to-beat-big-brother/d/d-id/1269408
13 Ways To Beat Big Brother
Just because cameras are everywhere doesn’t mean you have to be under surveillance all the time.
Thomas Clabum
We all have the right to privacy. But we also have limited ability to ensure privacy, at least outside our homes. Authorities insist they respect our privacy while they vacuum up bulk communication data — for our protection. Advertisers insist they respect our privacy while they track online activities and commercial transactions — for our benefit. As the songwriter Elvis Costello put it in 2008, “You’ll find these days that there’s no hiding place.”… “We tried to commercialize this for anti-piracy in the movie industry, but failed,” Gregory D. Abowd, a Georgia Tech computer science professor who worked on the camera neutralization system, said in a recent email. “[We] stopped working on this in 2007 and haven’t looked back at it since.”

Education News
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/64756/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=051c88a2804148e88480ad700a3d039c&elqCampaignId=173
President Obama to Take Executive Steps on Student Loans
by Josh Lederman, Associated Press
WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama is prepping new executive steps to help Americans struggling to pay off their student debt, and throwing his support behind Senate Democratic legislation with a similar goal but potentially a much more profound impact. Obama will announce today that he’s expanding his “Pay As You Earn” program that lets borrowers pay no more than 10 percent of their monthly income in loan payments, the White House said. Currently, the program is only available to those who started borrowing after October 2007 and kept borrowing after October 2011. Obama plans to start allowing those who borrowed earlier to participate, potentially extending the benefit to millions more borrowers.

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http://chronicle.com/article/As-Congress-Bickers-Obama/146977/
As Congress Bickers, Obama Takes Executive Action on Student Loans

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/06/09/obama-set-expand-income-based-repayment-program#sthash.dTMXk9Zx.dpbs
Obama Set to Expand Income-Based Repayment Program

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/bottomline/u-of-washington-students-say-they-can-work-to-pay-some-tuition/
U. of Washington Students Say They Can Work to Help Pay Tuition
by Eric Kelderman
In recent years, a few student groups have come up with ideas to pay their tuition and fees with a portion of their income earned after graduating. For example, the UC Student Investment Proposal has been proposed by students at the University of California at Riverside, and the Pay It Forward concept developed in a class at Portland State University. Now, students at the University of Washington have come up with their own version—one that relies more on students’ earnings during college, rather than after they graduate.

www.jbhe.com

Two Universities Look to Replicate UMBC’s Success in Graduating Black Students in STEM Fields

Two Universities Look to Replicate UMBC’s Success in Graduating Black Students in STEM Fields
The Meyerhoff Scholars program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County has been a huge success in increasing the number of Black and other minority students in STEM disciplines. More than half of all students enrolled in the program are African Americans. Over the past 20 years, more than 900 Meyerhoff Scholars have graduated from the university and gone on to earned 423 graduate degrees in the sciences and 107 medical degrees. …Now the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, Maryland, is allocating $7.75 million over the next five years in an effort to replicate the success of the Meyerhoff Scholars program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County at Pennsylvania State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The funding will create a roadmap for success for the two additional universities to follow in an effort to achieve similar results.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/09/four-faculty-members-offer-job-share-presidents-duties-and-salary#sthash.j9quXtz7.dpbs
4 for the Price of 1
By Scott Jaschik
Many faculty members gripe about the way presidential compensation dwarfs their own — and how high-level perks create a divide between professors and presidents.
Four such faculty members have found an unusual way to attract more attention to this critique. They have applied jointly to share the job (and the $400,000 minimum salary) of the opening to lead the University of Alberta.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/09/uncf-receives-25m-koch-brothers-prompting-praise-and-anger#sthash.LF0FQtwT.dpbs
The Wrong $25 Million?
By Scott Jaschik
The United Negro College Fund, the primary fund-raising organization for private, historically black colleges, is a revered institution for many African Americans. Its successes are points of pride to many, and are vital to many black colleges. When the UNCF announced one of its largest gifts ever on Friday, several took to Twitter to express shock and anger. One person wrote: “#UNCF Literally Sells Their ‘Souls To The Devil’ Accepting Checks From The #KochBrothers W/Out Knowing Their Evil History. Craziness.” Another tweet: “#Koch donation to @UNCF tells children everywhere that money is first and integrity is unnecessary. Sends the wrong damn message. Period.” Others praised the gift: “Conservatism demands charity, where possible, assist the poor when government can’t. I applaud Charles and David Koch’s UNCF donation.”

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stanford-sexual-assault-victim-demands-tougher-sanctions-for-offenders/2014/06/07/43580f2c-ee7d-11e3-b84b-3393a45b80f1_story.html
Stanford sexual assault victim demands tougher sanctions for offenders
By Katy Murphy
STANFORD, Calif. — A Stanford sexual assault victim, furious that her assailant will be allowed to graduate this month, is demanding tougher sanctions and other changes in university policy. “Stanford did not expel the man who raped me,” Stanford senior Leah Francis wrote in an open letter that circulated rapidly online this week. On Thursday, hundreds of men and women converged on White Memorial Plaza to show their support for Francis and call for swifter resolution, stiffer penalties and more support for victims. Carrying signs demanding “Support survivors,” “Punish rapists,” and “No one should have to live in fear,” they marched to the office of the vice provost of student affairs, Greg Boardman, who is considering Francis’ request.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/In-a-California-Courtroom/146973/
In a California Courtroom, Amateurism in College Sports Goes on Trial
By Brad Wolverton
Oakland, Calif.
The first of several major antitrust claims against the National Collegiate Athletic Association is set to go to trial in federal court here on Monday. The case, which challenges one of the NCAA’s bedrock principles—that players can’t be paid for the commercial use of their names or images—threatens the association’s longstanding rules on amateurism.

www.nytimes.com

Rising Tuition Pushes British Students to U.S.
By D. D. GUTTENPLAN
LONDON — For Ade Olatunde, turning down Oxford University was a no-brainer. A senior at Mossbourne Academy, a state-funded school in Hackney, a gritty district in the East End of London, Mr. Olatunde will enroll at the University of North Carolina this fall. “I know I want to study geography and city planning, but I’m not too sure about the rest,” said Mr. Olatunde, who also turned down a place at the London School of Economics. “That’s one reason for doing this.” The lure of a broader liberal arts curriculum, and the chance to combine science with humanities, has contributed to a steep rise in applications from British students to American universities, according to officials at the US-UK Fulbright Commission, an organization funded by the American and British governments to promote educational exchanges. But the British government’s decision two years ago to allow English universities to triple their tuition has also made a big difference.

www.nytimes.com

For U.S. Colleges, a Drive to Retain Foreign Students
By KARIN FISCHER | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
SAN DIEGO — Like many American colleges, the University of West Florida has seen significant growth in recent years in its international-student enrollment. But another trend alarmed Rachel Errington, director of the university’s Office of International Students. The number of foreign students leaving the university, a public institution on Florida’s Gulf Coast, without earning a degree was also on the rise. In 2008, West Florida’s retention rate for international students was 95 percent. Three years later, it was 83 percent. What, Ms. Errington wondered, was going on? She is not the only one who has been asking. Late last month Nafsa, the association of international educators formerly known as the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers, released the findings of a United States survey on international-student retention at its annual conference in San Diego.