USG Institutions:
www.onlineathens.com
UGA whistleblower’s reward was being fired, according to lawsuit
http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2015-12-03/uga-whistleblowers-reward-was-being-fired-according-lawsuit
By LEE SHEARER
A University of Georgia accountant’s reward for blowing the whistle on her supervisor’s fraud was to be fired, according to a lawsuit filed in Clarke County Superior Court this week. Sallyanne Barrow worked at UGA since May 2008, was promoted in 2011 to associate director of operations and finance in the Office of Alumni Relations, and in 2013 got a good performance evaluation from her boss, according to a complaint against the state Board of Regents. Lawyers for Barrow filed the lawsuit in Athens-Clarke County Superior Court on Monday, naming as defendant the Board of Regents, the appointed body that oversees most of Georgia’s public colleges and universities, including UGA.

www.news-daily.com
Clayton State professor earns Nurse of the Year Award
http://www.news-daily.com/news/2015/dec/03/clayton-state-professor-earns-nurse-of-the-year/?community
From staff reports
MORROW — Clayton State University faculty member Jennell Charles has been named Georgia’s 2015 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year in the category of Academic Education. Charles is a professor in Clayton State’s School of Nursing, listed among the top 20 Best Online Nursing Degree programs by AffordableCollegesOnline.org. She received the honor Nov. 21 during the organization’s sixth annual awards dinner. Organizers said she was chosen from over 750 nominees and 210 finalists. Clayton State officials said five other faculty members from the university were named as finalists for the accolade — the most number of finalists from any school of nursing.

www.jbhe.com
HBCUs With the Highest Percentage of Graduates Who Make Donations

HBCUs With the Highest Percentage of Graduates Who Make Donations

U.S. News & World Report recently published a ranking of the historically Black colleges and universities with the highest giving rate for alumni. The rankings were based on the average percentage of alumni who donated to the particular educational institution between 2012 and 2014. …Rounding out the top 10 were (in rank order): Tuskegee University, Fisk University, Livingstone College, Johnson C. Smith University, Tougaloo College, Morehouse College, and Fort Valley State University.

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ASU trains staff to better support veterans
http://www.wfxg.com/story/30663609/asu-trains-staff-to-better-support-veterans
By WALB News Team
ALBANY, GA (WALB) –
Albany State University is offering veterans support training. Faculty, staff, administrators and clinical professionals have an opportunity for training with Dr. Paula Domenici to address the clinical concerns of student veterans and service members. The program offers overviews of treatments for PTSD and some best practices for clinical interventions with student veterans. It covers culture and experiences of service members and veterans on campus.

www.jbhe.com
Fort Valley State University Joins the Peace Corps Prep Program

Fort Valley State University Joins the Peace Corps Prep Program

Fort Valley State University, the historically Black educational institution in Georgia, is the latest university to join the Peace Crops Prep Program. The program is designed to train students who are interested in working abroad in international development work. This could include working for the Peace Corps or other governmental agency, nonprofit organizations, corporations, or foundations. There are now 39 colleges and universities across the United States who participate in the program.

www.wjcl.com
GSU Wraps up Holiday Helper Tree
http://www.wjcl.com/news/local-news/gsu-wraps-up-holiday-helper-tree/104660770/story
By dave williams
STATESBORO, GA. (WJCL) Christmas will be a little bit merrier for some of those in need thanks to the folks at Georgia Southern University. Eagle Nation, as always, has come on strong. A month ago, Georgia Southern kicked off its annual Holiday Helper Tree program and faculty and students came through in a big way. Nearly 800 Christmas gifts will be given to 15 different agencies to distribute to those in need. “This year is really big, we had a lot of participation from GSU students, staff and faculty, as well as administration, ” said James Thomas, Ga. Southern Community Engagement. “It was well supported, I was actually surprised at the turnout rate.”

www.albanyherald.com
State awards new College and Career Academy $3.3 million grant
The money will be used to renovate parts of Southside Middle School
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2015/dec/03/state-awards-new-college-and-career-academy-33/?news
By Terry Lewis
ATLANTA – The Technical College System of Georgia on Thursday awarded Albany Technical College and the Dougherty County School System a $3.33 million grant to open the Commodore Conyers College and Career Academy (CCCCA) in Albany. Statewide, the TCSG awarded three grants totaling $10 million to help establish three new college and career academies, including units in Morgan County and Atlanta. Each received $3.33 million, which will be matched with local funding to support the academies’ start-up costs, construction, and initial staffing. …Next, the DCSS’s charter application for the career academy must pass muster with the state board of education, which will likely vote on whether to accept it at their January meeting. Last month, representatives of several Southwest Georgia school districts, ATC, Albany State University, Darton State College and business and community leaders met with an interview panel with the state DOE to discuss the CCCCA.

www.11alive.com
Ga. Tech students showcase ‘social good’ projects (video)
http://www.11alive.com/videos/news/2015/12/03/76708588/
Ga. Tech students showcase ‘social good’ projects WXIA

www.thebrunswicknews.com
Coach Richt deserves to be honored
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/coach-richt-deserves-to-be-honored/article_fcc36c84-137b-58e1-bf49-e5868f53af76.html?_dc=463259073207.15485
Editor’s note: The following letter is from Tim Echols, who has three degrees from the University of Georgia and serves on the Georgia Public Service Commission and the UGA Board of Visitors.
Regardless of where you were when you heard the news about Coach Richt leaving UGA, you were probably as stunned as I was. Sure, we all want to win the SEC Championship again, and even be national champions, and maybe we will some day. But Coach Richt deserves our respect, and he deserves credit for all the great things he brought to our football program. Here’s two good reasons I hope you will join me in a “blackout” for Coach Richt this Saturday wherever you live or whomever you normally cheer for.

Higher Education News:
www.chronicle.com
What Can Campus Leaders Do to Make Protests Unnecessary?
http://chronicle.com/article/What-Can-Campus-Leaders-Do-to/234463
By Ricardo Azziz
Recent protests by students at a number of colleges have highlighted once again the persistent issue of race in America. The students see a campus culture that does not support a sense of inclusiveness and campus leaders who underappreciate and underemphasize issues of diversity and race. As a Hispanic-American, I empathize with the students of color, who have faced a lifetime of microaggression and micro- (and not-so-micro) discrimination. And as a former student activist, I am encouraged by the renaissance of campus activism. But these protests, especially those directed at individual leaders, raise the question, “What can campus leaders, namely presidents and chancellors, do regarding the inclusiveness of their campuses anyway?” To answer that, it’s important to first understand what presidents and other campus leaders are unable to do.

www.insidehighered.com
Who Must Report?
Citing a chilling effect on study participants, faculty members who study sexual assault say they should be exempt from mandatory reporting requirements. Fraternities are also arguing for an exemption for volunteer chapter advisers.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/12/04/researchers-fraternity-volunteers-argue-exemption-sexual-assault-reporting
By Jake New
A growing number of colleges and universities in the past few years have adopted policies requiring all faculty members and other professional employees to report sexual misconduct to designated administrators. Though not required by law, the move is an outgrowth of U.S. Department of Education guidance on preventing and investigating campus sexual assault. The guidance, issued in 2011 by the department’s Office for Civil Rights, mandated that certain employees have an obligation to report cases of sexual assault and other sexual misconduct they become aware of.

www.diverseeducation.com
Hire a Chief Diversity Officer, Check!
http://diverseeducation.com/article/79300/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=95804d6e65834ac38bacd9ceb6bd22d1&elqCampaignId=771&elqaid=88&elqat=1&elqTrackId=0114563f6c3e422a9d2d3663f059e8a7
by Eugene T. Parker
Earlier this year, fraternity members at the University of Oklahoma (OU) were caught on video singing a racist chant that went viral. The OU president appointed a chief diversity officer (CDO) less than a month after the event. At Eastern Michigan University, there were allegations of racism and harassment by students at the university. Shortly thereafter, the president of the institution announced plans to establish a chief diversity office. Recently, at the University of Missouri (MU), after several incidents surrounding an unfavorable campus climate for students from racialized backgrounds, the governing board of the MU system created a position titled Chief Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Officer. …As a response to a campus crisis or incident of cultural insensitivity, campus administration has swiftly announced the establishment of chief diversity offices and chief diversity officers to direct those offices. Considering recent implementations of the chief diversity officer at numerous universities during the past year, one might ponder if the appointment of a CDO is simply a mark on a checklist for executive leaders and governing bodies as a means to convey the institution’s commitment to diversity. Problematizing the matter is higher education institutions’ seemingly inconsistent and indistinct conception of diversity.

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When Recruiting Minority Faculty Members Isn’t Enough
http://chronicle.com/article/When-Recruiting-Minority/234462?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elq=b685b9811d38467cb7da2090aec4a98f&elqCampaignId=1993&elqaid=7104&elqat=1&elqTrackId=ac31d8a13b9e43b6aef73e039380a3ad
By Audrey Williams June
Several colleges, prodded by black students who want to see more black professors on their campuses, have announced ambitious efforts in recent weeks to hire more faculty members from underrepresented minority groups. But even as some institutions promise to shell out millions of dollars to shift the composition of their faculties, recruitment and hiring seem to get more attention than retention does. Keeping the people who come aboard is a pressing challenge for institutions. A revolving door of minority professors is a reality familiar to some but largely overlooked by top administrators. Many leaders don’t acknowledge some of the issues that minority faculty members face on predominantly white campuses — feelings of isolation, the burden of invisible labor, a hostile workplace environment — and how that climate affects turnover. If colleges’ efforts to recruit and hire more black, Hispanic, and other minority professors aren’t coupled with moves to improve the racial climate, it will be more difficult to diversify the faculty.

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Dearth of Black Ph.D. Recipients Will Complicate Efforts to Diversify Faculty
http://chronicle.com/article/Dearth-of-Black-PhD/234469?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elq=b685b9811d38467cb7da2090aec4a98f&elqCampaignId=1993&elqaid=7104&elqat=1&elqTrackId=1392dd47c73241eeb50cb9b54fa42356
By Vimal Patel
As a growing number of students across the country push campuses to become more racially inclusive, one of their key demands is that administrators do more to diversify the faculty. But such calls for change face multiple hurdles, not the least of which is the paltry production by American universities of black Ph.D. recipients. Despite efforts to increase the number of doctorates awarded to African-Americans over the last decade, the latest federal data show that progress has been nonexistent. For comparison, slight progress was made for another underrepresented minority group — Hispanics and Latinos — during the past 10 years. They made up 5.8 percent of doctorate recipients in 2014, up from 4.8 percent a decade earlier.

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How a Prominent Legal Group Could Change the Way Colleges Handle Rape
http://chronicle.com/article/How-a-Prominent-Legal-Group/234467?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elq=b685b9811d38467cb7da2090aec4a98f&elqCampaignId=1993&elqaid=7104&elqat=1&elqTrackId=1a17955271a34afeb353b653cd18aade
By Sarah Brown
The American Law Institute, a scholarly group influential in legal circles, is beginning to craft guidelines on campus sexual assault that will seek to outline best practices and bring some clarity to the tangles of compliance with federal law. The institute is perhaps best known for its Model Penal Code, which is the bedrock of many states’ criminal statutes, including sexual-assault laws. A team at the institute is now revising the sexual-violence provisions of the penal code. The campus-rape project, on the other hand, will involve developing “guiding principles” for college officials, courts, and legislatures to use as a resource, said Suzanne B. Goldberg, a clinical professor of law and executive vice president for university life at Columbia University.