University System News:
The Tifton Gazette
UGA workshop to focus on forest herbicide applications
http://www.tiftongazette.com/news/uga-workshop-to-focus-on-forest-herbicide-applications/article_f1e189b2-5a98-11e7-ba50-3f586847871e.html
Clint Thompson
Foresters, forest herbicide applicators, land managers and landowners interested in maintaining effective forest herbicide programs are encouraged to attend the University of Georgia Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources’ Forest Herbicide Workshop. The workshop will be held on Tuesday, July 18, and Wednesday, July 19, at the Tift County UGA Cooperative Extension office.
http://www.statesboroherald.com
Georgia Archives span from 1733 to MacGyver
http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/80540/?utm_source=Statesboro+Herald+Subscribers&utm_campaign=f7d65d52fd-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f96307a68f-f7d65d52fd-180440017
Al Hackle
The Georgia Archives, which became part of the University System of Georgia in 2013, have increased their staffing, would welcome more visitors and now feature in movies and TV shows, Bulloch County Historical Society members heard at their 44th annual meeting.
Growing Georgia
Bridges Begins 12th Year as President of ABAC on July 1
http://growinggeorgia.com/news/2017/06/bridges-begins-12th-year-president-abac-july-1/
As of June 30, Dr. David Bridges will have accumulated 4,015 days as the president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Out of all those days, he readily points to Jan. 7, 2008 as his “best day ever.” Bachelor’s degree classes came to ABAC on that day to reshape the future of the college.
MedGadget
Georgia Tech Researchers May Have Developed Technology to Prevent Cancer Metastasis
https://www.medgadget.com/2017/06/georgia-tech-researchers-may-developed-technology-prevent-cancer-metastasis.html
Cancer cells rely on their cytoskeletons to move away from where they are born, resulting in metastasis of the cancer. This process has been a challenge to prevent, but doing so can go a long way toward successfully killing cancers before they’re allowed to spread. Researchers at Georgia Tech are now reporting in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on an approach they’ve developed that inhibits the functionality of cytoskeletons and, at least in a laboratory study, prevents cancer cells from migrating away from their original tumor. Cytoskeletons can create octopus-like tentacles that extend from the cell’s body and which produce cell motion allowing cancer cells to move around. The Georgia Tech team was able to design Arg–Gly–Asp (RGD) peptide-functionalized gold nanorods that they managed to target to attach to integrin, a protein involved in the development of cytoskeletons.
Marietta Daily Journal
Kennesaw State University’s Continuing Education to launch Certified Financial Planner Program this fall
http://www.mdjonline.com/news/education/kennesaw-state-university-s-continuing-education-to-launch-certified-financial/article_aa3ff226-5bae-11e7-ac2e-57c62b954465.html
The College of Continuing and Professional Education at Kennesaw State University has partnered with the Certified Financial Planner Board to launch a brand-new 14-month Certified Financial Planner Program this fall.
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Georgia college presidents not on list of 30 highest paid in U.S.
http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-college-presidents-not-list-highest-paid/7xW1VoGOmgimlcePyMcXTJ/
Average total compensation for the presidents of America’s public colleges rose about 5 percent in 2016 over the previous year, according to an analysis by the Chronicle of Higher Education released this week. In Georgia, Georgia Tech president Bud Peterson was the top-paid public college president. He made more than $720,000 in 2016, according to the Chronicle. The way the University System of Georgia Board of Regents calculates presidents’ pay is different from the Chronicle’s, however. By the Regents’ calculations, Peterson will earn $1,135,710 this coming year. Georgia State University president Mark Becker is the only other president with a seven-figure total compensation package at $1,094,952. University of Georgia president Jere Morehead’s total compensation is $860,844. Arizona State University president Michael Crow is the best-paid public college president nationally, earning more than $1.5 million in 2016, according to the Chronicle. No Georgia public college president ranked among the 30 best-paid nationally, by the Chronicle’s ranking.
The Telegraph
Midstate university given accreditation warning
http://www.macon.com/news/local/education/article158475194.html
Andrea Honaker
Fort Valley State University has been hit with a one-year accreditation warning. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges made the decision at its June 15 meeting after looking at the school’s finance monitoring report as well as a follow-up report to its five-year review from June 2016, according to a disclosure statement from the association. The commission is the regional body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in Southern states.
Higher Education News:
Inside Higher Ed
Spring Data Show Increase in Foreign Students
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/06/26/spring-data-show-increase-foreign-students
Many U.S. colleges reported drops in applications from international students for this coming fall, but for this past spring, at least, international student numbers continued to grow, increasing 1.7 percent, from 1.16 million in May 2016 to 1.18 million in May 2017, according to new data on F and M student visas from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The overall increase in international students comes despite a 19 percent drop in the number of students from Saudi Arabia, the fourth-leading country of origin for international students in the U.S. after China, India and South Korea. Many colleges have reported declines in numbers of Saudi students that they attribute primarily to changes in the government’s large-scale foreign scholarship program.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Universities Are Getting a Lesson in the Value of Early Training to Apply for Grants
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Universities-Are-Getting-a/240454?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=ab3e4d2080d04406a12a913ab4f08d25&elq=60ace691433d4be9bc09054b5e930e44&elqaid=14545&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=6133
As a doctoral student at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in the 1980s, James L. Olds had an adviser who taught him how to apply for federal grants by including him directly in the process.
Inside Higher Ed
Not Just for Students
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2017/06/28/advice-professors-using-social-media-discuss-controversial-topics-essay
Shontavia Johnson
Inappropriate social media posts from current and soon-to-be college students have made news headlines lately. Students, however, aren’t the only ones who need to hone their digital literacy skills. Many professors also need to think twice about their digital discourse.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
College Lawyers Welcome New Clarity of Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights
http://www.chronicle.com/article/College-Lawyers-Welcome-New/240456?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
Two officials from the Trump administration, both responsible for enforcing federal civil-rights laws, got a warm welcome Tuesday from higher-education lawyers, who praised their willingness to listen to the institutions’ concerns. Candice E. Jackson, acting assistant secretary for the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, and Thomas E. Wheeler, acting assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice, spoke for nearly 90 minutes to the lawyers, here for the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Attorneys. The two officials offered to work collaboratively with colleges and to no longer treat informal guidance, such as the department’s 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter on Title IX, as a formal regulation, requiring the colleges to comply with specific measures.