USG NEWS:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/at-many-ga-colleges-reports-of-sex-assault-rise/nhbB9/#7567e300.3566685.735509
At many Ga. colleges, reports of sex assault rise
UGA, Ga. Tech among the campuses that see increase
By Janel Davis and Shannon McCaffrey – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
…The September 2013 case — detailed in a campus police file reviewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — is one of dozens of sexual assaults Georgia college campuses reported this week to federal education officials. The new statistics show reports of sexual assaults have jumped at most of Georgia’s larger universities, including UGA, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State and Georgia Southern. School officials attribute the rise to better outreach, leading to more students coming forward.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/students-divided-in-smoking-ban-debate/article_a41f8a8e-4ab6-11e4-977b-0017a43b2370.html
Students divided in smoking ban debate
Nate Harris
The Phi Kappa Literary Society held a debate Thursday evening to discuss the repeal of the University System of Georgia policy banning the use of tobacco products on campus following, which went into effect Oct. 1. Song Kue, a graduate student studying in biomanufacturing and bioprocessing from Warren, Michigan, said the ban is not only good, but necessary. “This legislation is intended for behavior modification, to create a cleaner and safer environment at the University of Georgia and all colleges across the state, to ensure that all students have the liberty to breath in clean air,” Kue said. “This policy has nothing to do with [infringing upon the rights and liberties of smokers]. It is about creating an overall healthier environment.”
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20141003-UWG-Newnan-conducting-survey
UWG Newnan Taking Survey On Continuing Ed Course Needs
The University of West Georgia Newnan Center is conducting a survey of Coweta residents to determine what continuing education opportunities need to be added to its Newnan offerings. “The purpose of the survey is to look at everything personal, professional, and conference related – everything non-credit – and see what is needed in the Newnan area,” said Rachael Robinson, director of continuing education for the Carrollton-based UWG.
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-10-02/uga-endowment-trails-most-sec-colleges
UGA endowment trails most SEC colleges
By LEE SHEARER
The total assets of the University of Georgia reached more than $1 billion for the first time in the 2014 fiscal year, trustees reported at the University of Georgia Foundation’s most recent meeting. The Foundation is the nonprofit group that manages money donated to UGA for professors, scholarships, expense accounts for administrators and the like.
www.henryherald.com
http://www.henryherald.com/news/2014/oct/02/school-officials-still-challenged-to-fill/
School officials still challenged to fill vacancies
By Johnny Jackson
McDONOUGH — Officials continue to be challenged in finding a qualified pool of applicants to fill vacancies that persist in Henry County Schools — even with 19,377 applications on file. …She said fewer college graduates are pursing teaching positions, disheartened by the effects of the recession and perceptions of declining opportunities in secondary education. First-year teachers, nonetheless, represent 48 percent of new teacher hires. Many of them come from the district’s partner post-secondary institutions — Mercer University, Gordon State College and Clayton State University. Georgia College and State University, the University of West Georgia, Georgia State University, the University of Georgia, Georgia Southern and Valdosta State University also have a hefty contingent of rookie teachers, according to district data.
GOOD NEWS:
www.41nbc.com
http://www.41nbc.com/story/d/story/middle-georgia-state-receives-grants-to-reduce-tex/23189/G4vo7d-VRk-2FPJbiVd1vQ
Middle Georgia State receives grants to reduce textbook costs
Alexa Rodriguez
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Some Middle Georgia State College students won’t have to worry about buying textbooks this coming Spring. That’s because Affordable Learning Georgia awarded grants to Middle Georgia State to give the college affordable textbook alternatives, according to Middle Georgia State Officials. Affordable Learning Georgia is an initiative of the University System of Georgia to promote student success by providing cost effective textbook alternatives.
RESEARCH:
www.nbcnews.com
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/captioning-google-glass-subtitles-conversations-hard-hearing-n217201
Captioning on Google Glass Subtitles Conversations for Hard of Hearing
While everyone is trying to decide whether or not Google Glass is useful, invasive or just plain dorky, it’s easy to overlook some genuinely helpful apps and services — like this one, which presents users who are hard of hearing with near-real-time transcriptions of what’s being said in conversation. Created by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Captioning on Glass uses a paired smartphone to record and transcribe speech, which is then instantly displayed on the screen of the headset. The group is also working on a version that quickly translates the spoken words into a second language for the benefit of the listener, then translates their response back into the first language.
www.dailymail.co.uk
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2777160/Need-study-big-test-Hit-gym-Researchers-say-20-minutes-weightlifting-enhance-memory-10.html#ixzz3F5LzbgJl
Boost your brain by WEIGHTLIFTING: 20 minutes of pumping iron enhances memory by 10%, experts claim
Researchers said that resistance activities such as squats or knee bends would produce the same results
By MARK PRIGG
Hitting the gym can boost your memory, researchers have found. They say an intense workout of as little as 20 minutes can enhance your long-term memory by 10 percent in healthy young adults. Although the study used weight exercises, researchers said that resistance activities such as squats or knee bends would probably produce the same results… The Georgia Tech researchers also had participants study events just before the exercise rather than after workout.
www.finance.yahoo.com
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/consumers-moods-drive-decisions-123500967.html
How Consumers’ Moods Drive Decisions
By Derek Thompson
In April this year, scientists from Georgia Tech and Yahoo Labs reported that something strange was manipulating online restaurant reviews. It wasn’t hackers. It wasn’t software bugs. It was rain, snow, and sunshine. After looking at more than 1 million online reviews on sites like TripAdvisor, they found that restaurants received significantly better ratings on days with nice weather and worse reviews on any day with rain. “The best reviews are written on sunny days between 70 and 100 degrees,” researcher Saeideh Bakhshi concluded. “A nice day can lead to a nice review. A rainy day can mean a miserable one.” In short: Yelp reviews are accidental weather reports.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2014/10/03/cox-enterprises-buys-tripp-rackley-s-startup.html?page=all
Cox Enterprises buys Tripp Rackley’s startup Experience for $200M
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Drug development company Clearside Biomedical Inc. has raised $16 million — capital it will invest in conducting a clinical trail. Alpharetta-based Clearside Biomedical has developed a micro-injection platform technology that allows a surgeon to deliver medication specifically to the retina — improving the effectiveness of the drug while reducing side effects that may occur when the drug enters into other parts of the eye. Clearside’s technology would deliver drugs to treat the leading causes of blindness. The proprietary technology, licensed from Georgia Tech and Emory University, is designed to nonsurgically deliver drugs to a tiny compartment in the back of the eye, known as the suprachoroidal space.
STATE NEEDS/ISSUES:
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2014/09/26/nagging-unemployment-plaguing-georgia-recovery.html
Nagging unemployment plaguing Georgia recovery
Dave Williams
Staff Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
From health parks in East Cobb to office campuses in Dunwoody to apartments in Buckhead and Midtown, everywhere metro Atlantans look, buildings are going up. Yet, those signs of a rapidly recovering economy stand in sharp contrast to a stubbornly high unemployment rate. Four years after hitting a Great Recession unemployment peak of 10.2 percent, joblessness in Georgia still stood at 8.1 percent last month, highest in the country and two points above the national average. …It all comes down to simple arithmetic, said David Sjoquist, an economics professor at Georgia State University. “In Georgia up until the Great Recession, unemployment typically was about a percentage point below the U.S. average,” Sjoquist said. “The labor force in Georgia has grown at about the same rate as the rest of the nation, about 1.5 percent. But employment hasn’t grown as fast. … Georgia is not creating jobs fast enough.” Jeff Humphreys, director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth at The University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, said Georgia’s sluggish recovery reflects the recession’s impact here compared with the rest of the country.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.gwinnettforum.com
http://www.gwinnettforum.com/2014issues/14.1003.htm#elliott
Regents on smoking, USS Georgia and new Churchill exhibit here
By ELLIOTT BRACK
Editor and publisher
OCT. 3, 2014 — Hurrah for the Georgia Board of Regents, the prestigious body that governs the University System of Georgia. In recent action, the Regents are requiring that its 31 public colleges and universities prohibit the use of tobacco products on its campuses. That’s a big, positive step. After all, the nearly 300,000 students of the University System of Georgia are on campus during their formative years. If this program can cut down on smoking as the students are maturing, it could provide better health for them and for our state for years and years.
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/opinion/20141003-Friday-Editorial
A Great Step Forward For Higher Education
The recently signed articulation agreement between two area educational systems is another big plus for students seeking higher degrees. West Georgia Technical College and LaGrange College announced the agreement this week, which involves the two schools’ nursing programs.
Education News
www.moultrieobserver.com
http://www.moultrieobserver.com/news/local_news/article_7eeae3e4-4a66-11e4-a4c0-2f96dbb5f645.html
Merged colleges to be called Southern Regional Technical College
Staff Reports
MOULTRIE — The state board that oversees the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) voted Thursday to approve “Southern Regional Technical College” as the new college name, once the merger of Moultrie Technical College (MTC) and Southwest Georgia Technical College (SWGTC) is finalized on July 1, 2015.
www.csmonitor.com
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2014/1003/Teachers-grade-Common-Core-C-and-room-for-improvement
Teachers grade Common Core: C+ and room for improvement
A survey of teachers on Common Core education standards showed mixed results. Half of teachers surveyed think Common Core standards help students with critical thinking, but their enthusiasm has waned.
By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo
Teachers feel more prepared to teach the Common Core State Standards and are already starting to see students improve their critical thinking skills. But the enthusiasm has dipped since last year, and only half say the new standards will be positive for most students. Those are some key findings in a survey of 1,676 K-12 teachers in the 43 states that have adopted Common Core, released Friday by Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67192/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=a1faa85b80c1411397b476c9a74b836b&elqCampaignId=415
Experts Recommend Taking Control of Student Debt on the Front End
by Lois Elfman
NEW YORK — Representatives of colleges and universities and innovators in education and the workplace gathered this week at the The Economist’s Higher Education Forum to examine issues that included reducing student debt and increasing college completion rates.
The first panel discussion addressed funding higher education.
www.jbhe.com
A Check on the Status of Black Enrollments in U.S. Graduate Schools
A Check on the Status of Black Enrollments in U.S. Graduate Schools
A new report from the Council on Graduate Schools shows that in 2013 there were 1.7 million students enrolled in graduate education programs in the United States in 2013. This was down slightly from 2012. Blacks made up 12.1 percent of all U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents who were enrolled in the American graduate schools.
www.miamitodaynews.com
http://www.miamitodaynews.com/2014/10/01/fiu-sees-engineering-school-loop/
FIU sees engineering school loop
Written by Susan Danseyar
Florida International Uni-versity’s College of Engineering and Computing trains its students not just for the hypothetical but specifically for local needs in order to keep graduates working for companies in this area.
www.jbhe.com
New Report Offers Strategies for Increasing Internationalization Efforts at HBCUs
New Report Offers Strategies for Increasing Internationalization Efforts at HBCUs
The American Council on Education in conjunction with the Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement has released a new report entitled Creating Global Citizens: Challenges and Opportunities for Internationalization at HBCUs. Over an 18-month period, the American Council on Education worked closely with seven HBCUs to create internationalization teams, conduct a review and analysis of their current internationalization efforts, prepare a self-study report, and develop a strategic plan for advancing internationalization at their institutions.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67200/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=a1faa85b80c1411397b476c9a74b836b&elqCampaignId=415
New Jersey Bill Ties For-Profit College Degrees to Graduation Rates
by Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey’s higher education secretary would be allowed to revoke the ability of for-profit colleges to award degrees if they fail to achieve minimum graduation rates under a bill advanced by lawmakers Thursday. The Assembly Higher Education Committee sent it to the full chamber, though some legislative supporters thought the standards in the bill are too tough. The measure has not been introduced in the state Senate.
www.nytimes.com
Cuomo Orders SUNY to Overhaul Its Sexual Assault Rules
By ARIEL KAMINER
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said on Thursday that he had instructed the State University of New York to overhaul its approach to preventing, investigating and prosecuting sexual assault, including making affirmative consent the rule on all 64 of its campuses. Mr. Cuomo, announcing the change at a news conference in Manhattan, said SUNY’s new approach, which is to be put into effect in the next 60 days, would eventually lead to a statewide law regulating sexual assault policies at all New York colleges and universities.
www.jbhe.com
Colgate University Students Protest Racism on Campus
A large group of students held a peaceful demonstration in the administration building at Colgate University protesting acts of racism and bias that occurred on campus and by Colgate students on social media. The protest was initiated after racial and homophobic slurs were yelled on campus.