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www.wabe.org
http://wabe.org/post/brazil-emerges-new-market-international-college-students
Brazil Emerges as New Market for International College Students
By MARTHA DALTON
More international students are coming to U.S. colleges. About half of them are from China, India, and South Korea. But, American colleges are also becoming popular with Brazilian students. Through a new program, about 125 Brazilian students are attending Georgia colleges. Georgia State University has students from all over the world, including Vietnam, Nigeria, and The United Kingdom. But a few years ago, the school decided to focus on countries with emerging markets, like Brazil. …Delk-Le Good says the Brazilian government covers students’ tuition, housing, and living expenses. But, she says, because the students apply for the program through their government, they don’t receive priority over other GSU applicants. “They’re not degree-seeking,” she says. “So, if they were to apply to Georgia State, they would undergo the same admissions criteria that all students have to.” In addition to GSU, students have also been placed at Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State University, Oglethorpe, and the University of Georgia.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/gov-candidates-take-on-student-concerns/article_faf17bb4-5a43-11e4-8a46-001a4bcf6878.html
Gov. candidates take on student concerns
Kendall Trammell
With early voting for the 2014 general election underway and Election Day on Nov. 4, voters are taking closer looks at political candidates’ platforms and how the issues they care about are being discussed. At the University of Georgia, students have shown particular interests in topics, such as undocumented immigrants, sexual violence and same-sex marriage. The Red & Black spoke with the gubernatorial campaigns of Gov. Nathan Deal and Georgia Sen. Jason Carter (D-DeKalb) to get their stances on these issues. Undocumented students …Sexual violence …Same-sex marriage
RESEARCH:
www.athensceo.com
http://athensceo.com/features/2014/10/university-georgia-economic-engine-athens-clarke-county-and-state-athens/?utm_source=Athens+CEO&utm_campaign=04aab92df4-valdostaceo-daily_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3401d54c55-04aab92df4-303727209
University of Georgia- An Economic Engine for Athens-Clarke County and the State
Kelly Simmons, Tyler Duggins
In 2013, UGA was designated as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. UGA was one of only 16 universities in the nation to receive the inaugural designation, which acknowledges universities working with public and private sector partners in their states and regions to support economic development through a variety of activities, including innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce development, and small business and community development. The University of Georgia’s Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach (OVPPSO) and Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) are committed to advancing Georgia’s economic development by connecting UGA’s comprehensive resources to make communities more prosperous and through innovation based on UGA research. It is the responsibility of the university to help improve lives in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia and beyond.
www.reuters.com
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/16/us-poverty-allostatic-idUSKCN0I52UP20141016
Mentoring kids in poverty helps lower their health risks: study
BY ANDREW M. SEAMAN
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – African American adolescents growing up in conditions of worsening poverty are more likely than other kids to have risk factors for chronic illnesses – but strong emotional support from caretakers seems to offset the effects of the stressful environmental, researchers found. “That level of emotional support from that social network completely protected those young people from having any biological changes,” said Gene Brody of the University of Georgia in Athens, the study’s lead author.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-10-22/walmart-east-athens-clarke-county-evacuated-after-bomb-threat-called
Bomb threat targets Athens Walmart
By JIM THOMPSON AND ED MORALES
A Walmart in eastern Athens-Clarke County was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a call came to the store threatening it would be blown up unless certain financial considerations were met, according to ACC police. The scene was given the all-clear hours later after the explosive ordinance disposal unit from the University of Georgia Police Department found no evidence of explosives at the site.
www.tiftongazette.com
http://www.tiftongazette.com/news/agsouth-genetics-uga-research-foundation-win-lawsuit-to-enforce-plant/article_5aca8c4e-5a01-11e4-bf08-bf8db567ba58.html
AGSouth Genetics, UGA Research Foundation win lawsuit to enforce plant variety protection
Special to The Gazette
ALBANY – A jury recently awarded a victory to AGSouth Genetics LLC and the University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc. (UGARF) in a case against Georgia Farm Services LLC, a supplier of bulk fertilizer, chemicals and seed, for violating a federal law protecting plant varieties.
www.dosavannah.com
http://www.dosavannah.com/article/wed-10222014-1027/animals-underwater-techn-highlight-free-skidaway-marine-science-day
Animals, underwater tech highlight free Skidaway Marine Science Day
Mary Landers
A little loggerhead sea turtle named Rider will make its public debut at the University of Georgia Aquarium on Oct. 25 as part of Skidaway Marine Science Day. The campus-wide open house will be from noon to 4 p.m. at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography on the north end of Skidaway Island. Rider hatched last year on Wassaw Island but was a straggler who didn’t make it out of the nest on his own. The Caretta Research Project brought him to the aquarium, where staffers have been caring for him for the past year. Now he’s big enough for public display. …Along with Rider, the aquarium will unveil a new gray whale exhibit and an expanded touch-tank packed with animals such as sea stars, hermit crabs and conchs. …The UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography’s Research Vessel Savannah is another popular attraction. The 92-foot ocean-going research vessel will be open for tours and will exhibit science displays, including the developing field of underwater robots.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/10/23/campuses-must-wrestle-affirmative-consent-standard-sexual-assault-essay
Affirmative Consent, the New Standard
By Christine Helwick
In the scramble for colleges and universities to stem the tide of sexual violence that has come onto their campuses, California has become the first in the nation to enact a “yes means yes” standard into law. On September 28, 2014, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation that requires colleges and universities receiving state funds to adopt sexual assault policies that include affirmative consent as the key element in determining whether sexual activity was consensual. Just what is affirmative consent? What will count as a yes?
Education News
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/uga/2014-10-21/hope-scholarship-good-deal-not-what-it-once-was
HOPE Scholarship a good deal, but not what it once was
By LEE SHEARER
The HOPE Scholarship has helped hundreds of thousands of students through college in Georgia, but after years of growth, it’s been shrinking in value for the past several years — especially after 2011, when state legislators reined in the program in fears that expenses would soon outpace revenues in the lottery-funded program. At first, the scholarships paid the costs of tuition, fees and a part of book costs; now, it covers a part of a student’s tuition, but not fees and not books. The number of students who qualify also declined; legislative changes kicked tens of thousands of students off HOPE eligibility rolls, or about 1-in-5 students who qualified previously.
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/hope-has-own-part-in-fight-over-education-in-georg/nhp8Y/?icmp=ajc_internallink_invitationbox_apr2013_ajcstub1#9ed3900e.3566685.735529
HOPE has own part in fight over education in Georgia governor’s race
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Most of the education debate on this year’s gubernatorial campaign trail has been devoted to k-12 classrooms. The one higher education initiative that has bubbled to the top of the dialogue in recent days has been the merit-based HOPE scholarship program, the state’s esteemed lottery-funded college aid program. Both incumbent Gov. Nathan Deal and Democratic challenger Jason Carter have traded barbs over their past positions and actions regarding HOPE, but a deeper dive into their goals for the program and higher education improvements — and how to achieve them — have not been fleshed out. With continuing tuition increases and rising student debt, paying for college is a key issue for many Georgians.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/23/us-eases-requirements-parent-plus-loans
Looser PLUS Loan Standards
By Michael Stratford
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it had finalized its plan to loosen the credit requirements needed to obtain federal PLUS loans.
Under the new regulations, which will take effect next year, it will be easier for students and parents with damaged credit histories to take out PLUS loans.
Related article:
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67526/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=cda49b86d0964cbf89230a9a1aec1f02&elqCampaignId=415
Parent PLUS Loan Requirements Revisions Get Mixed Initial Reviews
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/23/wake-forest-drop-traditional-mba-program
Ending the Traditional MBA
By Kaitlin Mulhere
After five years of declining enrollment in its traditional M.B.A. program, Wake Forest University is shifting gears to focus on an area where it sees greater demand — those M.B.A. seekers who want to earn a paycheck while studying. Starting next year, Wake Forest will no longer accept applications for a traditional, daytime M.B.A. program at its Winston-Salem campus. Instead, the university will expand its offerings for working professionals
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/23/report-finds-academic-fraud-u-north-carolina-lasted-nearly-20-years
Two Decades of ‘Paper Classes’
By Jake New
A “woeful lack of oversight” and a culture that confused academic freedom with a lack of accountability helped more than 3,100 students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — many of them athletes — enroll and pass classes they never attended and which were not taught by a single faculty member. A report released Wednesday by Kenneth Wainstein, a former official with the U.S. Department of Justice, found that the academic fraud was systematic and far-reaching, lasting for nearly 20 years and consisting of 188 classes in the African and Afro-American studies department.
Related articles:
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Widespread-Nature-of-Chapel/149603/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Widespread Nature of Chapel Hill’s Academic Fraud Is Laid Bare
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Key-Players-in-Academic-Fraud/149583/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Key Players in Academic Fraud at U. of North Carolina
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67529/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=cda49b86d0964cbf89230a9a1aec1f02&elqCampaignId=415
Probe Reveals Scope of Academic Fraud at the University of North Carolina
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67537/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=cda49b86d0964cbf89230a9a1aec1f02&elqCampaignId=415
University Defends Response to Threat to Speaker
by Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY — Facing faculty concerns about guns on the campus of Utah State University, the school’s president is responding to accusations that the institution acted irresponsibly after a threat against feminist speaker Anita Sarkeesian. President Stan Albrecht said USU immediately started working with police and communicating with Sarkeesian’s staff after receiving the email threatening a mass shooting. In a letter to faculty and students, Albrecht said USU had to follow a state law prohibiting universities from taking away concealed weapons from valid permit holders, but he expressed concern about a new push from state lawmakers to allow open carrying of weapons on campus. The president’s statements came in response to a letter signed by about 200 faculty and students saying guns on campus pose a threat to free speech.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/23/harvard-u-president-draws-criticism-postal-workers-union
Postal Workers Take on Harvard President
By Ry Rivard
Criticism of Harvard University is coming from an unusual quarter: postal workers. The American Postal Workers Union is calling for President Drew Gilpin Faust to resign her seat on office supply store Staples’ board of directors if she won’t criticize the company. The attack on Faust, who usually makes news only when she wants to, is an unlikely extension of the union’s fight with the United States Postal Service. But Faust is apparently the first sitting Harvard president to serve on a corporate board.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/10/23/quality-and-non-institutional-higher-education
Quality and ‘Non-Institutional’ Higher Education
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the Presidents’ Forum this week released a policy report that explores the potential for an external quality review process for “non-institutional” providers in higher education. This emerging field include companies and nonprofits that offer courses, modules or badges. Most of this sector is online, non-credit and low-cost.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/NIH-Allocates-31-Million-to/149597/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
NIH Allocates $31-Million to Tackle Racial Gaps in Training
By Paul Basken
The National Institutes of Health on Wednesday awarded more than $31-million to a dozen university groups that will develop and test strategies for improving the racial diversity of the nation’s medical work force. The lead universities receiving grants include some of the nation’s top institutions for training minority scientists. Their projects involve modifying enrollment processes, revamping undergraduate courses, and improving mentoring, among other efforts.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67535/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=cda49b86d0964cbf89230a9a1aec1f02&elqCampaignId=415
Xavier University Receives $19.5M NIH Award
by Diverse Staff
Xavier University received a $19.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health as part of the national Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative. The historically Black university will use the grant to expand its biomedical programs.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/10/23/obama-affirmative-action-higher-ed
Obama on Affirmative Action in Higher Ed
In an interview in The New Yorker, President Obama expressed support for affirmative action in higher education, and questioned how precisely a Supreme Court deadline for phasing out the consideration of race should be viewed. The article looks broadly at President Obama’s influence on the federal court system, and touches on affirmative action toward the end of the piece. In a landmark Supreme Court decision upholding the right of public colleges to, under certain circumstances, consider race in admissions, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor suggested that they should no longer be needed in 25 years.