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Investigator sought to examine ex-University System employees’ cases
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An Athens attorney has asked Gov. Nathan Deal to appoint a special attorney general to investigate allegations of criminal activity within the state’s public college system. Stephen Humphreys made the request to Deal in a recent letter that also asks that the governor direct state Attorney General Sam Olens to investigate the activity, which Humphreys said Olens has not done. Humphreys represents several former University System of Georgia employees who have filed lawsuits against college administrators and system officials alleging racketeering and corruption. The former employees’ accusations involve various alleged infractions, including withholding of evidence and being pushed out of their jobs for reporting wrongdoing by system officials.
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http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-public-college-enrollment-up-after-two-yea/nh3ZF/
Georgia public college enrollment up after two years of declines
Janel Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Enrollment at the state’s public colleges and universities increased slightly this fall, reversing two years of declines within the system. Fall 2014 enrollment for the University System of Georgia reached 312,936 students, an increase of 1.1 percent — or 3,467 students — over last fall, according to data released by the system Friday. “While our fall 2014 enrollment is encouraging, we still have much work ahead,” Chancellor Hank Huckaby said Friday. “We must stay focused on our Complete College Georgia Initiative, continue to recruit and retain students, and fully support them through their completion of college.”
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http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2014/11/07/georgia-university-enrollment-up-for-first-time-in.html
Georgia university enrollment up for first time in two years
Phil W. Hudson
Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Fall 2014 enrollment in the University System of Georgia’s 31 colleges and universities saw a modest gain, reversing the declining trend of the last two years. USG reported enrollment totaled 312,936 students, an increase of 1.1 percent (or 3,467 more students) over fall 2013.
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Student enrollment at Georgia state universities up after 2 years of decline
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-11-07/university-georgia-posts-record-fall-enrollment
University of Georgia posts record fall enrollment
www.nbc26.tv
http://www.nbc26.tv/story/27327245/enrollment-at-georgia-universities-goes-up
Enrollment at Georgia universities goes up
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http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=281654
UNG Public Safety expanding personnel, initiatives
By Staff
DAHLONEGA – The Department of Public Safety at the University of North Georgia (UNG) has three new faces in its ranks and is refining the department’s efforts in emergency preparedness training. The department will soon fill a position for coordinator of emergency preparedness, a role that will spearhead department initiatives focusing on the development of programming and training for UNG students, faculty and staff. …Keeping the campus community prepared includes updating everyone on changes to the law, and two recent changes on the state level could affect students, faculty and staff. Updates have been made to weapons laws, which also could affect visitors to UNG campuses. It is still illegal to carry a firearm on campus, but the punishment has changed. Those carrying a firearm with a permit will be charged with a misdemeanor; carrying a firearm without a permit will be treated as a felony. Weapons are permitted in vehicles if the owner is at least 21 years old and has a permit.
GOOD NEWS:
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The 50 Most Affordable Colleges with the Best Return
by John Ferrer
What follows is our ranking of the 50 most affordable colleges with the best return. Note that where schools have the same return, we break the tie in favor of the school with the lower tuition.
6. Georgia Institute of Technology The highly ranked Georgia Institute of Technology, also known as Georgia Tech, is one of the nation’s largest research schools. …35. Southern Polytechnic State University Southern Polytechnic State University …Southern Polytechnic University, part of the University System of Georgia, has a strong reputation in the areas of science, technology, engineering and related fields.
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30 Most Attractive Yet Affordable College Campuses
By Luke Paton
…That said, what the following list proves is that freshman students can still opt for elegant campuses in gorgeous surroundings while keeping a tight rein on their budget. The 30 universities and colleges covered here all offer costs that are below the national average and at the same time deliver visually stunning sights that are sure to make studying a pleasure. … 3. Middle Georgia State College …14. College of Coastal Georgia Students …25. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
www.dailyreportonline.com
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/home/id=1202675817137?kw=GSU%20to%20Open%20Volunteer%20Veterans%27%20Law%20Clinic&et=editorial&bu=Daily%20Report&cn=20141107&src=EMC-Email&pt=Afternoon%20News&slreturn=20141007153336
GSU to Open Volunteer Veterans’ Law Clinic
The Associated Press, @DailyReport
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia State University officials say the school is opening a law clinic to serve roughly 800 veterans who are enrolled as students. GSU officials say the Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans will open with a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 11 at 4 p.m.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2014/11/ga-tech-professor-to-receive-25k-for-inspiring.html
Ga. Tech professor to receive $25K for inspiring former student
Carla Caldwell
Morning Edition Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Institute of Technology professor Randall Engle, PhD, is among 10 professors from across the United States who will receive a $25,000 award from the Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman Award Trust for inspiring a former student to make a difference in his or her community. The Beckman Award Trust has award more than $1.5 million to 63 professors and/or faculty members, according to a press release issued by the organization. This year’s award ceremony is Nov. 15 at Omni Hotel at CNN Center. The trust was established in 2008 under the will of Gail McKnight Beckman in honor of her mother Dr. Elizabeth Hurlock Beckman. Dr. Beckman was an educator, a renowned author and a pioneer in the field of psychology. She was one of the first female psychology professors at Columbia University and later taught at the University of Pennsylvania.
RESEARCH:
www.munchies.vice.com
http://munchies.vice.com/articles/scientists-want-to-feed-your-moldy-muffins-to-livestock
Scientists Want to Feed Your Moldy Muffins to Livestock
…New research from the University of Georgia, Athens, published in this month’s issue of Journal of Animal Science suggests that standard grocery waste can be efficiently turned into a viable, nutritionally sufficient feed for cattle. Researchers analyzed 115 samples of discarded produce and bakery items procured from major chain stores in the Southern US to test for their nutritional value and cost-effectiveness in the recycling process.
www.kansascity.com
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article3681766.html
From better seeds to beneficial insects, K-State researchers fight world hunger
BY MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMSTHE KANSAS CITY STAR
Can a wasp feed the world? It can help. If its larvae are nurtured near millet fields where a devastating moth steals harvests from the field, they can grow to become predators that destroy the pests and save a crop. And that just might put more food in more mouths and earn money for struggling farmers in the world’s poorest countries. “In some sense, the science, how to increase crop productivity, is the easier part,” said Gary Pierzynski, a Kansas State University researcher. “The challenge is how to get the people from these developing countries to do it.” …K-State boasts four laboratories enlisted in the U.S. government’s Feed the Future innovation plan. …Of the 15 university sites where Feed the Future labs are operating, only the University of California-Davis’ five labs outnumber those at K-State. There are 25 labs in all, including ones at Michigan State University, the University of Georgia and Texas A&M University.
www.abcnews.go.com
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/darwins-dilemma-solved/story?id=26791766
‘Darwin’s Dilemma’ May Be Solved
COLUMN by LEE DYE
Scientists following two different lines of evidence have just published research that may help resolve “Darwin’s dilemma,” a mystery that plagued the father of evolution until his death more than a century ago. Biologists and geologists have been puzzled for decades over why life began so early on this planet, and then took so long to get interesting… A paper published last week in Science by Noah Planavsky of Yale University and Christopher Reinhard of Georgia Institute of Technology, based on ancient sediments from China, Australia, Canada and the United States, suggests that scientists have long overestimated the amount of oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere in the pre-Cambrian era just before the “explosion.”
www.eweek.com
http://www.eweek.com/security/cyber-attackers-creating-more-sophisticated-apple-os-malware.html
Cyber-Attackers Creating More Sophisticated Apple OS Malware
By Robert Lemos
While malware has never been highly prevalent on Apple’s Mac OS X and iOS, attackers continue to show their persistence in developing advanced techniques to compromise the operating systems. For the latest malware, dubbed WireLurker, the attackers used trojanized applications delivered through a third-party app store that infect users’ systems and then attempt to infect iOS phones that are connected to the system… While vetted app stores and application signatures make it more difficult for attackers to run malicious code on Mac OS X, it is not impossible. In 2013, researchers at Georgia Tech developed a way to create seemingly benign code that would get past Apple’s vetting process, but could later be turned evil.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
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http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2014/11/07/diversity-on-campus-should-the-university-of-georgia-calendar-take-yom-kippur-and-diwali-into-account/
Diversity on campus: Should the University of Georgia calendar take Yom Kippur and Diwali into account?
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The Red and Black, the independent University of Georgia student newspaper, reports student concerns over the scheduling of this year’s homecoming game on the Jewish commemoration of Yom Kippur have led students of other religions to point out conflicts with their holidays. The overlap of homecoming with Yom Kippur prompted a petition signed by more than 2,000 students directed to the UGA president. The petition stated: “We are simply here to ask how a major public university with a strong Jewish community could make this mistake. We commit ourselves to this University and we would have hoped that you would commit yourselves to us. We pay tuition and pay for football tickets. Yet, by scheduling homecoming on Yom Kippur, you disregard and disrespect the Jewish population on campus.” Now, a similar petition has been launched by Hindu, Muslim and Sikh students on the Athens campus:
Education News
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Now-Everything-Has-a-Learning/149897/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Now, Everything Has a Learning Outcome
By Dan Berrett
A college education has become a widespread expectation. Three in four high-school students say they will go to college, where they’ll mark the familiar milestones: declaring a major, joining a club or two, then hoping their degree pays off in a job. But many of them have little idea of why they’re really there. Two recent critiques of higher education have faulted students for their lack of purpose, though the descriptions could hardly be more different. One worries that students are blithely coasting while the other sees them as reflexively busy overachievers.
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http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FL_NEW_COLLEGE_MASTERS_DEGREES_FLOL-?SITE=FLPET&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-11-07-06-19-57
New College to offer first master’s degree
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — New College of Florida will move forward with its first post-graduate degree after state officials approved the plan. The master’s degree is data science program is set to begin with eight students next year with a goal of eventually graduating 15 students each year. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune ( http://bit.ly/10x4Icq ) reports state lawmakers had already set aside $720,000 in recurring funding for the program. The final step was authorization from the state university system’s governing board. They voted unanimously without discussion to approve the master’s degree. College officials hope to position the school as a leader among liberal arts schools in the data science field.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/11/10/u-florida-political-science-department-declines-build-fully-online-degree
Saying No to Fully Online
By Carl Straumsheim
UF Online, the University of Florida’s online education arm, won’t offer a political science degree after the department, concerned about quality and the state’s shifting leadership, voted against the idea.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67831/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=60b4e9343b00476fae4d3b4e37013b23&elqCampaignId=415
Short-Term Certificates Might Not Be the Best Bet
by Catherine Morris
Degrees and certificates earned at community colleges can positively impact students’ future earnings and employability, according to a new report published in the journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. The report, which looked specifically at returns on sub-baccalaureate programs in Washington state, found that overall associate degrees and long-term certificates provided good return for their money, with increased wages and better employment opportunities for graduates and certificate holders. Short-term certificates, which can be earned in less than a year, for the most part, showed only small economic returns.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/brown-university-acts-swiftly-in-date-rape-drug-case/
Brown University acts swiftly in date-rape drug case
By MARK ALBERTCBS NEWS
Brown University in Providence, R.I., is warning students to be on alert after a student tested positive for the date-rape drug GHB. Tests on another student are pending and now there is a criminal investigation. The university’s response has been swift, just days after new federal rules for handling sexual assault went out to schools nationwide.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/11/10/debate-over-university-presidents-comments-rape
A President’s Comments on Rape
By Scott Jaschik
In a video now circulating on YouTube, the president of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania questions the motives of female students who have made allegations of rape against fellow students. Robert R. Jennings, the president, suggests that those students were never raped, and he goes on to speak about the impact of such allegations on men. “We have, we had, on this campus last semester … three cases of young women who after having done whatever they did with young men and then it didn’t turn out the way they wanted it to turn out, guess what they did. They then went to Public Safety and said, ‘He raped me.’ ”
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Scholars Agree to Make Concerted Effort to Reform Urban Education
by Jamal Eric Watson
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA ― By the end of the two-day International Conference on Urban Education, business cards were being swapped from hand to hand, and firm commitments were being made to reach across international borders to find ways to conduct new research and collaborate on future projects.
www.usaoiday.com
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2014/11/09/diversity-panel-stanford-jesse-jackson-facebook-google/18429395/
Tech execs acknowledge diversity gap. So, what’s next?
Jon Swartz, Jessica Guynn and Marco della Cava, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — For years, technology companies did worse than simply shrug off the issue of diversity in their workforce. Some sued to keep that information private from inquiring media outlets and social activists, arguing that divulging such data compromised their competitive advantage. Given that decades-long mind-set, the USA TODAY/Stanford Diversity in Tech summit meeting Thursday night with Jesse Jackson and executives from Google and Facebook was nothing less than a breakthrough on an issue that has vexed the nation since slavery was abolished: minority access to employment and capital.