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Georgia Senate expands P3s
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2015/03/georgia-senate-expands-p3s.html
Dave Williams
Staff Writer-Atlanta Business Chronicle
The Georgia Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to let state agencies and local governments go to the private sector to finance and construct public buildings. The so-called P3 bill, which now moves to the state House of Representatives, would expand the state law governing public-private partnerships to vertical construction.
USG Institutions:
www.walb.com
Fourth of 5 CSU Presidential candidates speaks at public forum
http://www.walb.com/story/28397976/fourth-of-5-csu-presidential-candidates-speaks-at-public-forum
By Courtney Smith
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – Columbus State University is narrowing down the list of candidates in its search for a new president. The university held an open forum Wednesday afternoon with the fourth out of five final candidates. The forum was held with Dr. Carl Stockton, Provost and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs at the University of Houston-Clear Lake in Texas. The forums are meant to give students, staff, and faculty a chance to contribute their voice to the selection process.
www.wtvm.com
VSU helping connect students, alumni to employers
http://www.wtvm.com/story/28397054/vsu-helping-connect-students-alumni-to-employers
By Colter Anstaett
VALDOSTA, GA (WALB) – Valdosta State University was trying Wednesday to help current students and alumni find jobs in South Georgia. Wednesday, the university’s career center hosted its 2015 Spring Career Expo. Over 40 companies were there. Representatives from the university’s grad school program were also at the expo to talk to students and alumni. …Several companies, including Target and Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, were expected to come back to campus over the next three weeks and conduct interviews with interested applicants.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
Georgia economy to grow 2.5 percent
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2015-03-11
By Walter C. Jones
Morris News Service
ATLANTA – Georgia’s economy will build on its strength from last year to expand by a healthy 2.5 percent this year and 2.0 in 2016, according to a quarterly forecast released Wednesday by Georgia State University. Fueling growth for Georgia and the nation is the 50-percent drop in the price of petroleum in the last six months. That will free up money for consumers and businesses to spend elsewhere, according to Rajeev Dhawan, director of the university’s Economic Forecasting Center.
Higher Education News:
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What’s in a Name?
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/03/12/proposal-rename-technical-college-system-georgia-draws-opposition
By Kaitlin Mulhere
Politicians in Georgia are pushing forward with a proposal to rebrand the state’s technical college system, despite opposition from retired college leaders and the system’s regional accreditor. The bill would rename the Technical College System of Georgia the Career College System of Georgia. Republican Governor Nathan Deal introduced the idea in January, saying the change would better reflect what the colleges do and help to attract more students. But a group of 20 retired presidents of Georgia’s technical colleges and the president of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Commission on Colleges say differently. …Belle Wheelan, president of the accrediting organization, said the name change wouldn’t reflect the mission of the colleges or the positive relationship they have with the four-year institutions in the University System of Georgia. Changing the name would cause confusion and could influence people’s perception of the quality of education offered at the system’s colleges, she said.
www.chronicle.com
Board Battles
Conditions are ripe for the rise of the rogue trustee
http://chronicle.com/article/Board-battles-Conditions-are/228189/?cid=at
By Jack Stripling
Economic pressures, polarized politics, and growing public skepticism about the value of higher education make for a troubling trend: the rise of the activist trustee. Strong college governance has long depended on building consensus among a diverse group of trustees, all of whom are grappling with how to fix a higher-education business model that is increasingly regarded as broken. But consensus takes time, and it is clear that some board members have grown so impatient with their colleagues that they feel the need to act alone to change the course of the institutions they lead.
www.diverseeducation.com
Brown Students Protest Handling of Sex Assault Allegations
http://diverseeducation.com/article/70542/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=5f40f7a5acf54f1a93b6ab0dda18db1d&elqCampaignId=415&elqaid=88&elqat=1&elqTrackId=291d0546c1074d0e84107855aa57d42e
by Amy Anthony, Associated Press
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Hundreds of Brown University students silently marched across campus Wednesday to protest the college’s handling of recent sexual assault allegations, saying the school is trying to protect its reputation rather than the victims of assault. About 400 protesters gathered at the school’s Wriston Quadrangle before marching across the street to University Hall, which houses the university president’s office. They then walked silently through the building’s hallways before forming a circle outside near the Van Wickle Gates of the Ivy League school.