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The Cost of Attending UGA Has Tripled in 15 Years
Capitol Impact
By Tom Crawford
If you have a child attending one of Georgia’s public universities, you may have the perception that the cost of college is going up faster here than just about anywhere else. That perception is accurate. A new study released by the Urban Institute shows that from 2010–2015, the tuition for four-year public colleges increased by 48 percent in Georgia. That was higher than the increases in every other state except Louisiana, where tuition costs went up by 56 percent. In 2001–2002, Georgia provided an average of $10,598 in public funds for every full-time college student. Thanks to budget-cutting and an economic downturn, that amount was reduced to $8,553 in 2011–2012. Thankfully, the money Georgia allocates for colleges increased to $8,882 per student by 2013-14, but that’s still a substantial drop from what it once was. As the state provided less money for public colleges, the Board of Regents made up the difference by raising tuition rates. The average tuition has tripled since the 2002-03 academic year. There was a time when tuition only had to cover about 25 percent of the costs of attending college. Today, tuition has to cover about half the cost, placing more of a financial burden on college students.
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KSU names new executive director of government relations
http://www.mdjonline.com/view/full_story/26983823/article-KSU-names-new-executive-director-of-government-relations-?sp-tk=068848645C0B0D84902F478FFBFDC8C78FBD060E39412B6BEFF5641B4B3B428EB337F8BAE428938932485CEB8780A50829294B40A8C34180CA952933868056D07616CA98FEF0A65F728391A8B4D66F445DEA5BC7A29E64CA42D9A14CFDE7D937F0F7224BEE2C5BE1314B5A4E635595F480DB0BCD0CA75D4417C0D7305BC164984E10BA8610EF589E497B1D4624C120BD9444B28B
by MDJ Staff
Kennesaw State University has appointed Fatimot Ladipo the director of government affairs for the Georgia Dental Association, as executive director of government relations in the newly created Division of Economic Development and Community Engagement at the university. She assumed the new role Nov. 30. Ladipo has 15 years of experience in government and community affairs, including several years focused on education legislative issues. As assistant director of federal relations at the Georgia Institute of Technology, she promoted the strategic vision and goals of the Institute as they pertained to federal research and education programs and policies. She also served as the legislative and media liaison for the Georgia Student Finance Commission, the state agency that administers the HOPE Scholarship. She will serve as a key KSU liaison to state and federal policymakers, University System of Georgia officials, and business and civic leaders.
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UNG ranked among most affordable online colleges in Georgia
http://www.noodls.com/viewNoodl/31092955/university-of-north-georgia/ung-ranked-among-most-affordable-online-colleges-in-georgia
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The University of North Georgia (UNG) is one of 2016’s Most Affordable Online Colleges in Georgia, according to OnlineColleges.net. ‘We understand the challenges facing students who wish to further their education while balancing family, work or other demands,’ said Dr. Irene Kokkala, director of UNG’s division of distance education and technology integration. ‘UNG offers the flexibility of quality online courses providing unparalleled convenience and accessibility.’ Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, OnlineColleges.net compiled a list of the 21 most affordable accredited, not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Georgia offering a range of programs that can be completed fully online. UNG earned a ranking at No. 7.
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10 Graduate Engineering Programs With the Most Women
https://news.yahoo.com/10-graduate-engineering-programs-most-women-133000832.html
By Delece Smith-Barrow
Schools Where It’s Common to See Women Engineers
Women are usually in the minority at engineering programs, with an average enrollment of 24.4 percent at 195 schools that submitted data to U.S. News. The number of women, however, can vary from school to school. These 10 schools had the highest enrollment of women in 2014 for full-time, part-time, master’s and doctoral programs. 3. Georgia Institute of Technology; Women’s enrollment: 1,179; Total enrollment: 6,136; U.S. News rank: 6 (tie)
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Colleges That Charge Students the Most to Apply
https://news.yahoo.com/colleges-charge-students-most-apply-140000365.html
By Susannah Snider
The U.S. News Short List, separate from our overall rankings, is a regular series that magnifies individual data points in hopes of providing students and parents a way to find which undergraduate or graduate programs excel or have room to grow in specific areas. Be sure to explore The Short List: College, The Short List: Grad School and The Short List: Online Programs to find data that matter to you in your college or grad school search. College costs can start accruing long before freshmen enroll in their first course. Some universities charge hefty application fees to students vying for admission, according to data submitted to U.S. News in the spring of 2015. Georgia Institute of Technology – Application Fee $75; U.S. News ranks and categories 36, National Universities
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CCGA adjusts, eases schedule for radiology students
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/ccga-adjusts-eases-schedule-for-radiology-students/article_9734761d-d90a-52ea-af20-033a92b61ee8.html
By ANNA HALL The Brunswick News
College of Coastal Georgia is helping students in a popular program earn their degrees even faster. Beginning in the fall 2016 semester, students working to earn an associate’s degree in radiologic sciences can cut an entire semester out of their studies. It will help them find employment more easily and quickly, college officials say.
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Concerns raised about HBCU status at ASU during merger
http://www.wtoc.com/story/30643906/concerns-raised-about-hbcu-status-at-asu-during-merger
By Aaryn Valenzuela
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – As the Albany State University and Darton College merger moves forward, questions are being asked about how it will impact ASU’s HBCU status and student recruitment. At Albany State University. Freshman Sada Foster from Atlanta said she’s looking forward to the changes the merger will bring. “I think its a great idea, we are all here for one thing, our education, so why not,” said Foster. But others wonder, why keep the ASU name and its status as a historically black college? President Dr. Art Dunning said ASU has a long history here, and was established at a time when African Americans could not get an education everywhere. “It was to educate people who had been excluded from education who then could not go to places like the University of Georgia, or the University of Tennessee or any other historically white campus.” And the school has changed a lot from the infrastructure, to its present day status as a four year university, and slowly becoming a more diverse campus.
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Mark Richt’s next job: A campaign for Georgia governor?
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/01/mark-richts-next-job-a-campaign-for-georgia-governor/
Greg Bluestein
If Mark Richt decides not to return to coaching, some Georgia Republicans are eager to guide him toward a more rough-and-tumble sport. The outgoing University of Georgia football coach is being recruited to run for Georgia governor in 2018, according to two people with direct knowledge of the efforts. Both also hasten to add it’s a long-shot. Richt, who was fired on Sunday after 15 years as Georgia’s head coach, has already been contacted by several schools now that he’s a free agent. And his friends say he has expressed little interest in politics. But Republicans seeking to shape the field to succeed Gov. Nathan Deal in 2018 say it’s worth a shot.
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UGA’s Smart hire to come as early as Sunday
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/college/smart-hire-to-come-as-early-as-sunday/npZjT/
Chip Towers
The Atlanta Journal-Constitutio
ATHENS — Barring a last-minute snag in negotiations, Alabama’s Kirby Smart will become Georgia’s new football coach. An announcement could come as soon as Sunday or Monday. Smart, 39, is the Crimson Tide’s defensive coordinator. He is from Bainbridge and was a UGA letterman (1995-98) and team captain as a senior.
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Criminal proceedings discontinued in deadly shooting involving CSU police officer
http://www.wtvm.com/story/30640607/criminal-proceedings-discontinued-in-deadly-shooting-involving-csu-police-officer
By WTVM Web Team and Georgia Ellyse
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – The Columbus State University’s police officer involved in the deadly shooting of 20-year-old Zikarious Flint appeared before a grand jury on Tuesday afternoon. Katonga Wright, the family’s attorney, says the grand jury has decided to discontinue criminal proceedings on the police officer. To discontinue criminal proceedings means the officer was justified in the force that he used.
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Ga. Tech recruit who alleged harassment wants campus police disciplined
Ga. Tech recruit who alleged harassment wants campus police disciplined
By 11Alive
ATLANTA – Georgia Tech police are continuing an investigation into an incident that led a football recruit to decommit from the school. Jordan Johnson, an offensive line prospect from Ed White High School’s Class of 2016 in Jacksonville, Fla., announced on Twitter Sunday that was he was withdrawing his commitment to Georgia Tech after a “bad experience” with campus police on Saturday. Jordan said that his and his family were racially profiled by Georgia Tech police while attending the Yellow Jackets’ game against the Georgia Bulldogs at Bobby Dodd Stadium.
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College Grad Rates Don’t Always Benefit All Students
http://diverseeducation.com/article/79228/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=87a2c3b77fc3427c9fb501242dac906e&elqCampaignId=771&elqaid=88&elqat=1&elqTrackId=8c238f25332e4967a8e9ee18ed2f1707
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
An institution of higher education can improve its graduation rate over time, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the college or university has narrowed its graduation gap between White students and students of color. That’s one of the major takeaways from a new analysis being released today by The Education Trust and titled “Rising Tide: Do College Grad Rate Gains Benefit All Students?” Another takeaway from the report: Institutional leaders should make a conscious effort to support students of color to ensure they graduate. “Leading institutions have shown how leaders can change the culture of their campus to focus on student success,” said co-author Andrew H. Nichols, director of higher education research and data analytics at The Education Trust, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that focuses on boosting academic success for minority students.
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Hopkins Announces $25 Million Faculty Diversity Effort
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/12/02/hopkins-announces-25-million-faculty-diversity-effort?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=5be634e672-DNU20151202&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-5be634e672-197515277
Johns Hopkins University is the latest institution to announce a major faculty diversity initiative in light of the recent, nationwide student protests over campus race relations. President Ronald J. Daniels said in mid-November that the university was pursuing concrete ways to increase faculty diversity and earlier this week, Robert C. Lieberman, provost, along with nine academic deans, outlined a $25-million, five-year plan. Each academic division will establish protocols for faculty searchers to increase diversity in applicant pools, including unconscious bias training for search committee members and oversight of candidate short lists by division leaders. Individual schools within the university also will be encouraged to recruit senior faculty members from underrepresented groups.
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Race on Campus: The Latest
Threat against black students at Kean turns out to have been hoax; Harvard drops use of title “master” for leaders of residential colleges; 12-day Brandeis sit-in ends; a Kentucky legend defends mural that was covered up.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/12/02/fake-threat-black-students-another-university-drops-title-master-and-more
By Scott Jaschik
As colleges and universities continue to debate issues of race on campus, Tuesday saw several developments. At Kean University, authorities said a threat against black students turns out to have been a hoax. At Harvard University, the leaders of the residential colleges unanimously announced that they will stop using the title “master.” And in Kentucky, a literary legend is coming to the defense of a mural that the University of Kentucky recently covered up because it offended black students.
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Why More Black Engineers Aren’t Being Hired In Silicon Valley
About 5,500 black students earn engineering and computer science degrees in the U.S. each year, but they aren’t heading to Silicon Valley.
http://www.ibtimes.com/why-more-black-engineers-arent-being-hired-silicon-valley-2178221
BY MICHAEL LEARMONTH
In Silicon Valley parlance, a “unicorn” is a startup valued at more than $1 billion, but Mann represents another rarity: a black engineer working in tech. One year after tech giants like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others started issuing “diversity reports,” initially at the behest of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the percentage of blacks employed at tech firms remains embarrassingly low. Silicon Valley likes to paint its diversity problem as one of supply: There simply aren’t enough blacks getting advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known as STEM, in the U.S. And while that is true, it is also true that tech firms are not tapping existing engineering talent. Even the most diverse Silicon Valley tech firms are at 2 percent or under in terms of blacks in technology jobs, yet across the U.S. blacks earned 4.4 percent of master’s degrees in engineering and 3.6 percent of its Ph.D.s in 2014, according to the American Society for Engineering Education. It amounts to about 4,897 newly minted black engineering grads each year, including civil, electrical and mechanical engineers, as well as software engineers — the kind Silicon Valley would most like to hire.