USG NEWS:
www.gainesvilletimes.com
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/105048/
UNG hits enrollment record
Area campuses gain while college admissions are down nationally
By Jennifer Brown
The University of North Georgia is bucking national trends on college enrollment. The university has seen record enrollment across its campuses this year, even as enrollment has dropped nationwide. The U.S. Census Bureau reports college enrollment fell by close to a million between 2011 and 2013. At UNG, enrollment has increased by 2.5 percent over last year, with 16,508 students at the beginning of the fall semester.
www.usatoday.com
http://college.usatoday.com/2014/10/07/university-system-of-georgia-enacts-tobacco-ban-on-all-campuses/
University System of Georgia enacts tobacco ban on all campuses
By: Brooke Metz
Georgia schools are making strides for public health with the Oct. 1 ban of all tobacco products on campus. The ban originates from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, who made the decision in March 2014. For some schools, the ban hasn’t changed anything. Thirteen schools implemented a tobacco-free campus as early as 2003, according to Marion Fedrick, vice chancellor for human resources at the University System of Georgia. “The board felt like they needed to get behind it and drive that culture of wellness,” Fedrick says. “We want to give support and leadership 100%.”
www.clatl.com
http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2014/10/07/the-other-side-of-the-wras-deal-gsus-mad-dash-to-create-a-tv-production-center-from-scratch
The other side of the WRAS deal: GSU’s mad dash to create a TV production center from scratch
Posted by Max Blau
Last May, Georgia State University President Mark Becker announced a two-year, $150,000 deal that gave Georgia Public Broadcasting rights to broadcast nearly 100 weekly hours on Album 88, WRAS-88.5. FM. The nationally-recognized college radio station had been previously managed by students since it first went on the air in 1971. Becker said the agreement, which enabled GPB to enter metro Atlanta’s radio market for the first time, would give undergraduate students “unprecedented access” to GPB internships and TV programming experience. But according to hundreds of GSU emails obtained through Open Records Requests, the university might have underestimated the task at hand.
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/growing-number-of-students-suffering-from-food-insecurity-as-college/article_2e35f2b2-4d9b-11e4-9e17-0017a43b2370.html
Growing number of students suffering from food insecurity as college costs rise
Lauren McDonald
Thousands of college students nationwide are going hungry. “It’s definitely, unfortunately, a national issue that seems to be growing,” said Cecilia Herles, faculty adviser for the University of Georgia Campus Kitchen. “Some of the factors for students in terms of food insecurity has to do with financial reasons. The rising cost of education and the cost of living seems to contribute to this.”
GOOD NEWS:
www.nerdwallet.com
http://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/nerdscholar/2014/highest-salaries-liberal-arts/
15 Colleges with the Highest Salaries for Liberal Arts Grads
by Gianna Sen-Gupta
If you’re worried that your liberal arts degree won’t stack up when it’s time to find a job, fear not: many of today’s driven young graduates are earning just as much as those with more “practical” degrees. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), most 2014 humanities and social science graduates are earning about $38,365 per year at their first jobs—an increase of 3.5% from last year’s starting salary. In light of NACE’s findings, NerdScholar took a look at where the highest paid graduates are getting their liberal arts degrees from … 5. Georgia Institute of Technology — Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
www.artsulture.blog.ajc.com
http://artsculture.blog.ajc.com/2014/10/07/governor-honors-13-for-cultural-contributions/
Governor honors 13 for cultural contributions
By Howard Pousner
In a Capitol ceremony on Tuesday, Gov. Nathan Deal honored 13 individuals and organizations in the third annual Governor’s Awards in the Arts and Humanities, recognizing contributions to the state’s cultural vitality. Metro Atlanta honorees included: Leslie Gordon, director of Georgia State University’s Rialto Center for the Arts; … Honored from elsewhere around the state: …Carl Purdy, music and humanities instructor, Georgia Regents University, Augusta; and Richard B. Russell Library of Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia, Athens.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2014/10/07/13-get-governor-s-awards-for-the-arts-and.html
13 get Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities
Staff
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia recognized 13 residents and organizations for their significant contributions to innovation and growth of the state’s civic and cultural vitality. The third annual Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities, presented in partnership with the Georgia Council for the Arts and Georgia Humanities Council, went to: …Richard B. Russell Library of Political Research and Studies, UGA, Athens
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/cops/ugapd-wins-award-for-traffic-safety/article_65c3f16e-4da7-11e4-be4a-0017a43b2370.html
UGAPD wins award for traffic safety
Natalie Adams
The University of Georgia Police Department took home 1st place at the 2014 Governor’s Choice Awards for the “Campus and University Police” category in September. Designed to award outstanding achievements in highway safety enforcement and education, the awards recognized agencies for the approach and effectiveness of their overall highway safety programs.
www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/sports/2014-10-07/university-georgias-uga-rated-nations-best-college-mascot
University of Georgia’s Uga rated nation’s best college mascot
By The Associated Press
College football has plenty of bulldogs, but there is only one Uga.
Georgia’s famous bulldog in a red sweater might not be the most imposing mascot, nor is he the wackiest, but you would be hard pressed to find a more famous furry friend roaming the sidelines on a football Saturday. Ahead of the 2014 college football season, The Associated Press asked its panel of Top 25 voters, who are known for ranking the nation’s top teams each week, to weigh in on which school had the best mascot.Live animals dominated the top of the list, led by Uga. Ralphie, Colorado’s stampeding buffalo, finished second behind Uga. LSU’s beautiful and intimidating Bengal Tiger named Mike was third, followed by the Stanford Tree and Oregon’s costumed Duck.
RESEARCH:
www.highlandstoday.com
http://highlandstoday.com/list/highlands-agri-leader-news/water-conservation-20141008/
Water conservation
ANN MARIE O”PHELAN
Central Florida’s Agri-Leader
Throughout the nation, growers, farmers and ranchers are contending with water scarcity caused by rising global temperatures, climate variability, droughts, floods, pollution, growing populations and increased demands. However, as those in agriculture always do, they adapt to stay viable. Measures are being taken to address the ongoing issues of water scarcity, including managing soil to improve infiltration, allowing water to move into and through the soil; incorporating compost, which improves the water holding capacity of the soil; using water-conserving plants and native plants and adding drought-tolerant crops, which can withstand low water and high heat. …One of the latest measures to address water scarcity issues is utilizing Smartirrigation Apps, a project developed by a group of professors and developers from the University of Florida and the University of Georgia.
www.shape.com
http://www.shape.com/blogs/mind-and-body/study-shows-weight-lifting-improves-memory
Study Shows Weight-Lifting Improves Memory
By Kylie Gilbert
Good news: Research shows that in the time it takes to watch the latest episode of The Mindy Project, you can do some serious good for your body—and your memory. It turns out just 20 minutes of resistance exercise can enhance episodic memory performance (that’s long-term memory for previous events), according to a new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology. The researchers had participants look at a series of 90 photos on a computer screen, and then performed leg extensions at a resistance exercise machine. Forty-eight hours later, the group that exercised remembered about 60 percent of the photos, compared to 50 percent of those who didn’t exercise.
www.growingalabama.com
http://growingalabama.com/features/2014/10/field-scouting-google-glass-group-will-study-potential/
Field Scouting with Google Glass? Group Will Study the Potential
By Allison Floyd
Imagine if you could simply look at a pest in the field to take a photograph of it? What if in the same glance you could draw on the knowledge of agronomists and entomologists around the globe to identify the pest and learn how to fight it? Those scenarios may not be as far out as they sound. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a grant to a company called TekWear, the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Georgia to evaluate the effectiveness of wireless, web-connected technologies (headsets that look like eyeglasses) to monitor and grow specialty crops such as pecans.
www.healthitanalytics.com
http://healthitanalytics.com/2014/10/06/how-georgia-tech-trains-healthcare-data-analytics-scientists/
How Georgia Tech trains healthcare data analytics scientists
Author Jennifer Bresnick
A well-trained data scientist is often called a unicorn: elusive, desirable, and more than probably mythical. Even as healthcare joins a slew of other industries in its transformation into a technology-reliant ecosystem built on data analytics, finding and retaining qualified analytics and informatics staff members is easier said than done. At Georgia Tech’s Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), a group of professors led by Nicoleta Serban, ISyE Coca-Cola Associate Professor, and Julie Swann, ISyE’s Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Associate Professor, has brought together an interdisciplinary collaboration of healthcare analytics experts, including many members of INFORMS, the largest analytics professional society, to train the new generation of data scientists. (Q&A with Serban and Swann)
www.mdjonline.com
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/25901411/article-Marietta-based-H2forLife-to-see-new-facility
Marietta-based H2forLife to see new facility
by MDJ staff
Eprida Technologies, a technology development firm offering consulting, equipment design and technology licensing, is building a manufacturing and distribution facility for its rapidly growing subsidiary, H2forLife LLC, which is manufactured at 4374 Shallowford Industrial Parkway in Marietta. Eprida Technologies, a member of the Georgia Institute of Technology Advanced Technology Development Center, has signed export distribution and investment agreements with strategic partners from the U.S. and China to fund this expansion.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2014/10/georgias-university-system-noted-for-cost-cutting-but-budget-request-still-rising/
SaportaReport
Georgia’s university system noted for cost-cutting efforts, but budget requested from Legislature still rising
By David Pendered
A New York credit rating agency has named Georgia as the state to watch for its efforts to control the spiraling cost of higher education. Moody’s Investors Service highlighted Georgia’s consolidation of universities as an example of a state’s attempt to improve the fiscal efficiency of its university system. Georgia was the only state singled out.
www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2014/10/08/flexibility-choices-fo-georgia-schools-is-freedom-just-another-word-for-no-money/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Flexibility choices fo Georgia schools: Is freedom just another word for no money?
The Georgia Legislature has a fondness for passing education laws that feature the words “flexibility” and “charter.” Lawmakers like these laws even better when they don’t involve large infusions of new cash for schools. One such law is about to take root. All 180 of the state’s school districts have until June to proclaim themselves some form of charter (system charter, system of charter clusters or system of charter schools) or the old standby “Investing in Educational Excellence” system, or IE2. The other choice open to districts is to declare themselves satisfied with the status quo, which, by design, sounds unappealing and lazy.
Education News
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67262/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=f7598a30f3224b26af6fae6ac020d69e&elqCampaignId=415
SAT Results Lead Officials to Call for Boost in Preparation of Underrepresented Minority Students
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
Cognizant of the fact that this year’s SAT results reveal the same troubling trends as in years prior, College Board officials called for a greater emphasis on boosting preparedness for the growing amount of minority students who take the college entrance exam.
www.nytimes.com
Why Aid for College Is Missing the Mark
Eduardo Porter
In 1987, when he was Ronald Reagan’s education secretary, the conservative culture warrior William J. Bennett wrote a famous essay denouncing federal aid for higher education because it allowed colleges “blithely to raise their tuitions,” at little benefit to students. Nearly two decades later, it seems, he was broadly right. Indeed, he didn’t know the half of it. It’s not just that many colleges and universities are bleeding taxpayers. The government’s overall strategy to subsidize higher education is failing at its core task: providing less privileged Americans with a real shot at a college degree. Alarmingly, it is burdening low-income students with risks they cannot bear and steering them into low-quality educations.
www.usnews.com
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/07/even-the-rich-are-borrowing-more-for-college
Even the Rich Are Borrowing More for College
Pew study shows that loan borrowing rates more than doubled over 20 years for students from affluent families.
By Katherine Peralta
Paying for college isn’t a walk in the park for anyone, neither rich nor poor. A new report released Tuesday from the Pew Research Center shows that student whose parents are in the highest income quartile are increasingly likely these days to borrow money to finance their college education.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Challenged-by-Upstarts-UMUC/149253/
Challenged by Upstarts, UMUC Considers Switch to Nonprofit Status
By Goldie Blumenstyk
Adelphi, Md.
The University of Maryland University College, fearing that it has lost its mojo as a dominant player in online education and suffering from recent enrollment declines, is considering converting itself into a private nonprofit institution. Backers of the privatization plan, which would entail some level of independence from the University System of Maryland, say it would give the institution, known as UMUC, more flexibility in marketing and personnel, and help it compete with up-and-comers like Southern New Hampshire University and Arizona State University.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/07/new-report-urges-university-libraries-reconsider-their-role-discovery
Discovery Channel
By Carl Straumsheim
As faculty members and students find new ways to locate scholarly research, a new report encourages college and university libraries to re-evaluate whether their efforts to connect users with content are money well-spent. The challenge comes from the nonprofit research organization Ithaka S+R, which promotes innovative forms of teaching and scholarly communication.