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Deal’s Go Back, Move Ahead helps people return to school
Mariana Viera
It is expected that by 2020, more than 60 percent of jobs in Georgia will require a college certificate or degree. And in order to make college more accessible, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal began an initiative in July that is aimed at making going back to school easier for the 1.1 million Georgians who did not earn a degree while in college. The Go Back, Move Ahead program is an initiative to give information to “working-age” adults who dropped out of school and want to finish their degree, said Roz Barnes Fowler, the public awareness and outreach director for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Those interested can pursue a certificate, a diploma, an associate’s or bachelor’s degree, she said.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/US-Is-Urged-to-Curtail/148563/
U.S. Is Urged to Curtail Alarming Dropout Rates Among Minority Men
By Katherine Mangan
The federal government should require all colleges to create early-alert systems that flag students with low test scores, missing assignments, or spotty attendance. That would be one way, according to a report released on Tuesday, to curb the alarming number of minority men who drop out of college. The report, “Advancing the Success of Boys and Men of Color in Education,” is the result of brainstorming by diversity researchers at seven higher-education institutions. It is aimed at building on the momentum of My Brother’s Keeper, the Obama administration’s effort to improve education and career outcomes for young minority men. …Among the programs that have received national attention are the University System of Georgia’s African-American Male Initiative, which was credited with increasing the enrollment of black male students by nearly 14,000, or 80 percent systemwide, from 2002 to 2011.

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Report Recommends Educational Policy Adjustments to Aid Minority Males

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Staff development funds at UNG receive large increase
By Staff
DAHLONEGA – To support staff members in professional development, Dr. Bonita Jacobs, president of the University of North Georgia (UNG), has increased staff development funding from $15,000 for the past two years to $25,000 for the 2015 fiscal year. She also revealed new awards for staff during the university’s recent fall faculty and staff assemblies.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-08-31/education-events-week
Education events this week
THURSDAY
• Bolton Dining Commons dedication ceremony, 10 a.m., Bolton Dining Commons. Event will be at the University of Georgia’s new dining hall at the intersection of Baxter and Lumpkin streets.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/3-books-higher-ed
3 Books on Higher Ed
By Joshua Kim
What books have you been reading to help you understand (and hopefully improve) higher education? What books would you recommend? My frame for my summer higher ed reading has been pretty narrow. I’m reading from the standpoint of a learning and technology person; as someone who believes that new technologies, new teaching methods, and enhanced faculty support can improve learning … Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities by Richard A. DeMillo. Reading this fine book by Richard DeMilio, director of the Georgia Tech Center for 21st Century Universities, will help you both understand why colleges can be so slow to evolve as well as the risks of standing still.

www.wjcl.com
http://wjcl.com/2014/09/02/police-add-murder-charge-in-georgia-southern-freshmen-death/
Police add murder charge in Georgia Southern freshmen death
By Christopher Buchanan
STATESBORO, Ga. (WJCL) — The Statesboro Police Department has added a charge of felony murder against Grant James Spencer in the ongoing investigation of a Georgia Southern freshmen. Spencer was previously arrested and charged with aggravated battery after an incident that occurred at the Rude Rudy’s bar on Aug. 28.

GOOD NEWS:
www.wsbtv.com
http://www.wsbtv.com/ap/ap/georgia/georgia-perimeter-college-marks-50th-anniversary/nhD8L/
Georgia Perimeter College marks 50th anniversary
The Associated Press
CLARKSTON, Ga. — Students, faculty and alumni will be marking the 50th anniversary of Georgia Perimeter College with events beginning this week. The school opened in 1964 as DeKalb College and has grown to five campuses located in Alpharetta, Clarkston, Decatur, Dunwoody and Newton County. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports the anniversary celebration kicks off Friday during a fall convocation with guest speaker Houston Davis, executive vice chancellor for the state university system.

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http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-09-03/georgia-university-honoring-first-black-student
Georgia university honoring first black student
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — The University of West Georgia is planning later this month to honor the first black student to enroll at the school. Lillian Williams began attending the school in 1963. It was then known as West Georgia College, and Williams also became the first black student to graduate from the school when she earned a degree in elementary education in 1967.

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Ga. university honoring first black student

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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2014/09/3-georgia-schools-on-list-75-best-colleges-for.html
3 Georgia schools on list “75 Best Colleges for Food” (SLIDESHOW)
Carla Caldwell
Morning Edition Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Three Georgia universities are among schools on The Daily Meal’s new list “75 Best Colleges for Food.” The list ranks schools based on dining programs. “From a college that only cooks from scratch every day to a college that lets students use their dining plan at countless off-campus restaurants, we’ve tracked down the 75 best colleges for food in America,” says The Daily Meal. Georgia schools on the list are:
Kennesaw State University – No. 4
Emory University – No. 11
University of Georgia – No. 17.

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Food Services ranked No. 17 on a list of the colleges with the best food

www.greatist.com
http://greatist.com/health/healthiest-colleges
The 25 Healthiest Colleges in the U.S.
With a new academic year upon us, it’s once again time for Greatist to round up the 25 healthiest colleges in America. These schools go the extra mile to create campus environments that nurture and educate students about healthy eating practices, provide excellent medical and mental health services and programs, and offer lots of opportunities to get and stay physically fit. For details about how our ranking process worked, scroll to the end of the list. …18. University of Georgia Take one look at the dining options available at the University of Georgia, and it’s no surprise why the school earned an A+ for campus food on College Prowler.

USG VALUE:
www.atlantaintowmpaper.com
http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2014/09/georgia-tech-students-fight-hunger-food-waste/
Georgia Tech students fight hunger and food waste
By Clare S. Richie
The Campus Kitchen at Georgia Tech, a student-run organization that transforms surplus food from on-campus restaurants into healthy meals for Atlantans in need, is set to resume operations this month. It’s part of The Campus Kitchens Project national network, which operates on 36 campuses including football rival University of Georgia. Since the network’s 2001 start, student volunteers recovered 3.7 million pounds of food and prepared 2.2 million meals.

RESEARCH:
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-09-01/uga-scientists-part-team-grew-new-organ-mouse
UGA scientists part of team that grew new organ in mouse
By LEE SHEARER
A team of scientists that includes University of Georgia genetics professor Nancy Manley have grown an organ for the first time in an animal. Their success in inducing a mouse to grow a new thymus raises the possibility that scientists might be able to grow the organ in humans whose thymus is absent or impaired, or that their discovery might one day be used to grow important disease-fighting cells called T-cells outside the body.

www.tiftongazette.com
http://www.tiftongazette.com/news/article_3dd11474-32be-11e4-a35c-0019bb2963f4.html
UGA horticulturist seeks balance for Georgia’s crops
Sarah Turner
TIFTON – In one of the top vegetable-producing states in the country, Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez, a University of Georgia vegetable horticulturist, works to find a balance between productivity and sustainability in Georgia’s vegetable crops. South Georgia’s mild winters mean the region can produce vegetables year-round. According to the UGA Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development, Georgia ranks among the top four states in fresh market vegetable production and value. Georgia is home to more than 20 different vegetable crops.

www.nytimes.com

Brainy, Yes, but Far From Handy
Building a Robot With Human Touch
By JOHN MARKOFF
In factories and warehouses, robots routinely outdo humans in strength and precision. Artificial intelligence software can drive cars, beat grandmasters at chess and leave “Jeopardy!” champions in the dust. But machines still lack a critical element that will keep them from eclipsing most human capabilities anytime soon: a well-developed sense of touch … Beyond advances necessary for basic safety, scientists are focusing on more subtle aspects of touch. Last year, researchers at Georgia Tech reported in the journal Science that they had fabricated bundles of tiny transistors called taxels to measure changes in electrical charges that signal mechanical strain or pressure.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/08/28/ryan-grepper-inventor-of-the-coolest-cooler-failed-many-times-before-raising-11-million-on-kickstarter/
Ryan Grepper, inventor of the ‘Coolest’ cooler, failed many times before raising $13 million on Kickstarter
By Caitlin Dewey
Ryan Grepper invented many a dud before he made over $13 million on a souped-up cooler — a cooler that, on Friday evening, became the most successful project in crowdfunding giant Kickstarter’s five-year history … The site has evolved into such a wealth of start-up revenue, in fact, that predicting which projects will and will not succeed has become a subject of academic study; in January, researchers at Georgia Tech concluded that the language of Kickstarter campaigns — including how authoritative and accessible the project sounded, as well as the kind of rewards it promised to backers — accounted for nearly 60 percent of the variance around success.

Editorial/Columns/Opinions
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/opinion/2014-08-29/editorial-applaud-regents-goal-line-stand-sports#.VAZD5CjgYeX
Editorial: Applaud Regents for goal-line stand on sports
The college football season begins in earnest today, much to the delight of pigskin-starved fans in Georgia and the rest of the South. The state board that oversees Georgia’s public colleges and universities will be paying attention, too. But its focus won’t be on wins and losses. Instead, it will be taking a top-to-bottom look at athletic programs. For the first time, the Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia ordered its auditing staff to examine the athletic programs at the 30 state schools that offer intercollegiate sports. Under the microscope will be finances, facilities, operations and compliance with the rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the requirements in federal law known as Title IX, which mandates equal provisions for men’s and women’s activities. The board should be applauded for taking this healthy step.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/aug/30/education-mythbusters/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Education myth busters: Do criticisms of U.S. schools rely on distortions?
University of Georgia professor and frequent AJC Get Schooled contributor Peter Smagorinsky discusses an interesting new book exposing the misperceptions and distortions about America’s schools.

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http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2014/sep/01/place-where-everybody-knows-your-name-should-be-sc/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
A place where everybody knows your name: Should that be school?
At the AJC Decatur Book Festival this weekend, I had the delightful job of introducing the dynamic Kim Bearden, co-founder of the Ron Clark Academy and the recipient the Oscar of teaching, the Milken award. She is also the author of the new book, “Crash Course: The Life Lessons My Students Taught Me.” … She gave an inspiring talk about finding solace and inspiration in her students, especially at a point in her life when her marriage was imploding in a free fall worthy of a Lifetime movie. The audience asked wonderful questions and I asked two questions of my own. The first: Were great teachers like her and Ron Clark – whom she met at the Disney Teacher awards where both were being honored and who was so inspired by Bearden that he moved to Atlanta to create a school with her — born or made? Her answer: Both.

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College Education Worth the Investment
by William J. Lowe
There is no greater financial investment in one’s future than a college degree. While this viewpoint has its critics, the reality is the value of a degree has never been greater. Despite public questions about a degree’s worth, the pay gap between college graduates and those without a degree reached a high in 2013.

Education News
www.huffingtonpost.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/02/50-states-common-core_n_5751864.html
50-state Look At How Common Core Playing Out In US
By The Associated Press
A state-by-state look at the Common Core standards: … GEORGIA Some Republican lawmakers have pushed bills for two years opting out of Common Core, which are supported by Republican Gov. Nathan Deal, backed by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and former Gov. Sonny Perdue who co-chaired the governors group that created the standards. Republicans who control the Legislature compromised by forming a study committee to review the standards’ origins.

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Buyer’s Remorse on Common Core for Policymakers?
by Kimberly Hefling and Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio ― Millions of students will sit down at computers this year to take new tests rooted in the Common Core standards for math and reading, but policymakers in many states are having buyer’s remorse. The fight to repeal the standards has heated up in Ohio, with state Rep. Andy Thompson, a Republican, saying it’s kind of “creepy the way this whole thing landed in Ohio with all the things prepackaged.” It’s playing out in Louisiana, where GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal is in a nasty feud involving his former ally, Education Superintendent John White. …The standards were scrapped this year in Indiana and Oklahoma. …Supporters like former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican who helped lead the governors’ group that identified the goals set by Common Core, say politics and mistruths have hijacked a needed and effective education overhaul.

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Some Texas Students Pay More for Online Courses
by Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas ― Some online higher education courses are costing Texans more money than brick-and-mortar classes. At the University of Texas at Arlington, students are charged an extra fee of $75 to $90 per online class to “defray the cost of course development and implementation,” said Pete Smith, the college’s vice provost for digital teaching and learning.

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Most college classes cost more online than on campus

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/03/sewanee-puts-faculty-back-charge-freshman-advising
Advising Freshmen, Empowering Faculty
By Colleen Flaherty
Freshmen all over the country met with advisers last week, trying to decide which courses, in which order, they’d cross their fingers and hope to get into during a cruel game of “Refresh” with their internet browsers. But not at the University of the South (although that’s the way first-year course registration used to work there). The Tennessee institution known as Sewanee this year introduced a new system of freshman advising aimed at helping students start the year with set – and ultimately better – schedules.

www.nytimes.com

Active Role in Class Helps Black and First-Generation College Students, Study Says
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
The trend away from classes based on reading and listening passively to lectures, and toward a more active role for students, has its most profound effects on black students and those whose parents did not go to college, a new study of college students shows.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/03/nearly-4000-starbucks-employees-apply-arizona-state
Nearly 4,000 Starbucks Employees Apply to Arizona State
Arizona State University is seeing the results of its partnership with Starbucks in the form of nearly 4,000 new applicants.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/stanford-university-plans-to-increase-its-undergraduate-enrollment-by-100-a-year/2014/09/02/7343a508-32a1-11e4-a723-fa3895a25d02_story.html
Stanford University plans to slowly increase its undergraduate enrollment
By Nick Anderson September 2 at 2:11 PM
The most selective university in the country plans to open its gates a bit wider in the next few years. Stanford University, which turns down roughly 19 out of every 20 applicants, wants to grow its entering freshman class by an estimated 100 students in the fall of 2016. That would translate to a class of about 1,800.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional/ebola-outbreak-forces-mercer-to-cancel-2015-progra/nhDsR/#04dd5087.3566685.735479
Ebola outbreak forces Mercer to cancel 2015 program in Liberia
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An education program in Liberia operated by Mercer University has been canceled for the upcoming year in response to the Ebola outbreak in the West African country, a college spokesman said Tuesday. Between 15 and 18 university students, along with two faculty members, travel annually to Liberia as part of the college’s mission work teaching students in kindergarten through 12th grade at the Ricks Institute. Mercer has an ongoing relationship with Liberia and also operates an exchange program through the institute.

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Ebola in Mind, U.S. Colleges Screening Some Students
by Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
BUFFALO, New York ― University students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate their campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history. With the virus continuing to kill in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, the expected arrival of thousands of students from those countries has U.S. authorities on alert but cautioning against alarm.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/02/colleges-will-screen-west-african-students-ebola
Colleges Will Screen West African Students for Ebola
Most colleges were initially cautious about adopting policies about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which started in countries that send relatively few students to the United States. But with the outbreak continuing, some colleges are announcing extra health screenings for students arriving from some countries in West Africa, the Associated Press reported.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/03/cdc-issues-guidance-colleges-ebola
CDC Issues Guidance for Colleges on Ebola
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued guidance for colleges and universities on how to respond to the spread of Ebola in West Africa.

www.touch.latimes.com
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-81212207/
Lawmakers OK bill setting standards for campus sexual assault policies
PATRICK MCGREEVY,
Melanie Mason
To address the problem of rape on campuses, California colleges and universities would have to adopt a standard of unambiguous consent among students engaging in sexual activity under a proposal passed by state lawmakers Thursday. If signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, such policies would be required at all public colleges and other institutions that receive state funds for student aid. They would have to include a detailed protocol for assisting victims of sexual assault, stalking, domestic violence and date violence.

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https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/03/education-dept-seeks-input-income-based-repayment
Education Dept. Seeks Input on Income-Based Repayment
The U.S. Department of Education will gather a panel of higher education stakeholders early next year to write the regulations needed to carry out President Obama’s orders to expand his federal income-based repayment program for student loans.

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Scholars: Proposed College Rating System Penalizes Minority-Serving Institutions
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
WASHINGTON — In order for the Obama administration’s proposed college ratings system to be fair, the system must take into account the differences in institutional resources and variations in the overall characteristics of different student bodies. That was one of the key takeaways from a policy briefing staged on Capitol Hill Tuesday by The Civil Rights Project within the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA.

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https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/03/education-researchers-discuss-how-obama-college-ratings-will-impact-underserved
Blaming the Victims?
By Michael Stratford
WASHINGTON — Since President Obama announced his college ratings plan more than a year ago, many higher education groups here have mounted the political equivalent of a full-court press against the proposal: They’ve lobbied the administration directly, publicly criticized it, and won allies in Congress from both parties, some of whom are now plotting ways to legislatively block the ratings. But on Tuesday it was another part of higher education pushing back against the ratings proposal on Capitol Hill: academic researchers who study minority students.

www.sun-sentinel.com
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/careers/fl-companies-partner-with-college-20140831,0,110384.story
Companies work with local colleges to prepare future workforce
By Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun Sentinel
Nipro Diagnostics launched an internship program last year and was surprised by the lack of interest. “We only got one intern,” said Scott Verner, chief executive of the fast-growing, high-technology maker of diabetic-testing equipment in Fort Lauderdale. “We need to start growing our own talent more,” said Verner, whose company has since stepped up its efforts at local schools, working with students on soft skills. On this Labor Day, the difficulty of finding technology workers is an issue among employers. The state of Florida recently acknowledged a shortage, awarding grants to better align college resources with employers’ growing need for graduates with computer-science and engineering skills. Meanwhile, companies including Nipro Diagnostics, Citrix Systems, Ultimate Software, 3Cinteractive and Modernizing Medicine are working directly with students and faculty at local universities and colleges.

www.winknews.com
http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2014-09-02/University-of-Florida-reports-record-donations
University of Florida reports record donations
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida says it was given a record $215.3 million from donors in the last fiscal year. University officials say it’s the second year in a row that Florida was given cash and cash-equivalent donations in excess of $210 million. The fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/03/questions-about-reliability-sustainability-watchdog
Green Rating Questioned
By Ry Rivard
Colleges are routinely getting credit for complying with environmental standards they may not have met, a new report by the Sustainable Endowments Institute suggests.
The institute examined 178 colleges’ responses to a national rating system designed to measure a college’s environmental policies. In about two-thirds of those cases, colleges submitted inconsistent or incomplete data to the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System – but the colleges still got credit for complying with the system’s sustainability standards, according to the report.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/09/02/study-defends-huge-salaries-football-coaches
Study Defends Huge Salaries of Football Coaches
The seven-figure salaries of Division I football coaches are worthwhile economic investments, according to a new study by Vanderbilt University researchers, The New York Times reported.

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Morgan State University Professor Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison
by Associated Press
BALTIMORE ― A professor at Morgan State University has been sentenced to three years in prison for fraudulently obtaining research grants from the National Science Foundation.