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Ga. colleges reporting students studying in Paris accounted for, safe
http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/ga-colleges-reporting-students-studying-in-paris-a/npNH3/
By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Emory University and Spelman College were the latest Georgia college to report that its students studying or traveling in France were safe and accounted for, according to school officials reached over the weekend. Three University of Georgia students studying in Oxford are in Paris over the weekend and another student studying in Paris have all be in contact with the university’s Office of International Education staff, a spokeswoman said today. Georgia State confirmed all of its students studying in France are also safe. All six of Georgia Tech’s students in France were also safe. Georgia Tech operates a year-round international campus, Georgia Tech-Lorraine, in Metz, France, that is less than a 90-minute train ride from Paris, according to the school’s website. Georgia Tech posted an online advisory for its GT-Lorraine students advising them to follow U.S. Consulate recommendations when traveling this weekend in Europe.

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Georgia Gwinnett College closed for rest of day after nearby homicide
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-law/georgia-gwinnett-college-on-lockdown-after-violent/npN3g/
Tyler Estep, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Gwinnett College is on lockdown while Lawrenceville police search for a person of interest in a woman’s Monday morning shooting death at a nearby apartment complex. Lawrenceville police Capt. Jeff Smith said officers responded to the Hillcrest Greens apartment complex — located on Windy Hill Point, across Ga. 316 from the college campus — at about 9:40 a.m. They found 47-year-old Vanessa Soyer dead inside her apartment. Warrants have been issued charging her husband, 43-year-old Sheldon Soyer, with aggravated assault and felony murder. As of early Monday afternoon, he had not been detained. That fact triggered the lockdown at Georgia Gwinnett College.

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UNG enrollment growth 2nd-highest among state’s public colleges, universities
http://accesswdun.com/article/2015/11/349865/ung-enrollment-growth-2nd-highest-among-states-public-colleges-universities
By AccessWDUN staff
DAHLONEGA – With 17,289 students currently enrolled, the University of North Georgia (UNG) has the second-highest percentage of enrollment growth in the University System of Georgia (USG) for fall semester 2015. UNG experienced a growth percentage of 7.6, second only to the Georgia Tech, which posted a growth rate of 8.3 percent.

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FVSU produces highest number of African-American math graduates in nation, according to report
http://www.noodls.com/viewNoodl/30825838/fort-valley-state-university/fvsu-produces-highest-number-of-african-american-math-gradua
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One of the nation’s leading journals in diversity recently ranked a Fort Valley State University degree program as number one in the nation for producing the highest number of African-American graduates in mathematics. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, ranked FVSU as number one in the country for producing graduates in the field of mathematics and statistics. The school outranked major national institutions that included Harvard University and Georgetown University (tied for #36). The campus also beat all Georgia institutions such as the University of Georgia (which ranked at #50), Georgia State University (ranked at #9), and HBCUs Spelman College (ranked at #3), Morehouse College (ranked at #4). Savannah State University (ranked at #6) and Albany State University (ranked at #22).

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Criminal justice at UWG ranks in the top 10 best online programs
http://thewestgeorgian.com/uwg-ranks-top-10-in-best-online-criminal-justice-programs/
By Precious Walker, Contributing Writer
Online degrees provide a flexible way for students to receive higher education, since they may require a balance between work, family and education. With so many degrees available online, it becomes easier for students to enroll in online programs. AffordableCollegesOnline.org has made it even easier to find a degree program by ranking the best degrees in various major fields. The University of West Georgia (UWG) was ranked number eight for criminal justice programs in the 2015-2016 rankings for best online programs.

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Georgia Public Library Service to provide assistive technology devices to every library system in state
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/catwalkchatt/news/georgia-public-library-service-to-provide-assistive-technology-devices-to/article_0da2f094-8a4f-11e5-93f9-3b36a8ae96a0.html
As a key component of the new model for Georgia’s provision of library services to the blind and others whose physical abilities require the use of books and magazines in audio format or braille, Georgia Public Library Service (GPLS) has begun supplying a suite of assistive technology devices to every public library system in the state. … The GLASS network of talking book libraries gives Georgians ready access to materials from the free national library program that is supported and administered by the Library of Congress and the National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped (NLS). Eventually, by using all 400-plus public libraries as community contact points for NLS service and by ensuring that staff at every library in Georgia is trained to make appropriate referrals, Walker said, “GPLS hopes to raise awareness of GLASS to the levels enjoyed by other services, such as GALILEO and the annual Summer Reading Program, that are sponsored and coordinated by the state but that serve readers in every community.”

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Georgia Tech lands $2M Delta Air Lines innovation center
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/atlantech/2015/11/georgia-tech-lands-2m-delta-air-lines-innovation.html
Urvaksh Karkaria
Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) will invest $3 million in Georgia Tech, including a $2 million innovation center at Midtown’s Tech Square. The Atlanta-based airline will focus on developing technologies and innovations to boost operations and customer experience at a nearly 7,000-square-foot center. Delta is taking over space vacated by Qcept Technologies which imploded after raising $50 million in venture capital.

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APLU, AASCU and USDA Give University of Georgia and Oklahoma State Faculty National Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences
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Indianapolis, IN – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities today named Terence J. Centner of the University of Georgia and Garey A. Fox of Oklahoma State University, along with five regional and two new teacher awardees, 2015 recipients of the Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences. The awards, which honor university faculty for their use of innovative teaching methods and service to students, were presented at the 128th APLU Annual Meeting now underway in Indianapolis, Indiana. In recognition of their scholarship, exemplary pedagogy and dedication to instruction, the annual awards include stipends of $5,000 for the national winners and $2,000 for regional and new teacher honorees to be used for improving teaching at their respective universities.

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UGA student reportedly falls from nine-story window
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/athens/2015/11/16/uga-student-falls-from-window/75857480/
11Alive Staff, WXIA
ATHENS , Ga. — A University of Georgia student is alive after reportedly falling from a nine-story dorm window. According to the campus newspaper, The Red and Black, the student came back up to the dorm room after the fall. Students told the Athens Banner Herald that he was hanging out in the dorm room hours after his fall, and while he was acting strangely, physically, he appeared to be okay. His friends told the paper he didn’t even want to go to the hospital, but finally agreed. The University of Georgia released a statement Monday morning saying campus police are investigating the incident.

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Channel 2 investigation exposes financial wrongdoing and cover-up at UGA
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/channel-2-investigation-exposes-financial-wrongdoi/npN7r/
ATHENS, GA. — At 60, Sallyanne Barrow never thought she would become a whistleblower, especially against the school would become a whistleblower, especially against the school she attended, worked for, donated to, and has loved her entire life. “It’s not something you want to do, but it’s the right thing to do,” said Barrow, who is a certified public accountant. “I had a fiduciary duty to report fraud.” Barrow worked for the University of Georgia alumni relations office and reported her boss, Deborah Dietzler, for skipping work without taking leave and using taxpayer money for personal trips.

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Georgia college police chief out after saying rapes are women waking up with ‘guilt complex’
http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/11/south_georgia_college_police_c.html
By Erin Edgemon
he police chief of a Tifton, Ga. college was fired after making controversial comments about rape to the school’s newspaper. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Police Chief Bryan Golden said most sexual assaults on the campus weren’t actually criminal offenses, but personal guilt felt by women. The school’s president David Bridges announced in a press conference on Friday that Golden’s comments were “reprehensible and inexcusable.”

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Georgia State used $85.7 million in student fees help pay for sports
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/ga-state-student-fees-help-pay-the-football-tab/npN3t/
Christopher Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Huffington Post report that a river of cash is flowing into college sports, financing a spending spree among elite universities that has sent coaches’ salaries soaring and spurred new discussions about whether athletes should be paid. But most of that revenue is going to a handful of elite sports programs, leaving colleges like Georgia State to rely heavily on students to finance their athletic ambitions. In the past five years, public universities pumped more than $10.3 billion in mandatory student fees and other subsidies into their sports programs, the report says. Among those in Atlanta are Georgia State University, which has put about $90 million of students fees into its sports programs, and Kennesaw State, which has spent about $42 million in student fees on supporting sports.

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Report: Georgia State students paid nearly $90 million in fees over past 5 years to prop up sports
http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2015/11/16/report-georgia-state-students-paid-nearly-90-million-in-fees-over-past-5-years-to-prop-up-sports/
By Maureen Downey
If you wonder about high student fees at Georgia public colleges, look to sports programs and empty seats A new in-depth investigation by the Chronicle of Higher Education and Huffington Post reveals many public college students are subsidizing sports at their schools. Of the 201 athletics departments at the public campuses studied, just about two dozen cover their expenses through ticket sales, TV revenue or donations. How do the rest stay afloat? By turning to students to carry the costs, according to “The $10 Billion Sports Tab: How College Students Are Funding the Athletic Arms Race.” In the past five years, public universities funneled more than $10.3 billion in mandatory student fees and other subsidies into sports programs. The story focuses on Georgia State University’s effort to build a new football program, in large part by using fees paid by all students at the downtown Atlanta campus.

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Kennesaw State pumped nearly $42 million of students fees into sports
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/kennesaw-state-pumped-nearly-42-million-of-student/npN7C/
Christopher Quinn, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In the past five years, public universities pumped more than $10.3 billion in mandatory student fees and other subsidies into their sports programs, according to an examination by The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Huffington Post. That includes Georgia State University, which has pumped $90 million in student fees into sports and Kennesaw State, which has put about $42 million of students fees into its sports programs in the last five years. You can read the report here and track the money spent at KSU and other Georgia universities.

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Cal State Student Killed in Paris Attacks
Long Beach senior is among victims, as is a doctoral student from Italy.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/16/american-colleges-paris-reach-out-students-wake-terrorist-attacks?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=9bc310d4e7-DNU20151116&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-9bc310d4e7-197515277
By Scott Jaschik
A senior at California State University at Long Beach was killed in Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. Nohemi Gonzalez (right), 23, from El Monte, Calif., was studying design and participating in a semester abroad program at Strate College of Design, in Paris. Hundreds attended a vigil on campus Sunday to mourn Gonzalez and all the victims of the terror attack.

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International Enrollments Increase
Annual Open Doors report finds 10 percent increase in international students in the U.S. and 5 percent increase in the number of Americans studying abroad.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/16/annual-open-doors-report-finds-increases-international-students-study-abroad?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=9bc310d4e7-DNU20151116&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-9bc310d4e7-197515277
By Elizabeth Redden
Nearly a million international students are studying at colleges across the U.S. The newest data from the Institute of International Education’s annual Open Doors survey shows a 10 percent increase in international students from 2013-14 to 2014-15 — the highest annual rate of growth at any point over the last 35 years. American participation in study abroad also grew by 5.2 percent from 2012-13 to 2013-14, when 304,467 students studied abroad for academic credit. IIE is spearheading a national campaign to double the number of students studying abroad and to increase the diversity of those students.

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High Impact, Largely Optional
Association of American Colleges & Universities analyzes extent to which colleges are embracing policies and programs associated with student learning and completion.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/16/study-finds-extent-key-practices-adopted-colleges-and-universities
By Scott Jaschik
The Association of American Colleges & Universities has over the years embraced numerous practices as key to promoting student learning, student engagement and student completion. The practices and their goals are all linked since students who are more engaged tend to learn more and are more likely to graduate. A study being released today shows widespread adoption of at least some of these practices, but much more scattered adoption of others.