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Two Atlanta schools make top 100 in U.S. News’ global colleges ranking
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/two-atlanta-schools-make-top-100-in-us-news-global/nnwW4/
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Tech and Emory universities have again ranked in the top 100 colleges in the world, according to the latest global survey. U.S. News and World Report, known for its annual best-colleges ranking, is out Tuesday with its 2016 edition of the Best Global Universities. Georgia Tech ranks 64th, the highest for any Georgia institution. Emory ranks 70th. The latest distinction for the two institutions follows other global rankings published last week by the London-based education magazine Times Higher Education. In those rankings, Georgia Tech ranked 41st; Emory tied with other institutions for 90th place.

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Iron Coder 2015: Three Georgia Tech Students Win Cash, Job Interviews with Cardlytics
Cardlytics Iron Coder Software Engineering Competition Finds Some of Atlanta’s Best Tech Talent
http://www.prlog.org/12499237-iron-coder-2015-three-georgia-tech-students-win-cash-job-interviews-with-cardlytics.html
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech students swept the 2015 Cardlytics Iron Coder competition this year, taking home all three of the top spots. Cardlytics, (www.cardlytics.com (http://www.cardlytics.com)), a purchase-based data intelligence platform, created the software engineering competition as an innovative way to identify top high-tech talent at Atlanta-area universities. The winners receive not only cash prizes but also job interviews with Cardlytics.

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Georgia State researcher gets $1.35 million to study effects of common food additive on body
http://phys.org/wire-news/205556150/georgia-state-researcher-gets-135-million-to-study-effects-of-co.html
Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $1.35 million federal grant to study how emulsifiers affect bacteria in the intestinal tract and cause chronic inflammatory diseases in the gut. Gewirtz will examine how the widely used food additive disturbs the relationship between the gastrointestinal tract and gut microbiota, the diverse community of bacteria that inhabits the intestinal tract and drives inflammation. Emulsifiers are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life.

www.hstoday.us
Study Finds Dramatic Increase In Corporate Boards Addressing Cyber Risks
http://www.hstoday.us/briefings/industry-news/single-article/study-finds-dramatic-increase-in-corporate-boards-addressing-cyber-risks/a0d59ffb41fc775afcd20923f235b71e.html
By: Homeland Security Today Staff
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of boards actively addressing cybersecurity risks at Forbes Global 2,000 companies, with the financial industry a leader, according to a new 2015 Governance of Cybersecurity report. Conducted by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center with support from the Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), Palo Alto Networks and Forbes, the study surveyed respondents at the board or senior level from Forbes Global 2,000 companies that’s a follow up to three prior surveys in 2008, 2010 and 2012 which measured trends and improvements in cyber governance at the boardroom level.

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KSU Top Chef Quits After FOX 5 I-Team Questions
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/i-team/30304788-story
By: Randy Travis
KENNESAW, Ga. – He won numerous awards as the executive director of Culinary Services at Kennesaw State University. But Gary Coltek quit his $130,000 a year state job in the wake of an internal investigation brought on by questions from the FOX 5 I-Team. KSU serves 4500 meals a day at its all-you-care-to eat facility The Commons. Coltek’s smiling face greeted visitors in the lobby from the framed magazine articles that praised him and KSU. But two years ago KSU reprimanded executive director Coltek, finding evidence he created a perception he was using their premier dining facility “like a personal business venture.” The school issued a scathing reprimand, only now made public, citing a long list of misconduct examples: Having a KSU employee performing personal work for him during KSU time. Falsifying a tax document. Allegations of nepotism..

Higher Education News:
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5 Things Colleges Should Know About the New Secretary of Education
http://chronicle.com/article/5-Things-Colleges-Should-Know/233646?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elq=a6a0a4d1086b47a8a1e5038329ce782e&elqCampaignId=1532&elqaid=6419&elqat=1&elqTrackId=fb119644410d4df4b99e03175c9a5c3e
By Kelly Field
John B. King Jr., who will lead the Education Department through President Obama’s final year in office, isn’t well known in higher-education circles. Like his predecessor, Arne Duncan, who announced on Friday that he would step down in December, Mr. King is most famous (or infamous, depending on whom you’re talking to) for his efforts to remake elementary and secondary education. Here’s what readers need to know about him:

www.insidehighered.com
States Grow Need-Based Aid
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/05/financial-need-aid-priority-most-states?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=68d83e4e35-DNU20151005&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-68d83e4e35-197515277
By Kellie Woodhouse
States are increasing the financial aid they provide to undergraduates, with need-based aid rising at a much faster pace than non-need-based aid. Funding for undergraduate need-based grant aid increased nationwide from about $7 billion in 2013 to about $7.4 billion in 2014, an increase of 4 percent when adjusted for inflation, according to a report released today by the National Association of State Student Grant and Aid Programs.

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Can Online Education Help Refugees Earn Degrees?
http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/can-online-education-help-refugees-earn-degrees/57456?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elq=a6a0a4d1086b47a8a1e5038329ce782e&elqCampaignId=1532&elqaid=6419&elqat=1&elqTrackId=57bad290ce0b48dcb89ebc4ad98ec304
By Ellen Wexler
When refugees want to enter higher education, they often lack the paperwork. To enroll in conventional universities, students need to submit the kind of documentation — like passports and previous education records — that many refugees do not have. And even when refugees are able to provide the required documentation, tuition is often out of their price range. But in the past few months, some online universities have been reaching out to those students, telling refugees that they don’t have to provide comprehensive records to enroll and offering free tuition. The University of the People, an online degree program based in the United States, is one of those institutions. Founded in 2009, the university charges students a $100 examination fee for each course as well as a one-time application fee.

www.diverseeducation.com
How Surging U.S. Student Debt is Affecting Borrowers’ Lives
http://diverseeducation.com/article/78174/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203SpecialSend100815&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=244a416fd00849a9a98f9bf08aa18c77&elqCampaignId=811&elqaid=1190&elqat=1&elqTrackId=cf0886f01e0d4b499361a56dd99f8263
WASHINGTON — America’s $1.2 trillion in student debt is having consequences in far-reaching ways. College dropouts and students who borrowed to attend for-profit colleges are at risk of default. Many Generation X parents—ages 35 to 50—are still repaying debt even as their children prepare to enter college and begin a second generation of family debt. Some millennials are delaying marriage and home ownership until their loans become less burdensome. Three trends show how the pressures from student debt are compounding:

www.insidehighered.com
Perks and Pay Under Fire
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/06/illinois-legislators-scrutinize-college-executives-pay-and-exit-packages?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=f5984a5401-DNU20151006&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-f5984a5401-197515277
By Kellie Woodhouse
Nowhere in the country are the governing boards, presidents and executive pay structures of colleges and universities receiving more scrutiny and attention than in Illinois. The state has weathered scandal upon scandal in recent months. Central among the controversies is the question of what kind of pay presidents should receive on their way out the door, especially when their tenure has been tumultuous. And contention in Illinois, some say, is highlighting a broader question about the state of nonsalary compensation in public higher education. …The Legislature is now poised to consider a number of additional higher education reforms, including extending restrictions on severance payments and contract terms to four-year universities. …Some who watch higher education closely say the Illinois legislators — while an outlier in penning legislation — are not alone in their budding concern over executive compensation. “We’re coming out of a period of economic stress and people nationally have been questioning all of these buyouts and deferred compensation, not only just in higher education but in industry as well,” said Dan King, president of the American Association of University Administrators. “Boards are becoming more sensitized to it because they realize people are looking at it.”

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Expand Work-Study’s Community Service Requirement
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/10/06/we-should-expand-federal-work-study-program-essay?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=f5984a5401-DNU20151006&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-f5984a5401-197515277
By Marvin Krislov and Robert Hackett
Congress is currently considering cutting funding for the campus-based Federal Work-Study Program that helps the most economically disadvantaged students pay for postsecondary education. Such action would be ill-advised. It would hurt not only deserving students but also cities and towns where college students supported by the program are working in an array of community service jobs. Rather than cutting funds for Federal Work-Study, Congress should bolster the program’s financial support and expand its community service component. That would provide more educational benefits and career training to college students, and it would also strengthen local communities and schools by requiring more college students to work in jobs such as tutoring children in preschool, elementary school and middle school in reading and math.

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Tough on Colleges, Arne Duncan Bequeaths Record of Advocacy for Students
http://chronicle.com/article/Tough-on-Colleges-Arne-Duncan/233627?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elq=172b1f3e6ce64b2ab2dd4f1f031f0632&elqCampaignId=1522&elqaid=6401&elqat=1&elqTrackId=dae2df2370ae456c9ac5b049cacca538
By Goldie Blumenstyk and Eric Kelderman
WASHINGTON
For someone who came into office passionate about K-12 issues, Arne Duncan will leave a big imprint on higher education. After nearly seven years as U.S. secretary of education, Mr. Duncan announced last week that he would step down in December. During Mr. Duncan’s tenure, the department eliminated banks from the student-loan system, simplified the process of applying for financial aid, and expanded options for income-based repayment of student loans. It toughened regulations to curb recruiting abuses by for-profit colleges and aligned with the White House to push for greater consumer information in all sectors of higher education. The way that students can obtain federal aid is now clearer, the terms for repaying student loans are more flexible, and information about colleges’ costs, their financial challenges, and their students’ outcomes is easier to find. It’s no surprise, then, that assessments of the secretary tend to include the terms “accountability” and “transparency.”

www.insidehighered.com
Caution on Competency
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/10/05/us-inspector-general-criticizes-accreditor-over-competency-based-education?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=68d83e4e35-DNU20151005&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-68d83e4e35-197515277
By Paul Fain
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General has pumped the brakes on competency-based education, partially due to concerns about the level of interaction between instructors and students in some of those programs. Last week the inspector general issued a critical audit on the review process that the Higher Learning Commission, the largest regional accreditor, undertook while considering colleges’ proposals for new competency-based credentials.