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WABE chairman denounces GPB’s takeover of WRAS radio
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In an open letter released Wednesday, WABE Chairman Louis Sullivan criticized the recent deal that allowed Georgia Public Broadcasting to take control of Georgia State University’s student-led radio station, 88.5/WRAS-FM. Sullivan called the deal “bad public policy — fiscally, substantively and procedurally.”
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WABE weighs in on GPB takeover of WRAS
Staff
Atlanta Business Chronicle
In a letter published Wednesday, WABE 90.1 FM revealed publicly its opinion of Georgia Public Broadcasting’s takeover of WRAS FM 88.5 “Album 88,” arguing the duplicate and simultaneous NPR broadcasts are a waste of Georgia taxpayer money. GPB began broadcasting on WRAS on June 29. The full letter follows:
TO: THE BOARD OF GEORGIA PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA
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D-Day celebration in Normandy stirs patriotism in GHC students
by Cheree Dye
On June 2, six Georgia Highlands College students and two professors set out on a journey to Europe to celebrate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, but they had no idea they were embarking on a “once in a lifetime experience.” The trip was designed to take the students to sites related to the immortal day in history where so many lost their lives. …Unbeknownst to the students, the tour guide agency, EF College Tours, that planned the trip secured an exclusive, personal invitation from Presidents Barack Obama and Francois Hollande of France to attend the June 6 D-Day ceremony at the American cemetery on Omaha Beach. Positioned within 50 yards of the speaking presidents, Dr. Bronson Long, history professor and director of the study abroad program, said the group was impressed by the moving celebration.
RESEARCH:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/savannah-professor-wins-grant-to-study-plantations/2014/06/24/148b9b5c-fb78-11e3-9f27-09f20b8bfd1a_story.html
Savannah professor wins grant to study plantations
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAVANNAH, Ga. — A Savannah college professor has been awarded a $50,000 grant to study historic plantations across the Southeast. Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah said Monday a National Science Foundation Grant was awarded to geography professor Amy Potter. The money will fund a three-year research project in which Potter plans to compare plantation cultures in coastal Georgia and South Carolina, Virginia and Louisiana. Potter says the funding will allow for a student to travel with her to historic sites in the state for field work and data collection.
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Savannah professor wins grant to study plantations
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http://www.savannahtribune.com/news/2014-06-25/Social_(and)_Community_News/Local_Professor_Accepted_To_Health_Disparities_Cyb.html
Local Professor Accepted To Health Disparities Cyber-Mentoring Program
Nandi Marshall, assistant professor of health sciences at Armstrong Atlantic State University, was recently accepted into the 2014-2015 Health Disparities Cyber-Mentoring Program as a protégé. The program is designed to guide faculty members through a two-year mentoring experience with a national leader in their field in order to help participants establish an independent research career focused on health disparities, with special consideration given to rural health.
www.moultrieobserver.com
http://www.moultrieobserver.com/region/x611400319/Researcher-works-to-breed-cones-out-of-pine-trees
Researcher works to breed cones out of pine trees
Clint Thompson
UGA College of Agriculture and Environment Science
TIFTON — A world-renowned University of Georgia turfgrass scientist is embarking on a different research journey — breeding coneless pine trees. Wayne Hanna, 71, retired in 2008 after 37 years as a turfgrass scientist who helped breed some of the top turfgrasses used by homeowners and sports field managers today. Now working part-time with the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Hannah hopes to have similar success studying pine trees.
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http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/science_health/uga-joins-science-coalition-for-more-federal-research-funds/article_8a4d046a-017d-11e4-b99f-001a4bcf6878.html
UGA joins Science Coalition for more federal research funds
Hyacinth Empinado
The University of Georgia joined more than 60 private and public universities advocating for an increase in federal funding for scientific research earlier this month. UGA is one of the newest members of The Science Coalition, a non-profit organization which seeks to strengthen federal support for scientific research at colleges and universities in the United States and increase awareness about the importance of research.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
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http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/07/02/3182205/timothy-mescon-driving-economic.html?sp=/99/178/
Timothy Mescon: Driving economic development
Economic health and vitality are the catalysts for growth and enhancing the quality of life. Consequently, kudos are due for state Economic Development Commissioner Chris Carr and Gov. Nathan Deal for leaping eight places this year and guiding our state to CNBC’s No. 1 ranking among the Top States to Do Business. (And they’re currently busy, with Consul General Opher Aviran, seeking direct foreign investment in Georgia from world-class technology companies in Israel.) …An essential element in the ranking is the multi-year commitment made by Gov. Deal to Georgia’s role in the Complete College American program, supported enthusiastically by the University System of Georgia (31 institutions, 315,000 students) and the Technical College System (25 institutions, 175,000 students). …At Columbus State University, our commitment to affordability with quality is keen. Internationally or nationally accredited programs in such programs as business, education, nursing, chemistry, music, art and theater ensure a best-of-class standard that is essential in a globally competitive context.
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http://www.flagpole.com/news/news-features/2014/07/02/jere-morehead-goes-back-to-basics-in-his-first-year-as-uga-s-top-dog
Jere Morehead Goes Back to Basics In His First Year as UGA’s Top Dog
By Carolyn Crist
When you ask about University of Georgia President Jere Morehead’s first year in office, you won’t find drama, dirt or underhanded backroom deals. You won’t hear sexy spin, political posturing or good-old-boy glad-handing. All aspects of his life seem centered around a singular idea—the advancement of UGA’s academics. It’s an unwavering 25-year focus that comes off as impressively determined but also mysteriously circumspect. Can someone really care this much about school? Unlike his predecessor, Michael Adams, Morehead comes from an academic background, and he’s made academics his focus over construction projects and political maneuvering.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/07/03/essay-calls-end-charging-online-students-same-person-students#sthash.MUfDDLzk.dpbs
Stop Gouging Online Students
By Randy Best
Several hundred incoming Georgia Tech students made history this spring as the first cohort in the institution’s online master’s program in computer science. While today it is hardly noteworthy that a prestigious university like Georgia Tech is offering a graduate degree online, the university’s decision to price it more than 80 percent less than the on-campus option is truly groundbreaking. At $6,600, the online program is one-sixth the cost of the on-campus one, a fact that higher education leaders should be examining closely.
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Measuring, Addressing Student Behaviors Help Raise Completion Rates
by Terry O’Banion and Ross Markle
Community colleges have been at center stage in higher education’s movement to increase retention and graduation rates for students, especially among minority populations. Never in the history of these institutions have so many stakeholders agreed to this common goal. Never have so many foundations contributed so many funds to support the goal, and never has there been so much research to help colleges reach the goal. Yet increasing retention and graduation rates remains elusive.
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http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/celebrating-colleague-student#sthash.I6PUp8RE.dpbs
Celebrating the Colleague-Student
By Joshua Kim
Are you working full-time in higher ed while also pursuing a higher ed degree? Are you one of those academic professionals that combines a demanding career with an intensive graduate program? Are you mixing a full-days work with online and / or low-residency coursework? People like you, let’s call you a colleague-student, (can we think of a better name?), seem to be everywhere in academia. And that is a very good thing. In my experience, those academic professionals that are also pursuing an advanced degree are the most productive of employees.
Education News
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http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/education/barge-state-results-of-end-of-course-tests-show-positive/article_e45a1e9c-01f1-11e4-a057-001a4bcf6878.html
Barge: State results of end-of-course tests show positive trend
Students improved performance on six out of the eight 2014 End-of-Course Tests (EOCT) compared to last year, according to data released today by the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE). One test (U.S. History) saw no change from last year and another EOCT (Analytic Geometry) was new this year. One-year increases were seen in the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the standards in Coordinate Algebra, Economics, Biology, Physical Science, Ninth Grade Literature and Composition, and American Literature and Composition. “Students and teachers are getting more and more comfortable with our standards and the results are showing it,” said State School Superintendent Dr. John Barge. “
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Ga. to offer bonuses to early childhood teachers
By The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) A new state program is aimed at giving incentives to early childhood educators for furthering their education. The Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning announced the program Wednesday and officials say teachers will be eligible for bonuses at three tier levels until July 1, 2017. Officials say teachers will be eligible for $1,200 for the completion of their CDA credential or a technical certificate of credit. Teachers will be eligible for $1,500 for completion of a technical college diploma, or an associate of applied arts or science degree.
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Georgia pre-K educators can earn bonuses up to $2,500
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Ga. to offer bonuses to early childhood teachers
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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/03/dispute-over-company-works-colleges-graduate-and-professional-school-applications#sthash.Utvhkv1S.dpbs
Troubles at Embark
By Ry Rivard
Embark, whose software helps colleges to process online applications, has owed graduate and professional schools millions of dollars and misled university officials about why it wasn’t quickly paying up, a former executive of the company is alleging amid an ongoing legal dispute.
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Report Finds Even Less of a Need to Pay Sticker Price for College
by Catherine Morris
Shocked by the sticker price of college? The situation is more nuanced than first glance. As tuitions rise, so do the number of institutional grants to students. As a result, sometimes the “list” price of a college is not always the same as the “net” price. The annual tuition discounting survey of private, nonprofit, four-year colleges conducted by the National Association of College and University Business Officers shows that many institutions are balancing the full price of college with institutional grants.
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http://chronicle.com/article/As-Stricter-Default-Standard/147485/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
As Stricter Default Standard Looms, Community Colleges Brace for Impacts
By Kelly Field and Beckie Supiano
Nashville
Starting this fall, colleges will be held to a higher standard for keeping their student-loan borrowers out of default, and that has some student-aid administrators very nervous. Colleges that fall short could lose their eligibility to award federal student aid, the lifeblood of most colleges. That looming threat made managing default rates a hot topic at a gathering of financial-aid administrators here this week, with many of them sharing ways to limit student debt and rein in defaults. Community colleges are particularly desperate to bring down their default rates.
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U.S.-Cuban Relations on Higher Ed Level Continue to Grow
by Lekan Oguntoyinbo
…Despite the trade embargo and the lack of formal diplomatic ties between the United States and the communist island nation, American colleges have maintained relationships with Cuban universities for the last several decades. Many send professors and students to Cuba for study or research. But this was the first time in more than 50 years that the Cuban government had permitted students to come to the United States to study.
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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/03/conference-considers-internationalization-phd-programs#sthash.UZ5oKLrU.dpbs
The Global Ph.D.
By Holly Else for Times Higher Education
Internationalizing the doctoral training process could help to overcome negative perceptions about the employability of Ph.D. students outside academia, said participants at a recent conference. Universities in several countries are beginning to think of new ways to cater for the rising number of overseas doctoral students, speakers at the European University Association’s annual meeting on doctoral education told delegates in Liverpool.
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/10-liberal-arts-colleges-in-pa-team-up-in-cost-saving-effort/81061?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
10 Liberal-Arts Colleges in Pennsylvania Team Up to Save Money
by Nick DeSantis
Ten private liberal-arts colleges in Pennsylvania have formed a consortium that will seek to help them save money and improve academic programs by collaborating across campuses, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. …The colleges will work on collaborating in seven key areas, including academic-program improvement, faculty development, and administrative services.
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http://chronicle.com/article/2-Universities-Vast/147481/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
2 Universities’ Vast Green-Energy Deal Will Also Save Millions of Dollars
By Scott Carlson
Colleges and universities are accustomed to getting together to buy things in bulk to save money—library books, furniture, computers, and so on. But American University and George Washington University have formed a new kind of partnership that will not only save the institutions tens of millions of dollars but also take a small step toward saving the planet. By the end of 2015, 450 acres of unused farmland in northeastern North Carolina will become the site of a 52-megawatt photovoltaic array, supplying roughly half of the electricity used by the universities, located in Washington, D.C., and a third used by GW’s hospital over the next 20 years. That’s equal to the electricity used by about 8,200 homes. …It will be one of the largest solar plants east of the Mississippi, and the deal is among the largest solar-power-purchase agreements by any entity other than a utility.
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For-Profit College Company Doesn’t Seal Deal With Feds
by Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The troubled for-profit education company Corinthian Colleges Inc. and the Education Department failed to meet a deadline to map out the future of the company’s more than 100 campuses, but both sides on Wednesday expressed optimism that a consensus would be reached.
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/bottomline/could-a-gainful-employment-rule-have-helped-corinthians-students/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Could a Gainful-Employment Rule Have Helped Corinthian’s Students?
by Goldie Blumenstyk
With the fate of Corinthian Colleges Inc.’s 75,000-plus students now up in the air, a student-advocacy group says that many of them could have been protected from the coming upheaval if a strong “gainful employment” rule had been in effect. The Institute for College Access and Success had previously identified 114 career-focused programs where more students default on their loans than graduate. This week, in a seize-the-moment move, the organization noted that 25 of those 114 were part of institutions owned by Corinthian.
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/jp/still-under-investigation-harvard-will-change-its-sexual-assault-procedures?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Still Under Investigation, Harvard Will Change Its Sexual-Assault Procedures
by Andy Thomason
Harvard University announced on Wednesday that it was revamping how it handles reports of sexual assault on its campus. The changes include creating one office of specialists to investigate reports and applying its policies uniformly to each of the university’s 13 schools, among other things. The changes will take effect in the fall. Harvard is one of 67 colleges under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for alleged violations of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as it applies to sexual misconduct.
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http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/07/03/us-adds-12-institutions-title-ix-investigation-list#sthash.XWveJzbU.dpbs
U.S. Adds 12 Institutions to Title IX Investigation List
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has added a dozen more colleges and universities to its growing list of institutions being investigated for their handling of sexual assault cases. The additions bring the total number of colleges included on the list to 67.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/03/arne-duncan-talks-about-ratings-and-student-debt-expansive-interview#sthash.BpT8YjUm.dpbs
Duncan on Ratings and Debt
By Doug Lederman
ASPEN, Colo. — Like many of his predecessors, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is known mostly as a K-12 person; that’s his background and clearly his passion, and much of the department’s work is in what happens to students before they get to college. And not surprisingly, as a result, his public speeches and statements tend to veer toward K-12 (and increasingly early education) more than higher education.
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http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/07/03/ed-dept-official-ratings-track-fall-release#sthash.cJBf4AMW.dpbs
Ed Dept. Official: Ratings on Track for Fall Release
The senior Department of Education official overseeing the development of the Obama administration’s college ratings system confirmed on Wednesday that the department was on track to publish a draft proposal by this fall.