USG NEWS:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/income-tax-cap-drew-voter-support/nhzbY/#0422b780.3566685.735542
Income tax cap drew voter support
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia voters appeared to have approved three statewide ballot issues on Tuesday, including a measure to cap the state’s income tax. …Voters also favored a property tax exemption to private businesses that manage and build student housing and parking on public college campuses. The tax break is worth several million dollars to companies taking over the dorms, and gives them an advantage that other businesses that own apartments off campus and rent them to students don’t necessarily get. The measure is part of a plan by the University System to privatize dorms, which is becoming a national trend in higher education.
www.georgiatrend.com
http://www.georgiatrend.com/November-2014/Thinking-Ahead/
THINKING AHEAD
Georgia lags in education rankings, but the REACH program is tackling the issue one student at a time.
Karen Kirkpatrick
The United States, once a shining example of higher education attainment, now trails behind 15 other countries in the percentage of college graduates. And within that dismal figure, Georgia remains in the bottom five among the states. Increasing access to post-secondary institutions in the state has become a priority, not just to raise our standing in the U.S. and the world, but also as an economic imperative. Studies show that by 2020, more than 60 percent of job openings in Georgia will require some post-secondary education. Gov. Nathan Deal, in conjunction with the University System of Georgia and the Technical College System of Georgia, launched the Complete College Georgia initiative in 2011. The goal is to graduate 60 percent of young people in Georgia by 2020. To get to that number from today’s 42 percent will require an additional 250,000 college graduates.
www.m.onllineathens.com
http://m.onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-11-04/athens-commissioners-vote-expand-residential-parking-permit-program#gsc.tab=0
Athens commission votes to expand parking program
By Kelsey Cochran
Property owners along three streets near the University of Georgia’s Health Sciences Campus can opt-in to the Athens residential parking permit. The final decision made at Tuesday’s Athens-Clarke County Board of Commissioners meeting added Willow Run, from Pine Needle Road to Oglethorpe Avenue; Normal Avenue, also from Pine Needle to Oglethorpe; and Georgia Avenue, from Normal Avenue to Prince Avenue, among all or part of a number of other streets around the community. The measure only deviated from the commission’s Government Operations Committee in that it excludes Finley Street from the program at the request of residents along the street.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/post-analysis-shows-sex-offense-reports-in-public-flagships-ivy-league-and-elsewhere/2014/11/05/819ee4c8-646a-11e4-836c-83bc4f26eb67_story.html
Post analysis shows sex offense reports in public flagships, Ivy League and elsewhere
By Nick Anderson November 5 at 6:00 AM
Here are totals of forcible sex offense reports drawn from a federal campus crime database for flagship public universities and a selection of other well-known schools in the Washington area and nationwide. The comparison is for reported events on campus from 2012 and from 2013. Forcible sex offenses include rape, sodomy, fondling and sexual assault with an object. Flagships: …University of Georgia — 13, up from 9
RESEARCH:
www.phys.org
http://phys.org/news/2014-11-viral-ads-due-social-web.html
Research shows viral ads spread due to two types of social web sharing
by Molly Berg
In August 2013, Americans watched viral video ads 22.8 billion times. According to a new study conducted by the University of Georgia, this has to do with two processes of social Web sharing: referral and coreferral. Understanding the decision-making process could help brands expand their content. The study, published in the Journal of Interactive Advertising, examined viral ads and how they were passed through social networks.
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/11/03/scientist-explains-her-research-with-a-high-flying-acrobatic-dance-routine/
Scientist explains her research with a high-flying acrobatic dance routine
By Rachel Feltman
It’s that time of year again: The “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest, where high-level researchers around the world try to boil their life’s work down to an explanatory dance. The contest, which is sponsored by the journal Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Highwire Press, is in its seventh year — and clearly it takes a lot to win these days. Uma Nagendra, who’s working on a PhD in plant biology at the University of Georgia, has the advantage of being a circus enthusiast. Instead of doing a typical dance or a funny music video, she choreographed the elaborate aerial routine seen above. After winning for the biology portion of the competition, she’s now taken the grand prize — and $1,000. Nagendra studies tornadoes, but her work doesn’t focus on the devastation they can cause. Instead, she is investigating the ways that tornadoes can change the dynamic of the ecosystem, and possibly even benefit some organisms.
www.roboticstomorrow.com
http://www.roboticstomorrow.com/news/2014/11/04/army-researchers-envision-future-robots/5043/
Army researchers envision future robots
The U.S. Army is investing in robotics research and development with a vision of increasing autonomy … In the November/December 2014 issue of Army Technology Magazine, Rogers outlines the future of autonomous vehicles research and development. His aim is not to replace Soldiers, but provide a “continuum of capabilities that will augment and enable them, while filling some of the Army’s most challenging capability gaps.” … Army researchers are moving forward with careful consideration of what will be necessary or may happen in the future. In a September 2014 Army Research Laboratory colloquium, Dr. Ronald C. Arkin, a professor from Georgia Tech, roboticist and author, challenged researchers to consider the implications of future autonomous robots.
www.computer.org
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/content?g=53319&type=article&urlTitle=how-wearables-worked-their-way-into-the-mainstream
How Wearables Worked their Way into the Mainstream
Thad Starner, Georgia Institute of Technology
Thad Starner, who has been wearing a “homebrew” computer with a head-up display as part of his daily life since 1993, discusses why it has taken so long for wearables to capture consumer interest. He discusses the various challenges of designing wearable systems and presents five different phases of head-mounted displays, illustrating how improvements in technology allowed progressively more useful and usable devices.
www.wabe.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net
http://wabe.drupal.publicbroadcasting.net/post/plans-underway-redevelop-memorial-drive
Plans Underway to Redevelop Memorial Drive
By CANDACE WHEELER
The street that stretches from downtown Atlanta to Stone Mountain may get a new look. Atlanta City Council member Natalyn Archibong is leading the effort to upgrade Memorial Drive … So what would a new Memorial Drive look like? That’s what Archibong has asked Georgia Tech Professor Mike Dobbins and his students to figure out. The students are designing a plan to redevelop the street which looks at sidewalks, intersections, green space and building lots.
Editorials/Columns/Opinions
www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2014/11/05/election-results-good-for-school-choice-mixed-for-common-core/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Election results: Good for school choice. Mixed for Common Core.
Interesting observations this morning on what the election results mean for education from Michael Petrilli, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. This is an excerpt of a longer blog posting.
By Michael Petrilli
So here we are again, with Republicans winning stunning victories in races for governor’s mansions and statehouses nationwide. And once again this will be good for education reform, especially reforms of the school-choice variety. And what about Common Core? For sure, some of these outcomes will complicate matters in the short term. With an anti-Common Core governor-elect and an anti-Common Core state chief, Arizona is probably the most precarious state, but we should expect another round of bruising legislative fights this spring all over red America, particularly in states with emboldened Republican legislatures. Those of us who support the Common Core will win some and will lose some. But it won’t change the fundamentals: The vast majority of states, I predict, will continue to move ahead with these higher standards.
www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/67736/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=ef73d657b18f459a8b1d9bc18899cdb7&elqCampaignId=415
Sound Approaches to Combat Sexual Violence on Campus
by Brooke Barnett and Leigh-Anne Royster
The recent nationwide attention to sexual assault will, we hope, create more awareness and positive attention on response to and prevention of sexual violence on college campuses. As colleges and universities evaluate their existing sexual and interpersonal violence policies and practices or as they are creating new ones, we offer a few framing thoughts from our own experiences in gender-based violence response and prevention work.
www.saportareport.com
http://saportareport.com/blog/2014/11/social-media-fuels-tech-study-of-memorial-drive-to-super-speed/
SaportaReport
Social media fuels Tech study of Memorial Drive to super speed
By David Pendered
Social media is enabling the Georgia Tech analysis of Memorial Drive to proceed at a startling rate of speed. As various findings appear on a Facebook page and are shared via other social media, interested parties are providing feedback to the Tech students in almost real time. Portions of a report presented Oct. 27 are already substantially out of date, Tech professor of practice Mike Dobbins said Tuesday. The result is that the final report is likely to be much more comprehensive than originally anticipated. It’s due for release in early December and could become the basis of a potential city plan to guide the redevelopment of the Memorial Drive corridor from near the state Capitol east toward Decatur.
Education News
www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2014-11-05/deal-pledges-education-review-second-term
Deal pledges education review in second term
By KATHLEEN FOODY AND KATE BRUMBACKASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Nathan Deal said revamping the state’s system for funding K-12 education and continuing his administration’s work on criminal justice will be priorities of his second term, jubilant after overcoming a tough Election Day challenge from Democrat Jason Carter. …Deal has said that he doesn’t plan to tackle a review of education funding in one legislative session. Instead, he has described bringing together a coalition of education stakeholders to weigh in and develop changes to the formula that recommends how much lawmakers should spend on K-12 schools.
www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/11/04/what-republican-led-congress-means-higher-education-policy
What a GOP-Led Congress Means for Higher Ed
By Michael Stratford
With victories in several key Senate races last night, Republicans will take control of both chambers of Congress heading into the final two years of the Obama presidency — a balance of power that sets up a much-changed dynamic for federal higher education policy-making in the coming months. The change will likely be something of a double-edged sword for colleges and universities, higher education advocates said. On the one hand, colleges will find more help from Republicans in their longstanding efforts to roll back federal requirements they view as burdensome. At the same time, higher education may face tougher battles over federal funding for academic research and student aid programs, as GOP majorities embrace more austere budget caps.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/What-the-Midterm-Elections/149827/
Decision 2014: The Higher-Ed Outlook
By Paul Basken, Kelly Field, and Brock Read
The broad story of this year’s elections was the Republican wave that tipped control of the Senate. What does it all mean for academe? Here’s what you need to know about the results.
www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/halloween-night-rape-reported-at-emory-frat-house/nhy5j/
Halloween night rape reported at Emory frat house
By Mike Morris
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emory University police are investigating the alleged rape of a woman on Halloween night at a campus fraternity house.
Channel 2 Action News reported that the incident happened Friday night at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Emory’s “Eagle Row” of fraternity houses. …Channel 2 reported that according to the U.S. Department of Education, Emory reported 47 sexual assaults during 2012 and 2013 – more than the combined 39 sexual assaults reported during that period by the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech.
www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Academic-Fraud-Prompts-NCAA-to/149829/
Academic Fraud Prompts NCAA to Consider Broader Role in Enforcement
By Brad Wolverton
It seemed like an open-and-shut case. A few years ago, several football players at Kansas State University told investigators from the National Collegiate Athletic Association that they had accepted impermissible help from tutors. An admission of guilt by the players, and allegations that staff members were involved, would normally allow an investigation to proceed. But there were questions about how much help the players had actually received.