USG NEWS:
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/smoking-ban-lacks-enforcement-power-on-uga-campus/article_105024ac-4e68-11e4-afa4-0017a43b2370.html
Smoking ban lacks enforcement power on UGA campus
Natalie Adams
The University of Georgia is now smoke-free after a University System of Georgia policy banning the use of tobacco products on campus went into effect Oct. 1. But the ban, aimed at promoting health on college campuses in Georgia, lacks a concrete method to ensure its enforcement. Both the University of Georgia Police Department and the UGA Office of Student Conduct said they will not be enforcing the new policy, though Student Conduct said it will oversee complaints pertaining violations of the ban if they are reported to its office. But as far as for a ticketing or fine system, there is none.
GOOD NEWS:
www.times-herald.com
http://www.times-herald.com/local/20141008-Coggin-leads-by-example-at-UWG-Newnan
Writing Center To Be Named For Local Couple
by CELIA SHORTT
Newnanite Bob Coggin is leading by example in his role as chair of the fundraising effort for the new University of West Georgia campus in Newnan, as he and wife recently made a donation to help fund enhancements at the new campus. The new UWG Newnan campus will be located at the site of the old Newnan hospital on Jackson Street. Currently, the UWG’s Newnan campus is in Shenandoah Industrial Park and, according to UWG, it serves approximately 500 students. Once the new campus is completed, UWG hopes to have 1,000 students enrolled at the new facility. …In recognition of their donation, Coggin and his wife were allowed to name the tutoring and writing center at the new campus. They have chosen to name it the Shell-Coggin Tutor-Writing Center after both their families.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.vsuspectator.com
http://vsuspectator.com/2014/10/09/focus-on-retention-not-recruitment/
Focus on retention, not recruitment
When the truth came out, the truth hurt. The painful truth to some people is that VSU is shrinking. The more important truth to the remaining 11,500 students is that reaching our goal — graduation — has become an increasingly difficult struggle. We realize recruiting is important, but VSU needs to realize that it is time for retention to take center stage. While we expect the university to recruit new students, VSU’s administration needs to work harder at retaining the students they already have, many who leave for another college after only one or two semesters on campus.
www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2014/09/28/3330810_your-say-president-ivelaw-griffiths.html?rh=1
YOUR SAY: President Ivelaw Griffith’s leadership of FVSU
BY OTHA LEON KINCY – SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPH
After reading the Telegraph’s article, dated Sept. 3, “Fort Valley State announces layoffs, cuts after enrollment drops,” I would like to help set the record straight. I have observed President Ivelaw Griffith’s leadership of the Fort Valley State University for over a year. In the article, the president said “our university’s challenges have not been met head-on over the years, but we can ill afford to continue doing so.” This is not an accurate statement.
Education News
www.online.wsj.com
http://online.wsj.com/articles/colleges-wider-search-for-applicants-crowds-out-local-students-1412790096
Colleges’ Wider Search for Applicants Crowds Out Local Students
State Schools Look to Higher-Paying Out-of-State Students to Fill Budget Holes
By ERICA E. PHILLIPS and DOUGLAS BELKIN
…To backfill the billions that evaporated from their budgets, public schools around the nation raised tuition and fees. When public outcry forced them to moderate those increases, scores of universities turned to out-of-state students who pay two to three times as much in tuition as their in-state counterparts. But that out-of-state windfall is coming at a cost that is now being paid by people like Mr. Anthony: fewer seats for in-state students, even the most highly qualified.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/09/us-department-education-make-student-loan-information-accessible-blind-borrowers
Accessibility for Blind Borrowers
By Michael Stratford
WASHINGTON — As part of a settlement reached this week, the U.S. Department of Education will be required to make student loan information more accessible to blind students and order the companies it hires to collect loan payments to do the same. The department agreed to make all websites, forms, and documents related to federal student loans accessible to blind students by, for instance, providing Braille copies and meeting universal web accessibility standards.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/10/09/2-colleges-admit-incorrect-data-given-us-news
2 Colleges Admit Incorrect Data Given to ‘U.S. News’
U.S. News and World Report announced Wednesday that some data that two colleges had submitted for the most recent rankings was incorrect.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/09/research-library-conference-speakers-push-advocacy
Preventing a ‘Digital Landfill’
By Carl Straumsheim
WASHINGTON — University libraries need to advocate for government openness and electronic record keeping, speakers during the Association of Research Libraries fall membership conference implored on Wednesday, or risk the digital landscape’s becoming a “digital landfill.”
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/09/japanese-university-president-laments-exodus-women-science
Japan’s Missing Female Scientists
By Jack Grove for Times Higher Education
Too many female scientists are leaving Japan because they do not feel they can get ahead in its “male-dominated” society, a senior university leader has said. Michinari Hamaguchi, president of Nagoya University, one of Japan’s leading universities, said that he was deeply concerned by the exodus of talented female researchers to overseas institutions.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/09/should-professors-be-told-why-they-were-denied-tenure
Right to Know Why Not
By Colleen Flaherty
Some 28 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, $1.4 million in research funding and strong evaluations along the way – but still no tenure. The only thing more disturbing to Dylan Kesler, an assistant professor of wildlife sciences at the University of Missouri at Columbia, than his failed bid this summer is that he still hasn’t been told why. Kesler thinks he’s being retaliated against for blowing the whistle on alleged misuses of federal research funds in his department. But he says can’t confirm that or appeal the university’s decision without a formal reason for his denial. While admittedly more complicated than most tenure disputes, Kesler’s case raises a basic question: Does a professor have a right to know why he or she didn’t earn tenure?
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67284/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=d38a8d2b8af84522a2a573d01f6a3e2a&elqCampaignId=415
Florida Colleges Duck Public Records Law Via Corporations
by Mike Schneider, Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. — The business of Florida’s 12 public universities is supposed to be public like any other state agency. Salaries, contracts, policies and other university business records are supposed to be subject to Florida’s expansive Sunshine Law, which mandates that most government actions be open to scrutiny. But that’s not always happening. The universities are getting around Florida’s open government laws through dozens of private corporations that have been created over the years to oversee everything from athletic programs to dorm construction to salaries. Under state law, these university corporations don’t have to make public the same records their parent universities must provide, though the corporations perform tasks once done by school employees and act on the universities’ behalf.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67291/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=d38a8d2b8af84522a2a573d01f6a3e2a&elqCampaignId=415by Associated Press
Virginia Wesleyan Sued Over Sexual Assault
NORFOLK, Va. — A former student has sued Virginia Wesleyan College, claiming that she was sexually assaulted on campus in 2012 and that the college allowed her attacker to voluntarily leave the school so he could enroll elsewhere. The Virginian-Pilot reports the lawsuit was filed in Norfolk Circuit Court and says that the college knew female students face an especially high risk of rape from lacrosse team members.
Related article:
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/10/09/suit-says-college-allows-alleged-rapist-withdraw
Suit Says College Allows Alleged Rapist to Withdraw