University System News:
www.georgiatrend.com
GEORGIA’S 2015 HIGHER EDUCATION DIRECTORY
http://www.georgiatrend.com/September-2015/Georgias-2015-Higher-Education-Directory/
Compiled by Stacey Hudson
Higher education institutions in Georgia span the spectrum, from the 30 public colleges of the University System of Georgia (USG) that serve nearly 313,000 students and the 22-school Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) that serves nearly 150,000 students to the private and for-profit schools scattered throughout the state. For the fourth year in a row, tuition at the majority of USG schools – 20 of them – was set to increase by 2.5 percent in fall 2015, while tuition increased between 3 percent and 9 percent at the other 10 schools. TCSG tuition remains $89 per credit hour. …The 2015 Higher Education Directory was compiled by Stacey Hudson. It includes degree-granting schools that have a physical presence in Georgia and are eligible for HOPE scholarship enrollments. Listings include contact information, test score requirements, tuition costs and courses of study, all based on information provided by the institutions.
www.georgiatrend.com
30 YEARS OF INFLUENCE
A look at who helped shape the state, how it’s changed over three decades and what’s ahead.
http://www.georgiatrend.com/September-2015/30-Years-Of-Influence/
Over the past 30 years, the number of people who have influenced and changed Georgia are too many to count. Still, there are some whose effect – whether by their personal convictions or through the positions they hold – is undeniable. Georgia Trend selected 30 people from business, government, nonprofits, philanthropy, education and the arts that we felt best represented all the ways Georgia has grown and thrived over the past 30 years. Many continue as leaders in their fields, others have left the limelight, but all have had a profound impact on the Peach State and have contributed to our success in myriad ways.
FUNDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
JOE FRANK HARRIS
DELIVERING HOPE
ZELL MILLER
EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
JERE MOREHEAD
TECHNOLOGY EXPLOSION
BUD PETERSON
USG Institutions:
www.bizjournals.com
Carrollton the No. 9 least expensive college town in United States
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/08/31/carrollton-the-no-9-least-expensive-college-town.html
Carrollton, Ga., home to The University of West Georgia and its 12,204 students, is the No. 9 least expensive college town in America, according to a new report from Realtor.com. The organization ranked more than 300 college towns by median home price to come up with the top 10 most expensive and 10 least expensive.
www.mysanantonio.com
Georgia State Honors College Receives $100,000 Grant from the Rich Foundation
http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/press-releases/article/Georgia-State-Honors-College-Receives-100-000-6476111.php
With a $100,000 grant from The Rich Foundation, the Georgia State University Honors College will create The Alonzo F. and Norris B. Herndon Human Rights Initiative, which will use teaching and research on the Herndon legacy to enhance community understanding of historical and modern-day human rights issues.
www.onlineathens.com
UGA announces steps to increase number of women administrators
http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2015-08-31/uga-announces-steps-increase-number-women-administrators
By LEE SHEARER
The University of Georgia is taking steps to increase the number of women in administrative positions at the school after a decade with little change in ratio of men to women. As of fall, 2014, the percent of women administrators was 25 percent women, 75 percent male — a change of just 2 percent from 10 years earlier, when women were 23 percent of administrators, according to Janis Gleason, the University of Georgia’s interim executive director of communications. …In March, UGA President Jere Morehead and Provost Pamela Whitten announced a “Women’s Leadership Initiative” to increase the number of women administrators. Now UGA has announced specific steps it will take to accomplish that, in what Whitten called a turning point for UGA.
www.tiftongazette.com
Amber Rice training Georgia’s future agriculture teachers at UGA-Tifton
http://www.tiftongazette.com/news/amber-rice-training-georgia-s-future-agriculture-teachers-at-uga/article_1770ecbe-4db6-11e5-8994-c71460b43136.html
By Clint Thompson UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
TIFTON — The newest addition to the University of Georgia-Tifton Campus faculty has a hefty goal: train the best agriculture teachers in the nation and produce enough graduates to fill all of the open agricultural education teaching positions in Georgia. Amber Rice, who joined UGA prior to the beginning of fall semester, specializes in agricultural education and has a 75 percent teaching appointment. Agricultural education is the campus’ most popular major, with 26 students enrolled in the major this fall.
www.chronicle.augusta.com
Doctors Hospital teams up with Georgia Southern
http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2015-08-31/doctors-hospital-teams-georgia-southern
By Tom Corwin
Staff Writer
Doctors Hospital of Augusta is apparently joining Eagle Nation. The hospital announced Monday that it is creating a marketing partnership with Georgia Southern University’s athletic department to be its official health care partner for the Augusta area.
www.wfxg.com
GRU animal care program on probation
http://www.wfxg.com/story/29928016/gru-animal-care-program-on-probation
By Amber Grigley
Georgia Regents University (WFXG) – Georgia Regents University Animal Care Program has been placed on probation. This come months after allegations were made by the Animal Right’s activist group “Stop Animal Exploitation Now”. The group filed an official complaint back in March for an immediate investigation into the school. It is not rewarding to learn that a program offered at your institution is under fire. But now that the probation is in place, the university is able to detect the problems and make the necessary improvements. The allegations against the program came after inspection reports from February cited the school for using expired medical supplies, improper record keeping, and the unexpected death of a pig after a surgical procedure.
www.ajc.com
GSU to study attitudes about smoking in public
http://www.ajc.com/news/lifestyles/health/gsu-to-study-attitudes-about-smoking-in-public/nnTn9/
Shelia Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Do you give the side eye to people who light up in public? Well, take note: Georgia State University’s School of Public Health is part of a research project that is looking at the prevalence of smoking and attitudes toward second-hand smoke in Fulton County. The project is in conjunction with the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness. The school will receive $485,000 for the first year of work on the three-year project.
www.sunshinestatenews.com
Campus Carry: Conflicting Opinions Among College Students, Groups
http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/campus-carry-brings-conflicting-opinions-among-college-students-groups
By ALLISON NIELSEN
It was midnight in Tallahassee as students prepped for finals, poring over books at Florida State University’s Strozier Library. The library is usually open 24 hours, giving students a communal environment for studying. The night was like any other November evening before finals. Then the shots rang out. The Strozier Library mass shooting left three wounded and the gunman dead. One of the victims was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot several times that evening. School shootings frequent news headlines across the country — just last week, a student was shot dead at Savannah State University in Georgia. The shootings have sparked debate nationwide about the prevalence of guns on college campuses.
Higher Education News:
www.insidehighered.com
Different Conclusions on Sex Assaults
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/01/survey-5-percent-kentucky-students-assaulted-past-year?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=2e96833874-DNU20150901&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-2e96833874-197515277
By Jake New
About 5 percent of students — more than 1,000 students in total — at the University of Kentucky experienced a sexual assault in the past year, according to the results of a new survey that researchers say could provide one of the most expansive looks yet at gender violence at an individual college. Where many other campus surveys rely on responses from a sample of a few thousand students, Kentucky’s survey was sent to every student and the results include data from more than 24,300 respondents, or more than 80 percent of Kentucky’s students. “This is what we must do as we undertake our sacred trust to care for the health and well-being of our students,” Eli Capilouto, Kentucky’s president, said in a statement. “Because we surveyed the entire student population, we have a clearer understanding of our strengths and areas where we need to improve.”
www.insidehighered.com
Redecorating the Presidential Mansion, Er, House
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/09/01/how-and-how-not-redecorate-presidents-house-essay?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=2e96833874-DNU20150901&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-2e96833874-197515277
By Garrison Walters
A recent scandal about the renovation of a presidential residence fits into a long-standing pattern. Looking back just a decade or so suggests that a lot of presidents seem unable to avoid the renovation blues. In the hope of breaking the chain, here are some rules to consider. Rule #1: Don’t call the place where you live a mansion. Call it a house. Or maybe a residence (but don’t call it a “pad” or the kids will rate you even more of a fossil than they do now). Rule #2: If you think renovations or redecorating are needed, don’t make the decision yourself. Formally ask someone (in an email on your university account) to assess the status of the residence for entertaining. Then have them deliver their report to the Board of Trustees. Take it to the trustees even if renovations are to be paid from donor accounts that would normally only need to be approved by a foundation board or similar. Read this sentence slowly: you need to avoid even the appearance of appearing to avoid having the issue appear in public.
www.insidehighered.com
No Love, But No Alternative
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/01/accreditation-will-change-survive?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=2e96833874-DNU20150901&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-2e96833874-197515277
By Doug Lederman
As recently as three years ago, it seemed unlikely that the existing system of accreditation would survive the next renewal of the Higher Education Act in anything remotely resembling its current form. From across the political spectrum (right and left) and from various segments of higher education itself (particularly community colleges in California and elite universities across the country), many asserted that the system of peer-reviewed quality control was irretrievably broken and in need of replacement. In some ways little has changed today.