University System News:
www.augustaceo.com
Chancellor Hank Huckaby on Preparing a Qualified Workforce & Complete College Georgia (video)
http://augustaceo.com/video/2016/06/hank-huckaby-preparing-qualified-workforce-georgia-complete-college-georgia/
Chancellor of the University System of Georgia Hank Huckaby talks about the importance of meeting workforce needs for the state of Georgia.
USG Institutions:
www.wtoc.com
University of Georgia Marine hosts forum on black gill
http://www.wtoc.com/story/32284411/university-of-georgia-marine-hosts-forum-on-black-gill
By WTOC Staff
CHATHAM CO., GA (WTOC) – University of Georgia Marine research agencies presented their latest findings Wednesday on how black gill is affecting the shrimp in our area. Black gill is caused by a microscopic parasite. Many shrimpers believe black gill may be largely responsible for reduced shrimp harvests in recent years. Marc Frischer is leading a research project into the causes and effects of black gill on the Georgia and South Carolina shrimp population.
Higher Education News:
www.ajc.com
High court deadlocks 4-4 on Obama’s executive actions on immigration
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/high-court-deadlocks-4-4-on-obamas-executive-actio/nrmHy/
Jeremy Redmon
The nation’s highest court on Thursday deadlocked over the White House’s plans to temporarily shield from deportation millions of immigrants living illegally in the U.S., keeping President Barack Obama’s executive actions on hold for now. The U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 vote — the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat remains vacant — leaves a lower court’s injunction in place. However, the parties in the case could ask the court to reconsider the case when someone is appointed to replace Scalia. Or, the lower court judge in Texas who issued the injunction could move forward and rule on the case. Judge Andrew Hanen’s decision could then be appealed all the way back to the U.S. Supreme Court. The court issued only a one-page decision Thursday morning that says: “The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided court.”
www.myajc.com
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of race in college admissions
http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2016/06/23/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-use-of-race-in-college-admissions/
In a 4-3 decision this morning, the Supreme Court upheld the race-conscious admissions approach used at the University of Texas, Austin. In 2008, white student Abigail Fisher sued after she was denied admission to the Texas flagship because she did not graduate in the top 10 percent of her high school class. She contended she was denied because she was white. … Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr., dissented. …Indeed, the late Justice Antonin Scalia raised the issue during oral arguments in the Fisher case. …Scalia was not alone in that contention. Parents whose kids did not get into the University of Georgia or Georgia Tech often complain their high-achieving child lost out to a less qualified minority student with lower ACT or SAT scores who will struggle at these competitive campuses. Are there instances where a highly qualified suburban student lost out because UGA or Tech admitted a minority or poor student with lower test scores in an effort to prevent their campuses from looking like collegiate versions of Lambert or Northview high schools?
www.diverseeducation.com
Higher Ed Bills Get Bipartisan Support in Congress
http://diverseeducation.com/article/85041/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elqTrackId=b97ad9dbec72437580c85118e9922c2a&elq=0d745d0422044986a2caa7264b7addd0&elqaid=88&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=771
by Jamaal Abdul-Alim
WASHINGTON — You know the Free Application for Federal Student Aid — better known as the FAFSA — which is a laborious and time-consuming form that students must fill out to get money for college? Well, there could soon be an app for that. Under a series of bipartisan higher education bills hammered out Wednesday by the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce, there’s one — called the Simplifying the Application for Student Aid Act — that requires the FAFSA to be made available on a mobile app. The bill also requires the online and paper versions of the FAFSA to be consumer tested. “Both of these measures will make the application process easier and more user-friendly,” said Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., a co-sponsor of the bill. The proposed measure is just one of several that the committee approved and sent to the House Wednesday for consideration.