University System News:
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Ehrhart right: Let courts do job on campus rape
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/26658265/article-Ehrhart-right–Let-courts-do-job-on-campus-rape-
by MDJ staff
IMAGINE being on trial in a court-type proceeding at which you are not allowed to have an attorney; not allowed to cross-examine your accusers; and are presumed guilty until proven innocent, rather than the other way around. And rather than your accuser having to prove she was assaulted, you have to somehow prove she wasn’t. No, we’re not talking about Nazi Germany or the old Soviet Union, but about how rape allegations are handled on many U.S. college campuses today, including some in Georgia. While the major media have devoted much ink and airtime to the so-called “rape epidemic” on college campuses (more on that in a minute), much less attention has been paid to the fate of the young men accused in such cases, and how the colleges involved sometimes ignore their most basic constitutional rights to due process.
USG Institutions:
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Savannah Early College Class of 2015 honored at SSU ceremony
http://www.wtvm.com/story/29176156/savannah-early-college-class-of-2015-honored-at-ssu-ceremony
By WTOC Staff
SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – The Savannah Early College Class of 2015 was honored for their accomplishments in a convocation ceremony at Savannah State University, Wednesday. The program allows students to earn a high school diploma as well as pursue an associates degree or two years of college credit from Savannah Technical College and Savannah State University.
Higher Education News:
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Like Numbers? Read the Education Dept.’s Mammoth Report on Education in 2015
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/like-numbers-read-the-education-dept-s-mammoth-report-on-education-in-2015/99717?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
by Andy Thomason
The U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics on Wednesday released its annual report on the condition of American education. Included in the many-paged report are facts and figures encompassing higher, secondary, and elementary education. Among other things, the report notes that total enrollment in postsecondary education declined from 2012-13 to 2013-14, the number of master’s degrees awarded dropped from 2011-12 to 2012-13, and the average net price at four-year public institutions increased that same year.
www.chronicle.com
U. of Florida Gets Few Takers for Online Path to Campus
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/u-of-florida-gets-few-takers-for-online-path-to-campus/99641?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
By Mary Ellen McIntire
The University of Florida made an unusual offer to more than 3,000 high-school students who would otherwise have been rejected for admission: Pass two semesters of online coursework, and then you can enroll on the campus. But less than 10 percent of them took the offer. Joseph Glover, the provost, defended the new option, called the Pathway to Campus Enrollment, or PACE, saying it hadn’t been well explained. “This year, now that the program is in place and there is time to advertise and explain what it is all about, we hope to get a better response,” he told The Gainesville Sun.
www.chronicle.com
American Students Want to Study Abroad but Have Concerns
http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/students-want-to-study-abroad-but-have-concerns/99725?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
by Chronicle Staff
Report: “Broadening Horizons: The Value of the Overseas Experience”
Organization: British Council
Summary: As colleges seek to give more students an international experience, the council, Britain’s educational and cultural-relations agency, examined perceived barriers to studying abroad. It surveyed 4,625 American students about their views on studying in another country. … Bottom Line: While the survey shows a broad interest among American students in studying in another country, it’s clear that colleges have trouble capitalizing on it. According to the Institute of International Education, 9 percent of undergraduates studied abroad in 2012-13. The survey suggests that more needs to be done to ease the various concerns and get more students to follow through with their interest in an international experience.
www.insidehighered.com
Judge Upholds ‘Gainful’ Rule
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/05/28/federal-judge-tosses-profit-colleges%E2%80%99-challenge-%E2%80%98gainful-employment%E2%80%99-rule
By Michael Stratford
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the U.S. Department of Education’s rewritten “gainful employment” rule, handing a victory to the Obama administration in its longstanding regulatory battle with for-profit colleges. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of New York ruled that the Education Department had the legal power to create the controversial rule in the first place and followed proper procedures in in developing its second iteration of the regulations. He also rejected an argument that the regulation — which cuts off federal aid to career education programs graduating students with high debt loads relative to their earnings — trampled on for-profit colleges’ constitutional right to due process.