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Fundraising Skyrockets at UGA
http://athensceo.com/news/2017/07/fundraising-skyrockets-uga/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=cd64a2fce1-eGaMorning-7_19_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-cd64a2fce1-86731974&mc_cid=cd64a2fce1&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
Staff Report From Athens CEO
In the first year of the public phase of the Commit to Georgia Campaign, University of Georgia donors set a record in fundraising, contributing $227.8 million in new gifts and pledges. “When we launched the public phase of the campaign last fall, we called on our alumni and friends to help us expand the impact of this great university on the world,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “Clearly, they are answering that call with extraordinary generosity and support, and it is with the deepest sense of gratitude that I say ‘thank you’ for making gifts that are changing lives.” This marks the fourth consecutive year that UGA donors have set a new record in fundraising and the first time in the university’s long history that the annual total has surpassed $200 million.
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www.thepostsearchlight.com
Fundraising reaches new heights at UGA
www.newsday.com
Best colleges for your money
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/best-colleges-for-your-money-1.13796776
Which colleges offer the most financial value to today’s high school graduates? Money magazine released its list of “Best colleges for your money,” looking at “educational quality, affordability and alumni success.” Below are the top 25 colleges along with their estimated 2017-18 annual costs with and without an average grant and their early career earnings for students within five years of graduation. For public colleges, in-state tuition and fees are used… 16. (tie) Georgia Institute of Technology, Estimated 2017-18 price without aid: $30,700 Estimated 2017-18 price with average grant: $13,800 Early career earnings: $65,600.
www.prnewswire.com
Best Medical Degrees Publishes Ranking of 30 Most Affordable Online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree Programs
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/best-medical-degrees-publishes-ranking-of-30-most-affordable-online-master-of-science-in-nursing-msn-degree-programs-300489231.html
Best Medical Degrees has published a ranking of 30 Most Affordable Online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree Programs (http://www.bestmedicaldegrees.com/cheapest-online-msn/). Using information provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, school information, and national ratings and rankings, Best Medical Degrees has ranked thirty of the most affordable MSN degrees available online. The ranking looks at tuition cost, length of program, and accreditation. All programs in this ranking are accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). Placing first in this ranking is the University of Nevada-Las Vegas School of Nursing in Las Vegas, Nevada. University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia, placed second … Georgia College – Milledgeville, Georgia
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They’re Here! College Application Essay Prompts from Yale, University of Chicago, and University of Texas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/theyre-here-college-application-essay-prompts-from_us_596cf958e4b05561da5a5984
Elizabeth Benedict, Contributor
This has been an exciting few weeks for fans of the most popular literary genre in the country – the college application essay. Yale, the University of Chicago, and the Georgia Institute of Technology have all officially published the required supplemental essays that go along with their Common Application essay, ending months of speculation about what some of the additional gate-keeper questions will be. The University of Texas has published its own essay prompts, which are not part of the Common Application. And those applying to Tufts will want to know that their prompts – always fun to do – went online a while back, and this year’s list still includes one of my favorite questions: “What makes you happy?”
www.myajc.com
Portman ponders two more Midtown Atlanta towers
http://www.myajc.com/business/portman-ponders-two-more-midtown-atlanta-towers/bTAivwcfN162dYr90Wt4xK/
By J. Scott Trubey – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Portman Holdings, which already has a Midtown Atlanta tower called Coda in the works, said Monday it is in “pre-development” for two additional towers at Georgia Tech’s Technology Square. The project would include a pair of skyscrapers totaling more than 610,000 square feet of office space, 140 residences, retail space, a bank and more than 1,000 parking spaces. The proposed development would rise at 740 West Peachtree Street where a current SunTrust branch is located, and it is across 4th Street just south of the Coda building site. Property records show SunTrust owns the site.
www.pri.org
Scientists have developed a bandagelike patch that could painlessly replace the flu shot
https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-17/scientists-have-developed-bandagelike-patch-could-painlessly-replace-flu-shot
Writer Julia Franz
Instead of heading to the doctor for a painful flu shot, what if you could someday vaccinate yourself at home — just by applying a patch to your skin? Researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology are working to make that a reality. They’ve developed a small, bandagelike patch that can dispense a flu vaccine into your skin using a hundred or so microneedles. Its creators described the first human trials recently in The Lancet.
Higher Education News:
www.gainesvilletimes.com
Georgia lottery transfers $1.1 billion to education
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/124459/
Times staff reports
The Georgia Lottery Corp.’s fiscal year 2017 profit transfer to the state treasury’s Lottery for Education Account has totaled more than $1.1 billion, the largest in the lottery’s 24-year history, officials announced Tuesday. The record transfer surpasses last year’s, which was boosted by a world-record $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot.
www.insidehighered.com
The Culling of Higher Ed Begins
The number of colleges and universities eligible to award federal financial aid dropped by 5.6 percent in 2016-17. The vast majority of disappearing institutions were for-profit colleges, but more than 30 private nonprofits were among them.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/07/19/number-colleges-and-universities-drops-sharply-amid-economic-turmoil
By Doug Lederman
It has become trendy to predict that higher education is on the verge of a major collapse, what with enrollments falling as loan debt and rising tuition cause students and families to ask harder questions about the value of a college credential. The most extreme predictions envision hundreds and even thousands of colleges and universities closing over a decade or so. But more even-keeled analysts also have foreseen increases in the number of failing institutions: Moody’s Investors Service in 2015, for instance, said closures and mergers of small institutions would triple and double, respectively, in the coming years. New federal data suggest the increasing financial pressures may be starting to take a toll on institutions. An annual report from the Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics shows that the number of colleges and universities eligible to award federal financial aid to their students fell by 5.6 percent from 2015-16 to 2016-17.
www.chronicle.com
President Trump Made a Promise to Black Colleges. It Hasn’t Happened.
http://www.chronicle.com/article/President-Trump-Made-a-Promise/240685?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=9251ef76d6c94f21b212d9b9054d7444&elq=82286858ebc84bdb972e1870af8f2fba&elqaid=14784&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=6251
By Adam Harris
When presidents and chancellors from historically black colleges and universities came to Washington in February, they had eyes on an ambitious executive order from President Trump that would nearly double the federal support to black colleges. Many of those leaders were disappointed, however, when the directive signed by the president instead included only a small change in the structure of the White House Initiative on HBCUs, a program to “strengthen” the nation’s black colleges. Executive orders on black colleges have been signed by every president since Jimmy Carter. President Trump’s order moved the initiative out of the Education Department and into the West Wing — a shift that HBCU leaders had asked for and supported. The administration argued that moving the office would give black colleges a “direct line” to the White House and help them avoid the complicated “layers of bureaucracy” that they’ve previously had to go through. That shift to the White House, however, has not yet happened. The office is currently without an executive director, and it employs four career staffers who work out of the the Department of Education, according to the initiative’s website. When asked whether there was a timeline for selecting a director, a White House spokesman said there were no announcements at this time. The last four presidential administrations have appointed a director for the office by July of their inaugural year. HBCU leaders and members of programs overseen by the initiative told The Chronicle that there has been little direct outreach from the White House in the months since the order was signed — and in some cases, the line has gone completely silent.
www.chronicle.com
How One Leader Set a Toxic Tone, Spurning Allies She Needed Most
http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-One-Leader-Set-a-Toxic/240655
By Jack Stripling
Could it really be happening again? A group of fund-raising officers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute gathered for an emergency meeting. It was June 2012, and their boss of just two years, Brenda Wilson-Hale, told them exactly what they had feared she might: She was being forced out as vice president for institute advancement — just like her two predecessors. Get your financial house in order, Ms. Wilson-Hale advised. This could happen to any one of you at any time… Rensselaer enjoys a solid reputation, albeit more regional than national. But Ms. Jackson, a theoretical physicist, envisions a day when the institute will be in a league with the likes of Georgia Tech, Stanford, or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
www.diverseeducation.com
Florida GOP Candidate: Guns Should be Allowed on Campuses
http://diverseeducation.com/article/99185/?utm_campaign=DIV1707%20DAILY%20NEWSLETTER%20JUL19&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua
by Associated Press
The leading Republican contender for governor says he supports allowing guns on college campuses and letting residents carry guns out in the open. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said Tuesday that there should be fewer “gun free zones” in the state. Florida legislators in recent years have considered several proposals to loosen gun restrictions, but the measures have stalled. …But there are places where permit holders cannot have guns. Legislators have proposed letting concealed weapon permit holders take their guns on university campuses. Putnam would not say if he would repeal the ban on guns in stadiums.