University System News

USG NEWS:
Www.northwestgeorgianews.com
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/associated_press/news/state/board-of-regents-approves-consolidation-of-kennesaw-state-and-southern/article_d4bd353a-95b9-11e4-aee2-5bcdc2c3c20e.html
Board of Regents approves consolidation of Kennesaw State and Southern Polytechnic
Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University will begin operating as a new consolidated Kennesaw State University following a vote Tuesday by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia during its January meeting. The BOR’s approval is the final step in a yearlong process to consolidate the two Cobb County-based institutions. The new Kennesaw State will operate as a fully consolidated institution when classes begin in fall 2015.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/another-merger-proposed-for-georgia-public-college/njgnt/
Another merger proposed for Georgia public colleges
Janel Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby, who has already led five college mergers, now wants the biggest yet: combining Georgia State University with Georgia Perimeter College to create the largest college in the state.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/georgia-state-university-georgia-perimeter-merger-/njggC/
Georgia State University, Georgia Perimeter merger in the works
Janel Davis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby plans to recommend consolidation of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College, sources close to the matter have confirmed. The recommendation will come Tuesday during the first meeting of the year for the Board of Regents, the University System’s governing body. System officials confirmed there will be an item on the agenda regarding the future of the two institutions, but declined to comment further. The consolidation would make the new institution the largest within the state’s system of public colleges and universities with almost 54,000 students. The move would also be notable for its joining of Georgia State, a four-year research institution with Georgia Perimeter, a two-year access institution.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/01/05/georgia-state-poised-to-become-georgias-largest.html
Georgia State poised to become Georgia’s largest university
David Allison
Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State University is poised to become the state of Georgia’s largest university. At the Jan. 6 meeting of the state Board of Regents, Chancellor Hank Huckaby is expected to recommend that the board merge Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter College, a move that would create the largest university in the state and one of the largest in the nation.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/01/06/report-plans-merge-georgia-state-u-community-college
Report: Plans to Merge Georgia State U. With a Community College
The University System of Georgia will attempt another merger, this time between Georgia State University and a community college, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, citing unnamed sources close to the matter.

www.gpb.org
http://www.gpb.org/news/2015/01/05/georgia-perimeter-georgia-state-possibly-merging
Georgia Perimeter, Georgia State Possibly Merging
Tanya Ott
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that sources close to the story confirm that University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby plans to recommend consolidation of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. The recommendation will come Tuesday during the first meeting of the year for the Board of Regents, the University System’s governing body. System officials confirm there will be an item on the agenda regarding the future of the two institutions, but the Atlanta Journal Constitution says those officials declined to comment further.

www.11alive.com
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/downtown/2015/01/06/gsu-georgia-perimeter-merge/21324581/
Georgia State, Georgia Perimeter may merge
David Allison, Atlanta Business Chronicle
ATLANTA — Georgia State University is poised to become the state of Georgia’s largest university. At the Jan. 6 meeting of the state Board of Regents, Chancellor Hank Huckaby recommended that the board merge Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter College, a move that would create the largest university in the state and one of the largest in the nation.

www.covnews.com
http://www.covnews.com/section/1/article/57581/
Merger of GPC, GSU in works
IN BRIEF: Georgia Perimeter College employees received notice Monday evening of a merger between Georgia Perimeter College and Georgia State University, to be proposed the next morning. According to the email from GPC Interim President Rob Watts, Chancellor Hank Huckaby will present a proposal to merge GPC and GSU at the meeting of the Board of Regents on Tuesday morning. “This would create a new type of institution in the University System of Georgia: A research university that also has an access mission,” Watts wrote.

www.peachpundit.com
http://www.peachpundit.com/2015/01/05/georgia-state-university-georgia-perimeter-college-merge/
Georgia State University / Georgia Perimeter College To Merge?
by JON RICHARDS
This afternoon, the AJC reports that at tomorrow’s meeting of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, Chancellor Hank Huckabee will recommend the merger of the two schools. The consolidation would make the new institution the largest within the state’s system of public colleges and universities with almost 54,000 students. The move would also be notable for its joining of Georgia State, a four-year research institution with Georgia Perimeter, a two-year access institution. The merger will be the sixth consolidation within the past two years of schools within the state’s system of public colleges and universities.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2015/01/solar-farm-proposed-for-university-of-georgia.html
Solar farm proposed for University of Georgia
Carla Caldwell
Morning Edition Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle
The state Board of Regents is expected to vote Tuesday whether to approve a small solar farm proposed by Georgia Power for the University of Georgia campus. The solar farm, which would have a generating capacity of about 1 megawatt of electric power – enough to power an estimated 125 homes – would belong to Georgia Power (NYSE: SO), reports Athens Banner-Herald. The proposed site is seven to 10 acres on South Milledge Avenue. The project is termed “Solar Tracking Demonstration Project” in documents submitted to the regents, the paper reports.

www.daltondailycitizen.com
http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/news/new-year-new-president-at-dalton-state-venable-begins-as/article_9dc3bf98-93cc-11e4-9dad-875bcf8fa9e3.html
New year, new president at Dalton State: Venable begins as interim president Monday
By Jeff Harrison
Talk about a fresh start. For Margaret Venable, the new year means both a new home and a new position. In November, Venable was selected by University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby to succeed the retiring John Schwenn as interim president of Dalton State College.

www.macon.com
http://www.macon.com/2015/01/01/3508297_ed-speir-former-georgia-college.html?rh=1
Ed Speir, former Georgia College president, dead at 80
BY ANDY M. DRURY
Edwin Speir Jr., a former president of Georgia College who championed its international program and accepted the mission of turning the school into the state’s public liberal arts college, died Tuesday in Milledgeville. He was 80. Speir was at the helm from 1981 until he retired in 1997, soon after the college was renamed Georgia College & State University.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/student-robbed-at-gunpoint-inside-georgia-tech-bui/njg4R/
Student robbed at gunpoint inside Georgia Tech building
Mike Morris
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A Georgia Tech student was robbed at gunpoint inside a campus building Monday night, police said. According to a safety alert sent out to the campus community Monday night, the victim was inside the atrium at the West Peachtree Street entrance to the College of Business building just after 7 p.m. when the suspect asked to use his phone. The suspect went into a nearby restroom, then came out “and displayed a handgun,” Georgia Tech police said in the alert.

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/georgia-tech-professor-accused-of-funneling-1-mill/njgjH/
Georgia Tech professor accused of funneling $1 million to his company
Jon Gargis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A former Georgia Tech professor was indicted last week on charges that he engaged in a scheme that led to the theft of more than $1 million from the university. Joy Laskar was indicted Dec. 30 by a Fulton County grand jury on two charges of racketeering, Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens’ office announced Monday. The indictment alleges that Laskar, who had served as Georgia Tech’s director of the Georgia Electronic Design Center, used university resources to purchase about $1 million in computer chips from CMP, a French microchip fabricator, to benefit Sayana Wireless, a private company he formed in 2006.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/cops/students-report-bicycles-stolen-outside-of-residence/article_45c29d56-9529-11e4-8d4c-8b39e3983dc3.html
Students report bicycles stolen outside of residence
Nate Harris
Two University of Georgia students reported their bicycle stolen upon returning from winter break. According to an Athens-Clarke County police report, the first student found his bicycle missing from the rack where he kept it outside his apartment on Little Street. He also reported the chain that had secured it was cut. …Another UGA student reported to UGA police that her bicycle stolen from a bike rack in front of Reed Hall during winter break.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/cops/student-apartment-shows-signs-of-forced-entry/article_ff6315f2-9528-11e4-911e-d76de6119978.html
Student apartment shows signs of forced entry
Nate Harris
A female University of Georgia student reported an attempted burglary at her apartment on Springdale Street, said Athens-Clarke County police. According to an ACC police report, the student was gone from Jan. 1 to Jan. 4. When she returned, she noticed damages to her bedroom window. She also reported an open window and moved blinds.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/blotter/2015-01-02/uga-student-facing-burglary-charge
UGA student facing burglary charge
A University of Georgia student is facing criminal charges after he allegedly entered the room of a sleeping female student without her permission at Russell Hall at about 4:20 a.m. Thursday, UGA police said.

GOOD NEWS:
www.time.com
http://time.com/money/3652370/best-colleges-late-application-deadline/
Best Colleges You Can Still Apply To For Fall 2015
Jackie Zimmermann
Don’t worry if you slacked off in 2014 … there are still plenty of colleges accepting applications for the fall. For many high school seniors and their parents, New Year’s marked the end of the college application season. Quite a few prestigious universities do indeed set a January 1 deadline for admission to their fall 2015 class. But by no means are you out of luck if you still hope to apply to more schools. In fact, many of the top 250 schools in our recent MONEY’s Best Colleges list have set relatively late application deadlines. A complete list of them, by date, is below. …January 10 …Georgia Institute of Technology – Main Campus (#42); …January 15 …University of Georgia (#62)

www.ajc.com
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/education/new-rankings-name-emory-uga-tech-best-colleges-geo/njg9j/
New rankings name Emory, UGA, Tech best colleges in Georgia
Adam Carlson
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emory University, the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology: According to one new set of rankings, these are the three best colleges in Georgia. The 2015 Niche Rankings — the product of Niche.com, a “reviews and insights” website focused on neighborhoods and education — graded more than 1,000 colleges and universities “based on more than 50 statistics and nearly 12 million ratings from 300,000 students.” …In addition to a top 100 in the nation, Niche also ranked the best colleges by state. Georgia’s top 10:
1. Emory University
2. University of Georgia
3. Georgia Institute of Technology
4. Georgia Southern University
5. Berry College
6. Georgia State University
7. Spelman College
8. Savannah College of Art & Design
9. Georgia College & State University
10. Mercer University

www.thecitizennews.com
http://www.thecitizennews.com/articles/01-02-2015/new-scholarship-established-university
New scholarship established at university
Submitted by Ben Nelms
A new scholarship has been established at the University of West Georgia. Dr. Ramona Teal and Dewey Everette Teal have established the Mr. and Mrs. L.E. Teal Scholarship to be awarded annually to a graduate of Carrollton’s Mount Zion High School.

www.northwestgeorgianews.com
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/corbin-named-among-most-influential-georgians/article_f84db5d2-92b8-11e4-9236-b33e0e05bb60.html
Corbin named among 100 ‘Most Influential’ Georgians
by Doug Walker
Rome’s Gretchen Corbin has been named one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians for 2015 by Georgia Trend magazine. …“It’s an honor, obviously, to be included with those who are listed, especially Gov. (Nathan) Deal and other state colleagues,” Corbin said. She also said she is looking forward to working with University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby, listed by the magazine as Georgian of the Year, in helping develop the future workforce of the state.

RESEARCH:
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/new-technology-provides-alternative-to-traditional-student-testing/article_a9eeb10a-9369-11e4-9b1a-7f14fa0745ff.html
New technology provides alternative to traditional student testing
Lindsey Conway
While it doesn’t look like testing as an academic measure of knowledge will be eliminated any time soon, the medium through which tests are administered may soon change.
Through a partnership with North Star Developer’s Village, a South Korean technology company, University of Georgia professors will have access to $500,000 worth of tablets, servers and software licenses to research and develop with for the next five years.

www.valdostadailytimes.com
http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/news/local_news/kudzu-eradicator-patented/article_f53919ea-8cb4-11e4-9e54-035aa86085bb.html
Kudzu eradicator patented
Dean Poling
LAKE PARK — A young man who first developed the concept of kudzu-killing technology as an elementary school student has received a patent for his work. Jacob Schindler received United States Patent: 8904703 earlier this month. The patent is based on the idea and eventually a device he began experimenting with as a grade schooler then into middle school and high school. Now a University of Georgia junior, Schindler’s concept uses helium to eradicate kudzu.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/business/study-retirees-economic-clout-worth-pursuing/njczd/#e8d5eee8.3566685.735604
Study: Retirees’ economic clout worth pursuing
By David Markiewicz – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia’s already a draw for retirees, but a new UGA study suggests the state and many counties should do more to attract them. They have money and they’re willing to spend it, the study says, and that translates to jobs and economic development.

www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2015/jan/04/university-of-georgia-researchers-to-study/
University of Georgia researchers to study whether laws on painkillers impact patients
Research will focus on whether patients who need strong painkillers are adversely affected
Staff Reports
ATHENS — As states have reacted to the higher incidence of painkiller abuse with stricter laws, have those laws also adversely impacted patients who need those drugs? That’s a question researchers at the University of Georgia hope to answer with the help of a $150,000 grant. Researchers in the UGA School of Public and International Affairs are using the grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to evaluate whether prescription drug monitoring programs in place in most states for medications such as Oxycontin and Vicodinare are keeping patients who need opioids from receiving them.
www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2015/01/02/what-to-expect-from-the-tech-world-in-2015.html?page=all
What to expect from the tech world in 2015
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
The tech industry captured the city’s attention in 2014. Driven by the job-creation dynamo that is Silicon Valley, Atlanta’s political and economic development brass made clear the path to their city’s growth is paved with “innovation” jobs… Across America increasing numbers of students now enter college with the goal of creating jobs versus getting jobs, and Atlanta’s higher-ed institutions have embraced this. Not only are the students pushing this forward but the leadership has supported this. Georgia Tech’s President Bud Peterson, Georgia State University’s President Mark Becker and Morehouse College’s President John S. Wilson Jr. are championing entrepreneurship as an available component of the educational experience. As younger entrepreneurs become more active, we see companies emerge that range from Capstone projects at Georgia Tech, to Yik Yak that is growing quickly on college campuses. In 2015, Atlanta’s 275,000 college students will have a major impact on Atlanta’s tech industry.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2015/01/02/rfq-issued-for-airport-city-developer-conference.html?page=all
RFQ issued for ‘Airport City,’ developer conference set for Jan. 13
Douglas Sams
Commercial Real Estate Editor- Atlanta Business Chronicle
Officials are taking the next step toward developing an upscale hotel and mixed-use project next to the Atlanta airport’s domestic terminal. The project is an attempt to create an Airport City, a first for Hartsfield Jackson-Atlanta International Airport.
ON THE RECORD
…Georgia Tech Research Corp., an applied research and development organization, has leased almost 25,000 square feet at the 171 17th Street tower in Atlantic Station.

www.voanews.com
http://www.voanews.com/content/pollution-turning-india-taj-mahal-yellow/2583065.html
Pollution Turning India’s Famed Taj Mahal Yellow
A new study has identified the pollutants that are causing the marble of India’s iconic Taj Mahal to turn yellow. The discoloration of the white marble has long been a concern, but the latest study could help in drawing up more targeted measures to protect the 360-year-old famed monument of love. Researchers say years of burning fossil fuels, biomass and garbage as well as dust has left behind carbon deposits which are turning the white marble dome and minarets of the Taj Mahal brownish yellow. The 17th century monument is located in the busy, industrial city of Agra in northern India. Many have long blamed air pollution for discoloring the famed monument, but the year-long study by two American universities – the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin – the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, and the Archeological Survey of India have identified the specific causes.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions:
www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/01/05/does-merging-georgia-state-and-georgia-perimeter-make-sense-for-gsu/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Does merging Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter make sense for GSU?
I am hearing from folks concerned about the proposed merger of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby is expected to recommend the merger to the Board of Regents Tuesday. Is it a win in any way for GSU, a research university that has grown in prestige and enrollment, to absorb a two-year school with essentially open admissions? I understand the economic advantages for the Regents and state. I don’t see the academic ones for GSU.

www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/01/06/regents-approve-georgia-stategeorgia-perimeter-merger-plan/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Regents approve Georgia State/Georgia Perimeter merger plan
There wasn’t much rumination over this one. This morning, the Board of Regents approved the plan to merge Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. From the Regents: Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College will consolidate to form a new institution to be named Georgia State University. Today, the Board of Regents approved a proposal from Chancellor Hank Huckaby recommending the consolidation of these two institutions to improve student success.

www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/01/04/3495034_georgias-adult-education-woes.html?sp=/99/178/&rh=1
Georgia’s adult education woes are getting worse
As is the case with so many stories about education in Georgia, even when there are wisps of good news the hard facts and ugly stats make it impossible to feel like celebrating. New figures about the state of adult education are certainly nothing to celebrate. As reported Thursday in the Athens Banner-Herald, the number of Georgians passing a GED test has plummeted from the previous year. And by plummeted, we mean dropped off a cliff.

www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-misleading-lawsuit-accusing-harvard-of-bias-against-asian-americans/2015/01/02/cc7a7c52-91e5-11e4-ba53-a477d66580ed_story.html
The misleading lawsuit accusing Harvard of bias against Asian Americans
By Julie J. Park January 2
A lawsuit filed against Harvard University in November by a group called Students for Fair Admissions alleges that the school’s admissions policy discriminates against Asian Americans. A key component of the argument is the higher average SAT scores of Asian American students who are admitted to elite U.S. colleges and universities. To make its case, the suit notes the findings of a study of seven top public and private colleges: “Asian Americans needed SAT scores that were about 140 points higher than white students. . . . [I]f a white student needed a 1320 SAT score to be admitted to one of these schools, an Asian American needed a 1460 SAT score to be admitted.”

Education:
www.blogs.wsj.com
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/01/03/obama-to-push-economic-plans-ahead-of-state-of-the-union-speech/?KEYWORDS=%22Higher+Education%22
Obama to Push Plans Ahead of State of the Union Speech
By CAROL E. LEE
HONOLULU – After returning to Washington Sunday from a two-week vacation in Hawaii, President Barack Obama will spend the days before his Jan. 20 State of the Union address pitching Americans on the economic policies he intends to propose. Mr. Obama plans to roll out legislative proposals and executive actions over the week on issues including housing, manufacturing and higher education, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said. He will do so while traveling the country highlighting progress in the economy, Mr. Schultz said. …Mr. Obama will visit the Detroit area on Jan. 7 to emphasize the success of the government’s bailout of the auto industry, followed by stops in Phoenix to focus on housing policies and in Tennessee for an event on college affordability.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/5-Things-Colleges-Can-Expect/151009/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
5 Things Colleges Can Expect From Congress in 2015
By Kelly Field
Washington
When the 114th Congress convenes, on Tuesday, Republicans will control the Senate for the first time in eight years. In the House of Representatives, they’ll have their largest majority since 1928. What does that mean for higher education? In the spirit of the New Year, here are five predictions for 2015.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/68677/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=3834eddb0f694d3ba6a12263719e73ca&elqCampaignId=415
Study: Relying on Above-Average Scores on Entrance Exams Hinders Diversity
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
While above-average scores on college entrance exams may predict better academic performance and graduation rates in college, relying on the scores in admission decisions will “severely reduce” the number of minority and low-income students on campus. That is the key finding from a new study released Monday, titled “Efficacy vs. Equity: What Happens When States Tinker with College Admissions in a Race-Blind Era?” The study is meant to illuminate the challenges associated ensuring diversity on campus by means of supposedly “objective” criteria such as SAT or ACT scores.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/68680/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=3834eddb0f694d3ba6a12263719e73ca&elqCampaignId=415
Struggling With Attendance, Stillman College to Lower Costs
by Ed Enoch, The Tuscaloosa News
TUSALOOSA, Ala. — Stillman College plans to reduce its cost of attendance by about $5,000 in fall 2015 in the hope that making higher education more affordable will attract more students. “If you look at national statistics, you see a lot of schools are having declining enrollments. One of the main reasons for declining enrollment is affordability,” Stillman President Peter Millet said. In a letter to students last week, Millet said the annual cost of tuition, room and board would decrease from roughly $22,500 to $17,500 in the fall for full-time students. Millet sent a similar letter to faculty and staff announcing the change. Most of the reduction would come from a decrease in the tuition rate, he said.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/05/study-finds-no-impact-increasing-class-size-student-outcomes
Online, Size Doesn’t Matter
By Scott Jaschik
Conventional wisdom (backed by many research studies) holds that students benefit from smaller classes. They receive more personal attention from instructors, who can spend more time evaluating each assignment turned in and can spend more time with each student. Many rankings systems reward colleges for small class sizes. Many potential undergraduates judge colleges on the availability of small classes. But a large national study presented this weekend at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association challenges that conventional wisdom.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/05/intervening-high-performing-low-income-students-changes-enrollment-patterns-study
Matching the ‘Undermatched’
By Scott Jaschik
Ever since a 2012 study found that a majority of high-achieving, low-income high school seniors don’t apply to a single competitive college, educators and policy makers have been debating what to do about “undermatching,” as the issue has come to be called.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/02/nlrb-ruling-shifts-legal-ground-faculty-unions-private-colleges
Big Union Win
By Scott Jaschik
The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling in December that could clear the way for much more unionization of faculty members at private colleges and universities.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/05/new-book-argues-more-effective-collaborative-methods-shared-governance
‘Locus of Authority’
By Colleen Flaherty
The idea of shared governance probably conjures different notions for trustees, administrators and faculty members. But let’s say it’s a spectrum, with faculty advocates who want a say in major (or minor) institutional decisions while hoping trustees and administrators will stay out of the curriculum on one side. On the other side, think of administrators and governing boards who desire more involvement in curricular and other decisions long considered to be primary faculty domains, who are happy to be left alone on finance and management.
Now imagine somewhere right in the middle: that’s where Locus of Authority: The Evolution of Faculty Roles in the Governance of Higher Education, a new book by William G. Bowen and Eugene M. Tobin from Princeton University Press, aims to land.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/02/swets-bankruptcy-will-cost-libraries-time-money
Journals and Money at Risk
By Kaitlin Mulhere
Librarians at dozens of colleges have been scrambling to reorganize their subscriptions to academic journals after a company that manages subscriptions abruptly filed for bankruptcy this fall. The Netherlands-based company Swets Information Services B.V. declared bankruptcy in September in Amsterdam. The company’s North American branch filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in New Jersey at the end of November. That means recent orders and payments made to Swets from libraries may not reach publishers, who will likely lose money, and libraries that had money tied up in Swets accounts likely will see only part of it returned, possibly without the subscriptions they paid for. …About 20 of the largest research libraries in the U.S. were significantly affected by the company’s failure, said Ann Campion Riley, president-elect of the Association of Research and College Libraries.