University System News

USG NEWS:
www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/chancellor-huckaby-correct-on-georgias-job-skills-/njhJC/#365011b9.3566685.735605
Chancellor Huckaby correct on Georgia’s job-skills gap
By Nancy Badertscher – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
State officials are trying to prepare for a time in the near future when it is anticipated that a majority of Georgia jobs will require employees with some college credentials.
They’re pushing the state’s technical colleges, colleges and universities to increase the number of degrees and certificates they issue, based largely on two statistics:
1) by 2020, 60 percent of all Georgia jobs will require workers with some college credential; 2) and only 42 percent of young Georgians currently have a college certificate or degree. Hank Huckaby, chancellor of the University System of Georgia, cited those statistics in a December 16th speech to the Valdosta North Rotary Club. Some PolitiFact Georgia readers saw the resulting news accounts and asked us to delve deeper into the statistics. …We rate Huckaby statement as True.

www.dailyreportonline.com
http://www.dailyreportonline.com/printerfriendly/id=1202714092311
New Year, New Staff for AG
Kathleen Baydala Joyner, Daily Report
The beginning of the year has brought major staffing changes for state Attorney General Sam Olens. On Tuesday, Olens confirmed he named policy director Britt Grant to take over as solicitor general, replacing Nels Peterson, who left the state Law Department to be vice chancellor of legal affairs for the University System of Georgia. …Chancellor Hank Huckaby introduced Peterson to the Board of Regents on Tuesday. “Nels brings a great education and vast experience to the vice chancellor’s role. We are excited he has joined us. Nels will be an excellent member of the team,” said Huckaby, according to a university system spokesman. Peterson’s first day coincided with the Board of Regents’ announcement of plans to consolidate Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. In addition to serving as general counsel, Peterson also will sit as the board’s secretary.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2015-01-07/georgia-attorney-general-appoints-new-solicitor-general
Georgia attorney general appoints new solicitor general
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA (AP) — Attorney General Sam Olens has announced the appointment of a new solicitor general in his office. Olens said Britt Grant stepped into her new role Tuesday. Grant most recently served as counsel for legal policy in the Department of Law. She replaces Nels Peterson, who has been appointed vice chancellor for legal affairs for the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.

www.albanyherald.com
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2015/jan/06/huckaby-says-south-georgia-campus-consolidations/
Huckaby says south Georgia campus consolidations not on table — for now
Chancellor said all future options remain on the table
By Terry Lewis
ATLANTA — Despite rumors to the contrary, the chancellor of the The University System of Georgia Board of Regents said Tuesday that colleges and universities in Southwest Georgia are not yet on the radar for consolidation. Chancellor Hank Huckaby, who started the consolidation ball rolling when the BOR appointed him to office in 2011, quickly shot down talk of pending mergers in the region.

www.mdjonline.com
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/26329659/article-Regents-unanimously-approve-KSU-SPSU-merger?instance=home_top_bullets
Regents unanimously approve KSU-SPSU merger
by Ricky Leroux
ATLANTA — It’s official: Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University are now one school after a unanimous vote by the governing body of Georgia’s university system Tuesday. The two schools will be known solely as Kennesaw State University. After approving the consolidation, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia also unanimously named KSU President Dan Papp the president of the new university at its meeting at Georgia State University in Atlanta.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/ga-perimeter-will-be-component-of-merged-ga-state-/njhGM/
GA Perimeter will be “component” of merged GA State, president says
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It will be about 18 months for the University System of Georgia to go through the process of merging Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. The state Board of Regents approved on Tuesday a recommendation to merge the two institutions. Under the recommendation, the combined school would be called Georgia State University and be led by current Georgia State president Mark Becker. For students there will not be much immediate impact, Becker said. “It’s not as if things are going to change dramatically overnight,” he said. “The downtown campus will be pretty much as it is. Perimeter campuses are going to remain what you might call the access campuses.” Ultimately in the new consolidated institution, the downtown campus will be the “flagship campus” of Georgia State University, Becker said.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/07/georgia-officials-hope-georgia-state-u-can-improve-local-two-year-college-taking-it
Going Wild on Mergers
By Ry Rivard
Georgia State University President Mark Becker hosted a dinner with faculty leaders Monday night to tell them about the plan to merge their up-and-coming research university with a nearby college that graduates fewer than 10 percent of its students and struggles to balance its books. By noon on Tuesday, after months of secret discussions, Georgia higher education officials had approved that plan, which will merge Georgia State with Georgia Perimeter College, a mostly two-year institution. The combined college would bear the Georgia State University name and be the largest university in Georgia in early 2016, when the merger is to be made final.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/Just-Like-That-12-Campuses-in/151053/
Just Like That, 12 Campuses in Georgia Become 6
By Andy Thomason
On Tuesday the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents approved a plan to merge Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College, laying the groundwork for what would be the system’s largest institution. Consolidation has been a favorite strategy of system leaders, who have now approved six campus mergers in three years, as a response to declining levels of state funding. Below is a graphic to give you a sense of the scope and rapid clip of the mergers.

www.savannahnow.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2015-01-06/georgia-looks-college-mergers
Georgia sees more college mergers
Augusta experience is given as example
By Walter C. Jones | Morris News Service
ATLANTA — The University of Georgia will no longer be the biggest school in the state following a merger of two Atlanta colleges set in motion Tuesday. The Board of Regents also voted unanimously to finalize a consolidation begun last year of two Cobb County schools, Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic University. The new development came with no discussion when the board accepted the staff recommendation to merge Georgia State University with Georgia Perimeter College to form a 54,000-student school that will be the largest in the University System of Georgia. It will eclipse UGA’s 35,000 enrollment.

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2015-01-06/gsu-georgia-perimeter-merge-dethroning-uga-states-largest-university
GSU, Georgia Perimeter to merge, dethroning UGA as state’s largest university
By LEE SHEARER AND WALTER JONES
The University of Georgia might soon be dethroned as the state’s largest university. The state Board of Regents on Tuesday approved Chancellor Hank Huckaby’s proposal to merge Georgia State University with two-year Georgia Perimeter College, whose combined enrollment this year was 53,927, according to University System of Georgia statistics. The new Georgia State University will be the state’s largest university by about 20,000 students.

www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2015-01-06/board-regents-approves-proposal-merge-georgia-state-university-georgia-perimeter
Board of Regents approves proposal to merge Georgia State University, Georgia Perimeter College
Associated Press
ATLANTA — The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a proposal Tuesday to merge Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College into what would become the state’s largest school. The schools’ combined fall 2014 enrollment was 53,927 students, University System officials said in a statement. The University of Georgia is currently the largest school in the state and reported an enrollment of 35,197 students in fall 2014. Georgia State in downtown Atlanta is the second largest school in the state. Georgia Perimeter College, a two-year school, operates five campuses throughout metro Atlanta and is Georgia’s largest associate-degree institution.

www.bizjournals.com
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2015/01/regents-green-light-georgia-state-georgia.html
Regents green light Georgia State-Georgia Perimeter merger
Dave Williams
Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle
The University System of Georgia Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to move toward consolidating Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College, a change that would create the state’s largest university. The proposed merger would be the sixth since system Chancellor Hank Huckaby launched a consolidation initiative in 2011 aimed at saving taxpayer money by creating greater efficiencies. But the program also is intended to improve student retention and graduation rates, Huckaby told board members before Tuesday’s unanimous vote.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/68701/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=ec220d3700874b11becebca37baa6fdc&elqCampaignId=415
Board Approves Merger of Georgia State, Georgia Perimeter Colleges
by Associated Press
ATLANTA — The University System of Georgia Board of Regents has approved a proposal to merge Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College. The board approved University System Chancellor Hank Huckaby’s proposal during a meeting Tuesday.

www.covnews.com
http://www.covnews.com/section/1/article/57581/
Merger of GPC, GSU approved
Georgia Perimeter College will soon become part of Georgia State University after a proposal recommending the consolidation of the two schools from Board of Regents Chancellor Hank Huckaby was approved Tuesday morning. If the merger goes through with the expected perameters the GPC Newton Campus will become part of Georgia’s largest university. The combined enrollment of GSU and GPC in the fall of 2014 was 53,927 students. Tuition rates, which were raised before 2014-15, are expected to rise once again at GPC, according to a school official.

www.news-daily.com
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2015/jan/06/georgia-state-georgia-perimeter-merging-into-one/
Georgia State, Georgia Perimeter merging into one university
Staff Reports
ATLANTA — One of the Georgia’s largest universities will merge with the state’s top associate’s degree-granting institution, the University System of Georgia announced Tuesday. Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College will consolidate to form a new institution which will use the “Georgia State University” name. The Board of Regents approved a proposal from Chancellor Hank Huckaby recommending the consolidation of these two institutions to improve student success.

www.myajc.com
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/another-merger-proposed-for-georgia-public-college/njgnt/#7eb47fa7.3657284.735604
Another merger proposed for Georgia public colleges
Georgia State, Georgia Perimeter merge would be largest in state college system
By 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. Huckaby plans to make that recommendation Tuesday to the Board of Regents, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned exclusively. The Regents, the University System’s governing body, would have to approve the proposal. The new institution would be a mega college with almost 54,000 students. The merger would also be notable for joining Georgia State, a four-year research institution, with Georgia Perimeter, a mostly two-year college with wide access.

Related articles:
www.world.einnews.com
http://world.einnews.com/article__detail/242992966?lcode=ZNMPIpmpqFzErZyO6UKQOED4l5jl5oB3nIxRHl6PXYk%3D
Regents green light Georgia State-Georgia Perimeter mergerRegents green light Georgia State-Georgia Perimeter merger

www.rockdalecitizen.com
http://www.rockdalecitizen.com/news/2015/jan/06/georgia-state-university-to-merge-with-georgia/
Georgia State University to merge with Georgia Perimeter College

www.forsythnews.com
http://www.forsythnews.com/section/3/article/26491/
GSU, Georgia Perimeter merger proposal approved

www.onlineathens.com
http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2015-01-06/regents-approve-uga-solar-farm
Regents approve UGA solar farm
UGA, Georiga Power plan solar farm
Morris News Service
ATLANTA — Georgia Power and the University of Georgia have moved closer to establishing a 10-acre solar farm on university land as a way to demonstrate technology used in generating and transmitting electricity. The Board of Regents heard plans for the 1-megawatt facility, but approval of a ground lease and a “light easement” for the Georgia Power-financed facility will require a later vote, once plans are further along. In the light easement, the university would agree not to build anything that would cast a shadow on the solar panels.

www.chronicle.augusta.com
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2015-01-07/university-georgia-build-solar-farm
University of Georgia to build solar farm
From Wire Reports
Georgia Power and the University of Georgia got the green light Tuesday to establish a 10-acre solar farm on university land as a way to demonstrate technology used in tracking sunbeams throughout the day. The Board of Regents granted approval for the 1-megawatt facility at the expense of the utility.

www.savannahnow.com
http://savannahnow.com/news/2015-01-07/skidaway-visitors-center-named-donor
Bamboo Farm visitors center named for donor
ATLANTA — The new visitors center at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens at the Historic Bamboo Farm will carry the name of a former researcher who was also a major donor and fundraiser. Tuesday, the Board of Regents approved naming the 5,000-square-foot facility for James W. Andrews, a nutrition expert who experimented at the institute until 1980 when he founded Savannah Laboratories and Environmental Services Inc.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/cops/uga-students-report-unwanted-text-messages/article_c5553f1e-961a-11e4-87ed-3798e65779df.html
UGA students report unwanted text messages
Nate Harris
Two University of Georgia students reported unsolicited text messages to police. The first student reported receiving threatening text messages from another man to the Athens-Clarke County police. According to the police report, the student seemed hesitant at first but later admitted to having an affair with the threatening man’s wife. …The other student reported receiving suspicious text messages over the winter break. According to the Athens-Clarke County police, the student received provocative text messages from an unknown number claiming to be her roommate. The student’s roommate later confirmed in person that she had not sent the messages.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/cops/burglaries-reported-at-uga-student-residences/article_3bc99598-9619-11e4-9ab7-777f6534dcf9.html
Burglaries reported at UGA student residences
Nate Harris
Burglaries were reported at two different residences where University of Georgia students live. The first burglary was reported at the residence of three male UGA students to Athens-Clarke County police. …Another burglary was reported at the residency of three female UGA students on Dec. 29.

GOOD NEWS:
www.ledger-enquirer.com
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/01/06/3500637_study-focuses-on-easing-military.html?sp=/99/178/&rh=1
Excellent choice (half-way down article)
Kudos to University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby, who Tuesday was named Georgia Trend magazine’s 2015 Georgian of the Year.

www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-ranked-no-for-best-value-among-public-colleges/article_7c2698de-9529-11e4-9992-275108c397fa.html
UGA ranked No. 10 for best value among public colleges
Nate Harris
For the second year in a row, the University of Georgia ranked in the top 10 for Kiplinger’s Personal Finance list of the 100 best values in public colleges and universities. UGA secured the No. 10 spot for in-state value in the 2015 ratings due to improved test scores and a more-competitive admission rate, according to a UGA News press release. Just over half of all applicants are offered admission, and almost half of those accepted choose to enroll, which Kiplinger reports is one of the highest yields of the list’s top 10 universities.

RESEARCH:
www.redandblack.com
http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/decreased-tolerance-for-problems-leads-to-dissatisfaction-in-marriages-uga/article_01119da8-936f-11e4-8a82-9b2d2a2481f6.html
Decreased tolerance for problems leads to dissatisfaction in marriages, UGA study finds
Lindsey Conway
Despite popular belief, an increasing number of problems in a marriage is not an indicator of increasing dissatisfaction in the relationship. In fact, it appears that the number of problems in a marriage tends to stay stable, even as the couple grows further apart, according to a recent research study conducted by Justin Lavner, an assistant professor of psychology at University of Georgia.

www.atlantaintownpaper.com
http://www.atlantaintownpaper.com/2015/01/project-engages-students-get-science-math-tech-training/
Project ENGAGES: Students get science, math & tech training
By Clare S. Richie
Katrina Burch, a Coretta Scott King Young Women’s Leadership Academy high school senior, recently took her first plane ride to present her research findings at the American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, thanks to Georgia Tech’s Project ENGAGES (Engaging New Generations at Georgia Tech through Engineering and Science). Many minority high school students with an interest and aptitude for science, math, engineering and technology (STEM) are not aware of the education and career paths available to them. “Efforts to increase under-represented students in STEM universities must reach students in grades K-12,” explained Georgia Tech professor Dr. Robert Nerem, who founded Project ENGAGES with colleague Dr. Manu Platt in 2013.

www.touch.orlandosentinel.com
http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-82467540/
Georgia Tech, Clemson get behind UCF-led manufacturing project
Paul Brinkmann
Five key research universities have signed up to support a project spearheaded by University of Central Florida aimed at getting a $110 million federal photonics contract that would be centered in Osceola County. The consortium of universities includes Georgia Tech, Clemson, University of Alabama-Huntsville and University of Illinois. The photonics project is related to the recent awarding of a contract from Osceola County to Skanska USA to build a $70 million facility, the Florida Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, near Kissimmee. There are high hopes for the center, with some estimates projecting it could attract up to 80,000 jobs to the area over the coming years.

www.futurity.org
http://www.futurity.org/tree-air-pollution-aerosols-831352/
CARS AND COAL CAN TURN TREES INTO ‘POLLUTERS’
Scientists have known for years that human-made pollutants can interact with organic compounds emitted by vegetation, turning them into airborne particles. Those particles may affect air quality, human health, and climate. However, to what extent and how exactly human-made pollutants affect aerosol formation from vegetation in the ambient environments are poorly understood. Anthropogenic sulfate, produced mainly by coal-fired power plants, and nitrogen oxides, produced mainly by vehicle emissions, control 43 to 70 percent of the total measured organic aerosol load in the southeastern United States during summer months, according to a new study. “This finding is good news for pollution control,” says Nga Lee (Sally) Ng, coauthor of the study and assistant professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

www.clinical-innovation.com
http://www.clinical-innovation.com/topics/interoperability/company-contributes-ga-tech-s-interoperability-lab
Company contributes to Ga. Tech’s interoperability lab
Beth Walsh
A national technology company has made a $40,000 donation toward Georgia Institute of Technology’s Interoperability & Integration Innovation Lab (I3L), a virtual and physical laboratory for health IT. The donation made by Reston, Va.-based Leidos will help Georgia Tech develop a pilot demonstration at I3L to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare. The pilot demonstration includes collaboration with the Georgia Department of Public Health and University of Georgia Public Health Department.

Editorials/Columns/Opinions:
www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/01/06/georgia-state-president-merger-with-georgia-perimeter-will-increase-gsus-impact/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Georgia State president: Merger with Georgia Perimeter will increase GSU’s impact
If you want the most upbeat take on the merger of Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College, here it is. Below is a Q&A with GSU President Mark Becker posted this afternoon on the university website.

www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/01/06/georgia-state-and-georgia-perimeter-staffs-get-more-sobering-view-of-merger/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
Georgia State and Georgia Perimeter staffs get more sobering view of merger
Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College employees received a more sobering set of answers today about the proposed merger than the public Q&A posted online earlier. In this more nuts and bolt account, employees are told the point of consolidating the two campuses is to cut administrative costs, so layoffs could result. And the Q&A does not discount the possibility that campuses could close or programs eliminated in the wake of the merger. Here is part of the long Q&A focused on faculty and staff concerns:

www.getschooled.blog.ajc.com
http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/01/07/a-georgia-tech-parent-wants-safer-campus-i-cant-continue-to-risk-my-sons-personal-safety-just-to-save-a-few-bucks-on-in-state-tuition/
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
A Georgia Tech parent wants safer campus. ‘I can’t continue to risk my son’s personal safety just to save a few bucks on in-state tuition.’
Clark Blackwell, the father of a Georgia Tech student wrote this essay in the wake of the armed robbery of a Tech student in a school building Monday at 7 p.m. When I talked to Blackwell today, we discussed how the crime problem in and around Tech worries parents. I know Tech has taken steps, but this latest incident calls for strong and visible response to reassure parents their kids are safe.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/68698/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=ec220d3700874b11becebca37baa6fdc&elqCampaignId=415
Higher Education: The Problem with Priorities
by Brian C. Mitchell
It’s been interesting to watch over the years how priorities emerge on college and university campuses. Some develop organically, whether in service of an academic program, to meet a perceived need, or at their best, to fulfill an institution’s strategic plan. They are part of the business of evolution, matching and balancing people, programs and facilities to available resources and aspirations. In these cases, colleges and universities differ little from other growing enterprises offering a quality product in a competitive marketplace. The good news is tempered somewhat by the fact that these same strengths breed at best an incremental mindset that limits the potential of a college to be nimble, entrepreneurial and creative.

Education:
www.washingtonpost.com
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2014/12/15/the-college-trap-that-keeps-people-poor/
The college trap that keeps people poor
The odds are stacked against low-income Americans seeking the education they need to move up.
FORT WORTH — Chelsey Stone had already escaped so many of the traps that keep poor children in poverty for life. She recalls begging neighbors for dinner when her mother sold their food stamps for drug money. She slept on the trampoline outside when the heroin showed up and her mom locked the door and the binges began. When she rebelled as a teenager, it was with poster board: She plastered her house with bright signs warning, “Do Not Throw Needles Away Here.” Her teachers saw that spark. You can earn a college scholarship, they said. Land a good job, and don’t depend on the government or anyone else. She knew they were right. She was almost there. …The American economy has stopped working the way it used to for millions of Americans. The path from poverty to the middle class has changed — now, it runs through higher education.

www.usnews.com
http://www.usnews.com/education/online-education/articles/overview?int=a14709
U.S. News Releases Expanded 2015 Best Online Programs Rankings
For the first time, online MBA and graduate criminal justice offerings are among the programs being ranked.
By Devon Haynie
The number of online students climbs yearly as working adults, deployed service members, traditional college students and others are drawn to the flexibility of the programs.
About 5.4 million students, or 1 in 4, took at least one distance education course during the fall of 2012, according to the most recent data released by the National Center for Education Statistics. A 2014 survey of online students found that they put the most emphasis on reputation and cost when choosing an online program. But there are many other factors – from class meeting times to graduation rates – to consider. To help students research and compare online programs, U.S. News has released the 2015 Best Online Programs rankings.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/07/three-years-after-launch-us-news-rankings-online-programs-still-draw-mixed-response
Rating the Rankings
By Carl Straumsheim
U.S. News & World Report’s rankings of the best online programs are growing more robust with each iteration, its critics acknowledge, but the publication is exaggerating by calling them the “only resource students can turn to for unbiased information on online programs.”

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/in-stem-courses-a-gender-gap-in-online-class-discussions/55399
In STEM Courses, a Gender Gap in Online Class Discussions
by Rebecca Koenig
Women and men behave differently in online class discussions, at least in science, engineering, and computer-science courses, according to a new study conducted by Piazza Technologies, a company that makes a digital class-participation tool. The company found that women use its program, called Piazza, to ask more questions than do their male peers, but that they answer fewer questions. When women do answer, they are more likely to answer anonymously.

www.chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/article/In-China-Duke-U-Navigates-a/151021/
In China, Duke U. Navigates a Foreign Landscape
By Lara Farra
Kunshan, China
The road to China has not been smooth for Duke University. The prestigious college’s effort to open a campus here has been beset by construction problems, Chinese red tape, and faculty debates back home in Durham, N.C., about the value and cost of the venture. The opening of the 40-acre campus, which is located outside Shanghai, has been delayed several times. But after five years, Duke finally welcomed students to the campus in October. Administrators at Duke Kunshan University, as the new institution is known, chalk up any issues to the effort’s aspiration and size.

www.insidehighered.com
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/01/07/uiuc-growth-number-chinese-students-has-been-dramatic
The University of China at Illinois
By Elizabeth Redden
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It would be hard to find a more iconic American campus than that of the University of Illinois’s main campus here. On the unseasonably warm late October weekend when the homecoming football game is played, the trees have changed to their fall colors and the central quad is alive. Students wearing orange Illinois gear crisscross it. Three young women who do not lack for pep pose for pictures, their arms arched into the shape of an I, an L, another L. One of those tightrope-like slacklines that have become ubiquitous on college campuses is strung between two trees.

www.nytimes.com

Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard
By ROBERT PEAR
WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.

www.college.usatoday.com
http://college.usatoday.com/2015/01/02/for-the-first-time-public-colleges-get-more-money-from-students-than-states/
For the first time, public colleges get more money from students than states
By: Ellen Wexler
Back in 2003, public colleges were funded primarily by state governments. Since then, state funding dropped while tuition rose. And for the first time, according to a new study, students are putting more money into public colleges than the states.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/68714/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=ec220d3700874b11becebca37baa6fdc&elqCampaignId=415
Audit Report Finds Santa Fe Community College in Compliance
by Associated Press
SANTA FE, N.M. — Auditors noted some previously disclosed problems with Santa Fe Community College’s finances but concluded that allegations of mismanagement weren’t substantiated. A special audit conducted by an accounting and consulting firm for the Office of the Auditor General stems from allegations made by former college President Ana “Cha” Guzman after she was fired by the college’s governing board.

www.diverseeducation.com
http://diverseeducation.com/article/68712/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=ec220d3700874b11becebca37baa6fdc&elqCampaignId=415
Education Company Settles with Justice Department
by Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — An education company will pay about $1.3 million under a civil settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve allegations it employed unqualified instructors at its Texas campuses. Federal prosecutors announced the settlement with Kaplan Higher Education on Monday. Prosecutors said the settlement isn’t an admission of liability by Kaplan or its affiliates.