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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/georgia-gwinnett-college-sign-on-highway-316-gets-/nggPp/
Georgia Gwinnett College sign on Hwy 316 passes spell check
By Daniel Wilco
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Department of Transportation turned in its final draft of a sign pointing to Georgia Gwinnett College on Highway 316 Tuesday. It’s first draft had gotten a failing grade and was replaced after the school’s name was spelled incorrectly. Natalie Dale, a spokeswoman for the DOT, said the sign — which was missing the second “n” in Gwinnett — was manufactured by a separate company, who was responsible for the mistake. The company fixed the sign for free once the error was noticed.

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http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/georiga-dot-corrects-misspelling-highway-316/nggLd/
Georgia DOT corrects misspelling on Highway 316

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-international-students-satisfied-with-college-experience-despite-study/article_8c8415bc-0c44-11e4-bdce-0017a43b2370.html
UGA international students satisfied with college experience, despite study
Sam Newton
There are approximately 820,000 international students enrolled in U.S. schools, according to a USA Today article, and a study from the Association of International Educators found many of them are dissatisfied with their college experiences. The study surveyed more than 500 students across 80 colleges. The results found many foreign students may hold high expectations before arriving at their respective U.S. campus, and the ideal college experience does live up to what the students believed. These students turn to the cost of tuition as the underlying reason as to why many students are discontent with their studies in the U.S., according to the article. …Da-um Jung, a senior studying international affairs and Japanese, is one of many international students who face the cost of studying at the University of Georgia. …“I like the general education system and education culture of America,” Jung said.

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http://www.stripes.com/military-life/education/peace-of-mind-is-added-gi-bill-benefit-for-this-veteran-1.293555
‘Peace of mind’ is added GI Bill benefit for this veteran
By Wesley Brown
The Augusta Chronicle
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Of all the benefits the GI Bill provided Stephen Safford, it was peace of mind that the Georgia Regents University senior said he found most rewarding. The former Fort Gordon soldier, who served in the Army from 2006 to 2008, said that along with tuition assistance, the federal aid paid for living expenses, such as rent and food, and helped him focus on the career he wanted to pursue.

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http://www.myajc.com/news/lifestyles/georgia-tech-to-compete-in-robot-soccer-contest-in/nggNn/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#0a8849bc.3566685.735430
Georgia Tech to compete in robot soccer contest in Brazil
By Elizabeth Montgomery – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The 2014 World Cup championship title may belong to Deutschland, but another soccer competition — this time with robots taking the field — is just days away. Students of Georgia Tech, also known as the RoboJackets’ RoboCup team , take off for Joao Pessoa, Brazil, Thursday to compete in the 2014 RoboCup, an international multi-league autonomous robotics soccer competition. RoboCup, which will be held July 21-24, was founded in 1997 by volunteer professors from around the world. …Georgia Tech’s RoboCup team competed in Eindhoven, Netherlands, last year and Mexico City in 2012.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2014/07/drone-business-booming-at-metro-atlanta-hobby.html
Drone business booming at metro Atlanta hobby company (VIDEO)
Carla Caldwell, Morning Edition Editor
The president of Atlanta Hobby in Cumming says his business is soaring as more companies turn to drones … Some of the nation’s leading research and development on drones is taking place at Georgia Tech.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/business/drones-commercial-uses-eyed-by-georgia-firms/ngcDM/#29677f96.3566685.735430
Drones’ commercial uses eyed by Georgia firms
By Kelly Yamanouchi – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of the hottest viral videos over the July 4th weekend was taken by a camera-equipped drone that flew through exploding fireworks. Unmanned aircraft may still be most associated with weapons of war, but that’s quickly changing — and not just because of cool fireworks videos. Businesses are eying civilian drones’ peaceful uses. And a handful of Georgia companies and colleges already are at work on ways to turn them into tools of commerce. …Georgia Tech’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Facility test-flies a variety of aircraft at sites around the state, and some of the state’s entrepreneurs in the field trace their interest to work at Tech.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions
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http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/online-courses-have-growing-pains-are-supported-secular-trends
Online courses have growing pains, but are supported by secular trends
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho
Equities.com
On several occasions over the past few years, we have brought readers’ attention to the emerging world of massive, open online courses (MOOCs). Some institutions have embraced them, such as Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who teamed up to run the nonprofit edX. MOOC giant Coursera now partners with dozens of world-class universities, including Caltech, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, the University of Chicago, and Princeton. Udacity, founded by Google VP Sebastian Thrun, operates on a for-profit basis, focuses on tech-related subjects, and has teamed up with Georgia Tech and AT&T (T) to offer an inexpensive master’s degree in computer science. Other institutions–notably Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the UK–have yet to join the party.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/65603/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=535b244564494585b45e4d9a3afaa421&elqCampaignId=173
Addressing the Crisis Among Men of Color in Higher Education
by Gregory J. Vincent
The abysmal underrepresentation of men of color on college campuses is symptomatic of admissions processes, which have fallen under strict scrutiny. It is also indicative of the larger lack of research on, support for and access to higher education for young men of color. The reasons why this opportunity gap exists are myriad and important to identify. Even more crucial are effective solutions to this gap made possible through research and evidence-based practices. It is up to us to usher in a more positive trend in higher education, and, at The University of Texas Austin, we aim to lead that trend.

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http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/negative-outlook-higher-ed-continues-some-stability-emerges
Negative outlook for higher ed continues as some stability emerges
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho
Moody’s Investor Service
Moody’s outlook for the U.S. higher education sector is negative. The outlook expresses our expectation for the fundamental credit conditions in the sector over the next 12 to 18 months. Since sector outlooks represent our forward-looking view on conditions that factor into ratings, a negative outlook indicates that negative rating actions are more likely on average.

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http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/competition-through-cooperation-american-higher-education
Competition through cooperation in American higher education
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho
The Huffington Post
By the end of the 20th Century, a number of American colleges and universities – often in close geographical proximity – began to look for ways to cooperate. Regional college-based consortia emerged in a number of places and took a variety of forms. New relationships emerged with institutional leaders looking to move beyond the lobbying provided by the national and state-based higher education associations. Today, a number of these groups continue to survive.

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Here’s your grant money, college students. Don’t spend it all in one place.
Here’s your grant money, college students. Don’t spend it all in one place.
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho
National Journal
Imagine a would-be college student filling out just one financial-aid form and then being given her allotted Pell Grant money automatically each semester until graduation. That, in principle, is what House Republicans would like to see happen as they update the current federal higher-education law. It is the most far-reaching proposal on their wish list of ideas to simplify and streamline the all-too-vexing college financing system.

Education News
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http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/schoolnews/x1736711227/Early-Childhood-Care-and-Education-Students-could-be-eligible-for-more-than-1000-in-grant-funds
Early Childhood Care and Education Students could be eligible for more than $1000 in grant funds
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
VALDOSTA — Governor Nathan Deal has announced that individuals who further their education in early childhood care from eligible colleges between January 1, 2014 and July 1, 2017 could receive a financial award. This new program from the Governor and the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning includes approved Early Childhood Care and Education programs at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College.

www.time.com
http://time.com/money/2974143/proposals-college-free/
Two New Proposals Would Make College Free Nationwide
Jon Marcus / The Hechinger Report
…At a time when the cost of attending many private colleges exceeds the national median household income, the idea of paying no tuition at all seems so unrealistic that one higher-education economist refers to it as “la-la land.” But there are a handful of schools—such as Alice Lloyd and others—that don’t charge students a penny. Meanwhile, Tennessee will make all of its community colleges free for state residents beginning next year, and Oregon is moving forward with a study considering the same thing. Now two new proposals go even farther, both aiming to make no-cost college a nationwide standard. A report from the Lumina Foundation recommends that the first two years of public universities and colleges be free, and a new nonprofit called Redeeming America’s Promise has come out with a proposal to give every lower- and middle-class student a full ride.

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http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/longview-university-center-house-charter-campus
Longview University Center to house charter campus
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho
News-journal.com
A charter school offered by the University of Texas at Tyler will soon have a new building on the Longview University Center campus. Construction is under way and expected to be completed mid-August for the university’s charter school, which serves third- through eighth-graders. The building is expected to be operational by Aug. 25, in time for the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. Though a former Longview higher education advisory committee member said she is concerned the university isn’t fulfilling its purpose by offering a charter school, UT Tyler Interim Provost Ross Sherman said Monday the Innovation Academy is a means for the university to expand educational programs for all of East Texas.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/65612/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=535b244564494585b45e4d9a3afaa421&elqCampaignId=173
Appeals Court Rules University of Texas Can Use Race in Admissions
by Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday that the University of Texas can continue using race as a factor in undergraduate admissions as a way of promoting diversity on campus, the latest in an ongoing case that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court last year only to be sent back to lower courts for further review.

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http://chronicle.com/blogs/worldwise/in-international-student-recruitment-questions-about-integrity-persist/34085?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
In International-Student Recruitment, Questions About Integrity Persist
by Karin Fischer
The agent debate is dead. Long live the integrity debate. For some time now, the discussion about whether American colleges could use commission-based agents when recruiting students abroad has been the hottest of hot-button issues in international admissions, with each camp staking out fiercely partisan positions.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/65618/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=535b244564494585b45e4d9a3afaa421&elqCampaignId=173
Student Expelled From College After Gay Marriage
by Ken Miller, Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY — A woman said Monday that she was expelled from a private, Christian college in suburban Oklahoma City because she married her same-sex partner.
Christian Minard, 22, said she received a letter last week from Southwestern Christian University notifying her of the expulsion after returning from her honeymoon in Las Vegas. Minard said she did not know how the university learned of her March 17 marriage in Albuquerque, New Mexico, though she did say she posted her marriage license on Facebook. …Minard admitted that she violated her signed student conduct code, known as a lifestyle principle, which prohibits homosexual relationships. The code also includes prohibitions on smoking, drinking, cheating, premarital sex, discrimination, harassment and profanity.

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http://diverseeducation.com/article/65616/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=535b244564494585b45e4d9a3afaa421&elqCampaignId=173
UNC at Wilmington, Professor Settle Lawsuit Over Promotion
by Associated Press
WILMINGTON, N.C. — The University of North Carolina at Wilmington has reached a settlement in a seven-year battle with a criminology professor who sued the school after he was denied a promotion. The StarNews of Wilmington reports Mike Adams will receive $50,000 in back pay and an annual salary of $75,000, which is a $9,000 raise. …Adams said the university retaliated after his political and social views changed with his conversion from atheism to Christianity.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/16/uc-system-reconsiders-policy-barring-discrimination-against-non-american-researchers#sthash.uakUVchQ.dpbs
UC Weighs Bias Against Non-U.S. Researchers
By Ry Rivard
Officials at the University of California system are reconsidering a policy that prevents the university from discriminating against non-American researchers.

www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/16/u-miami-postdoc-wants-bring-science-masses#sthash.AGtpH0yh.dpbs
Bringing It to the Masses
By Colleen Flaherty
Scientists can devote their professional lives to a single question, but chances are that most or all of what they do will only ever be appreciated by a small circle of fellow academics. The reasons for that are complex and numerous, and usually depend on who’s counting them. Non-scientists say it shouldn’t take a machete to get through all the jargon in an article, while some scientists blame the public for being less than science-literate. Others still cite issues of access related to academic journal paywalls, or the increasing specialization of scientists — or a combination of these and other factors. Robert Seigel, a postdoctoral research fellow in atmospheric sciences at the University of Miami, is aware of all of these arguments. But he’s more interested in fixing what he calls the “disconnect” between science and society than diagnosing it. His first big push has been creating a website called Publiscize.

www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/11/sequestration-cuts-science_n_5577677.html
The Scientific Research Community Is Still Freaking Out About Sequestration
Sam Stein
WASHINGTON — Months after Congress restored some of the deep spending cuts it had made to scientific research budgets, scientists are warning that the fix didn’t do nearly enough. At a roundtable conference in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, senior officials at some of the nation’s top universities said that their biomedical research projects are either in financial limbo or completely stalled. And some of the brightest young scientists are either leaving academia for private enterprise, looking to other industries, or getting poached by foreign governments more willing to invest in their careers.

www.courant.com
http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-regents-salary-raise-0715-20140714,0,1818856.story
Regents To Consider Merit Raises As High As 5 Percent
Board To Vote Thursday On Increases For Managerial, Nonunion Personnel
By KATHLEEN MEGAN
The Hartford Courant
The governing board for the state’s largest public college system Thursday will consider merit raises of as much as 5 percent for management and nonunion personnel. Erika H. Steiner, chief financial officer for the Board of Regents for Higher Education, said 133 employees in the system, which includes the four regional state universities and 12 community colleges, would be eligible for the merit raises.

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http://www.universitybusiness.com/news/campbellsville-university-kentucky-baptist-convention-odds
Campbellsville University, Kentucky Baptist Convention at odd
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho
Kentucky.com
Campbellsville University wants to choose its own trustees and admit non-Baptists to its board, a move that might jeopardize the school’s funding from the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The Kentucky Baptist Convention, or KBC, contributes about $1 million a year to Campbellsville’s $57 million budget. Campbellsville’s Board of Trustees is expected to meet Tuesday and consider changes to its bylaws and articles of incorporation that would “create a self-perpetuating board and welcome non-Baptist trustees,” according to a letter the convention sent to its Mission Board members Friday.

www.npr.org
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/07/16/331700270/students-react-to-the-closure-of-a-giant-for-profit-college?ft=1&f=1013
Students React To The Closure Of A Giant For-Profit College
by JOHN O’ CONNOR and KIRK CARAPEZZA
After a long reign as the fastest-growing and most problematic sector in higher education, for-profit colleges are on the ropes. This week the U.S. Department of Education announced that it will review how federal student aid is administered at one of the country’s largest for-profit colleges, the University of Phoenix.

www.freep.com
http://www.freep.com/article/20140715/SPORTS08/307150032/colleges-federal-government-sexual-assault
Federal government threatens colleges as sexual-assault claims rise
By Rachel Axon
USA TOAY Sports
HANOVER, N.H. — For the growing list of college and universities under investigation by the Department of Education for their handling of sexual assault complaints, the threat of losing federal funds remains real. While such a punishment would be unprecedented, it is far from an “empty threat,” said Catherine Lhamon, the department’s assistant secretary for civil rights. Because sexual harassment and violence constitute discrimination under Title IX, schools found to be out of compliance with that law run the risk of its most severe punishment.