University System News
GOOD NEWS:
www.globalatlanta.com
http://www.globalatlanta.com/article/26954/lafayettes-legacy-creates-a-platform-for-georgia-tech-innovations/
Lafayette’s Legacy Creates a Platform for Georgia Tech Innovations
by Phil Bolton
The Georgia Institute of Technology’s campus in Metz, France, began as a teaching facility, 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.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2014-07-06/uga-launches-online-business-degree-program#.U7qumygRseV
UGA launches online business degree program
By The Associated Press
ATHENS, Ga. — The University of Georgia’s business school has launched an online business degree program. UGA says the new Terry College of Business Online Bachelor of Business Administration Program is specifically aimed at adult learners and targets full-time employees, military personnel and others who want to upgrade their business skills.
RESEARCH:
www.members.jacksonville.com
http://members.jacksonville.com/business/columnists/2014-07-05/story/terry-dickson-working-make-most-out-mucus?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JacksonvillecomColumnistTerryDickson+(Jacksonville.com%3A+Columnist+Terry+Dickson)
Terry Dickson: Working to make the most out of mucus
This is how Theodore “Ted” Uyeno describes some of his work.
“Fill a 5-gallon bucket with sea water. Put in a foot-long hagfish. Kick the bucket. In three or four minutes, that 5-gallon bucket will become a solid mass of mucus,’’ he says. Mucus? “Snot’s the best word,” he says. So is he a magician or a producer for Nickelodeon? Neither. He’s a scientist, an assistant biology professor at Valdosta State University, who’s fascinated with sea life — the very odd in this case. He’s going to do research that can make something useful. Uyeno and his colleague, Andrew Clark of the College of Charleston, have received a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to examine the biomechanics of hagfish, a little-understood creature that is called a slime eel for the very property Uyeno finds fascinating.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2014/07/04/tech-researchers-develop-device-that-can-sense.html
Tech researchers develop device that can sense chemical vapors
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech researchers have developed a chemical vapor-sensing device. The technology, which could be manufactured using familiar aerosol-jet printing techniques, is aimed at myriad applications in military, commercial, environmental, health care and other areas.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2014/07/04/roberto-goizueta-s-legacy-lives-on-in-atlanta.html?page=all
Roberto Goizueta’s legacy lives on in Atlanta
Maria Saporta
Contributing Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Upon walking into the new offices of The Goizueta Foundation off Northside Parkway, one is immediately enveloped with the presence of the late Roberto Goizueta, the legendary CEO of The Coca-Cola Co. The secondary aura one feels is the presence of his widow, Olga C. de Goizueta, chair emeritus of the foundation who guided the foundation through most of the 17 years since her husband passed away… Georgia Tech also has been a beneficiary of the Goizuetas’ new focus, receiving a $5 million, five-year grant to support and enhance a research-based model called GoSTEM (for Goizueta STEM – before Arts was added). It targets academic achievement in K-12 – specifically for Hispanic and Latino students. “The credibility of the Goizueta Foundation name opens doors,” said Donna Llewellyn, Georgia Tech’s associate vice provost for learning excellence and director of the Center for Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. “This gave us an opportunity to reach out in the Hispanic community in the STEM area. We are having success in getting students coming here and becoming more engaged and educated in STEM.”
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.forbes.com
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rahimkanani/2014/07/05/wise-the-global-platform-for-innovators-in-education/
WISE: The Global Platform For Innovators In Education
Rahim Kanani
Contributor
“Many projects around the world provide solutions in local contexts. It is our mission to showcase these achievements, and to bring committed but often isolated innovators, their ideas and creative solutions to the greater community,” explained Stavros Yiannouka, CEO of the World Innovation Summit of Education, which is an initiative of the Qatar Foundation. We talked about the evolution of the Summit, education innovation around the world, challenges to global progress, and why partnership and collaboration are critical to scaling solutions.
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/07/07/essay-why-all-academics-should-oppose-ouster-u-texas-president#ixzz36muLqSnd
Block the July 4 Coup
Andrea C. Gore, Hillary Hart and William Beckner
Like our fellow Americans, we planned to spend the July 4 holiday weekend with our families and friends. Instead, on the late afternoon of Independence Day, we found our email inboxes near to bursting with reports that the president of the University of Texas at Austin, Bill Powers, had received an ultimatum — resign, or be fired this week — from the chancellor of the University of Texas System, Francisco Cigarroa. The timing of this alarming news regarding our president, and the short timeline, seem very odd. Chancellor Cigarroa had announced earlier this year that he will be stepping down to return to his prior career in academic medicine. In addition, many faculty feel it cannot be a coincidence that this announcement came during a national holiday in the summer session when the population of the university community is at its lowest.
Education News
www.insidehighered.com
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/07/u-texas-austin-president-being-forced-out#ixzz36mmYtpbN
Battle for Texas
By Scott Jaschik
Bill Powers, president of the University of Texas at Austin, enjoys the backing of student, faculty and alumni leaders. He has been held in high regard by university leaders nationally, serving as chair of the board of the Association of American Universities. But his days as president may be numbered. Reports started circulating Friday — in what faculty critics are calling a “July 4 coup” — that Francisco Cigarroa, chancellor of the University of Texas System, had told Powers to either resign or face dismissal by the Board of Regents. The reports said that Powers has said that he is willing to talk about a retirement plan, but not to quit immediately.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/In-July-4-Coup-at-U-of/147505/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
In ‘July 4 Coup’ at U. of Texas, Flagship’s Chief Is Asked to Resign
By Katherine Mangan
Austin, Tex.
Tensions at the University of Texas are boiling after reports that the system’s chancellor has told the president of the flagship campus, William C. Powers Jr., to resign or risk being fired this week. Faculty members are planning an emergency meeting for Wednesday, the day before the system’s Board of Regents is scheduled to meet and could vote on Mr. Powers’s dismissal. Students, employees, and alumni took to social media over the weekend to rally support for the president, and a legislative panel that is pursuing impeachment proceedings against one of his fiercest critics reiterated warnings to the regents not to fire him.
Related article:
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/65454/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=adefd7facdb4478ea225e6ab0c87987c&elqCampaignId=173
Source: University of Texas President Powers’ Resignation Demanded
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/65440/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=341a4507f9414b1f88130ee8b54955ba&elqCampaignId=173
Indiana University Grad Drums Up Interest in Anti-Cheating Device
by Stephanie Wang, The Indianapolis Star
INDIANAPOLIS — He has met CEOs of Apple and Zappos, but in pitching his startup that aims to stop college cheating, Indiana University entrepreneur Max Brickman really wants to hook one particular fish: “Shark Tank” venture capitalist and fellow Hoosier Mark Cuban. …So Brickman entered RECESS, a national pitch contest backed by Cuban — and won. Brickman’s CleanSlate company sandwiches Scantron-style multiple-choice answer sheets between privacy screens. …Brickman says this will help college instructors prevent students from cheating off nearby tests. Students can see their own tests under the privacy filter, but not the ones of students sitting next to them.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/65438/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=341a4507f9414b1f88130ee8b54955ba&elqCampaignId=173
Fraternity Suspended After Pledge Dies During Hike
by Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A fraternity at California State University, Northridge, has been ordered to suspend all its activities while the school and sheriff’s detectives investigate the death of a 19-year-old pledge on a hike, officials said. An administrative probe of Pi Kappa Phi was launched Wednesday, a day after the death of Armando Villa in the Angeles National Forest, school spokeswoman Carmen Ramos Chandler told the Los Angeles Times. A Los Angeles County sheriff’s statement said Villa was in a group hiking off Big Tujunga Canyon Road and passed out along the trail after they apparently ran out of water. Temperatures were in the upper 80s for much of the afternoon. …He and other pledges were with some previously initiated members for the fraternity-planned outing, said Justin Angotti, the Pi Kappa Phi’s assistant executive director of education and accountability.
www.thedailybeast.com
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/05/no-rapes-on-campus-no-way.html
No Rapes On Campus? No Way.
Emily Shire
After the Washington Post crunched the federal data on reported forcible sex offenses on university campuses, much of the attention was devoted to the schools with the most incidences of rape and the highest rates. Penn State University had the most total reported cases on campus in 2012 (56) and Gallaudet University had the highest rate of reported offenses per 1,000 students (11.39). But these aren’t the schools we should be worried about.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/65452/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=adefd7facdb4478ea225e6ab0c87987c&elqCampaignId=173
For-Profit Colleges to Sell Most Campuses
by Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The troubled for-profit education company Corinthian Colleges Inc. and the Education Department reached an agreement late Thursday that has 85 of the company’s 100-plus campuses going up for sale, and 12 others closing.
www.nytimes.com
Academic Scandal Shakes Japan
By DAVID MCNEILL | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
TOKYO — In a professional world dominated by middle-aged men, Haruko Obokata stood out. Ms. Obokata, 31, led a research unit for cellular programming at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology. In January she stunned Japan’s academic establishment when the British journal Nature published two papers, of which she was the lead author, that suggested a leap forward in regenerative medicine. Japan’s news media hailed Ms. Obokata, a former researcher at Harvard Medical School, as an academic star, but the adulation was short-lived. In February, Riken, a network of research institutions receiving roughly $1 billion a year from the government, set up an investigative panel after being notified of problems in the Nature papers. Three months later the panel publicly shamed Ms. Obokata, accusing her of fabricating data, doctoring images, and plagiarism.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Confusion-Over-New-Federal/147491/?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
Problem With Online Fafsa Makes Some Low-Income Filers Look Like Millionaires
By Kelly Field
Nashville
An update to this year’s federal student-aid application is making some low-income filers look like millionaires—and could cost some their federal student aid. The problem with the online Free Application for Federal Student Aid has already affected thousands of borrowers, and is likely to affect more in the future, Jeff Baker, policy liaison at the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid, told student-aid administrators here on Wednesday.
www.nytimes.com
Services Emerge to Help Out-of-State Students Pay In-State Tuition
By Ron Lieber
Figuring out how to pay in-state college tuition for a college student who grew up elsewhere is the ultimate money hack. At desirable flagship universities in states like Michigan and Colorado, the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition for students who get no financial aid can now approach $100,000 per undergraduate degree. And some families may also enjoy thumbing their noses at state legislators who expect affluent parents’ out-of-state tuition to subsidize the ever-lower budget allocations those representatives provide to higher education. So it should come as little surprise that a service like In-State Angels has emerged to help high school graduates establish residency in another state.
www.abcnews.go.com
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/push-incoming-college-students-track-24441727
Push to Keep Incoming College Students on Track
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press
The excitement of acceptance into that dream college has passed. The first day of classes is still weeks away. But the resources provided by high school teachers and computer labs are no longer available for graduates. Education researchers and academic counselors call it “summer melt,” the precarious time when some college-bound students fall through the cracks, at risk of abandoning their higher education plans entirely. Studies show that first-generation college students and those from low-income families are particularly vulnerable. In St. Louis, a drop-in counseling center helps such students negotiate financial aid agreements, housing contracts and the other many details of college enrollment. School districts in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Minnesota and West Virginia are among those using text messages to keep aspiring college students on track.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/business/education-part-of-inequality-story-fed-post-says/ngXzT/
Education part of inequality story, Fed post says
By Michael Kanell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Education is partly to blame for the rise in inequality, according to Atlanta Fed economists. That’s not a reason to discourage schooling, they wrote this week, but it might be helpful in figuring out what to do about the yawning economic gap between Americans at the top and those farther down the chain. In short: people with more education are doing better, people with high school or less are doing worse. The economists tried to “control for” experience and age, that is, to mathematically eliminate them as factors. When they did, they found that higher wages paid to older, more experienced workers, was not a cause. However, they found that education had an outsized impact.