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Georgia students say tax plan will hurt education
http://www.myajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-students-say-tax-plan-will-hurt-education/m6s3WjEV82ZRSPAKOwj82N/
By Eric Stirgus – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia college students are mounting a campaign to remove a provision from the federal House Republican tax plan they fear will cause some students to drop out, cause a decline in scientific research productivity and hurt the local economy. The House GOP plan would add a tax onto tuition waivers that graduate and doctoral students receive for research work they do on campus. A group of student leaders at several public Georgia campuses have drafted a letter they plan to send to the Georgia Board of Regents before its monthly meeting Wednesday that raises their concerns. Some plan to deliver their fears about the bill in person. “Many current graduate students will be unable to afford this new tax, and would fail to finish their programs as a result…Universities would suddenly produce fewer graduates, and would be left with fewer instructors for undergraduate courses,” said a draft of the letter sent Monday to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Nearly 50,000 graduate and professional students are currently enrolled in the University System of Georgia. Some students say they’ll have to take on more debt to continue their studies. “I want to finish and I’m really worried about what impact it will have on graduate education,” said Vineet Tiruvadi, 30, a dual-degree student at Emory University and Georgia Tech.
www.ksusentinel.com
Board of Regents to cut online tuition
http://ksusentinel.com/2017/11/13/board-of-regents-to-cut-online-tuition/
MADELINE MCGEE
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents will consider a plan next spring to cut online tuition to make it equivalent to tuition for on-campus classes. Currently, undergraduate e-tuition at Kennesaw State is $257.33 per credit hour, compared to $180.87 per credit hour for traditional classes. Board of Regents Chancellor Steve Wrigley plans to recommend a proposal to bring the cost of e-tuition inline with the cost of traditional tuition. “There was not a good explanation for the additional cost,” said Charlie Sutlive, vice chancellor for communications and governmental affairs for the Board of Regents. “So we’ve been working with our institutions to look at how we can address that because one of our priorities is college affordability.” According to a representative from the Bursar’s Office, the higher cost of online tuition provides additional compensation for instructors who teach online, due to the added cost of the technology involved in designing and teaching online courses. Some faculty members have voiced concern that eliminating the online fee will force instructors who teach online to do more work without compensation.
www.thebrunswicknews.com
Board of Regents names CCGA president search committee
http://thebrunswicknews.com/news/local_news/board-of-regents-names-ccga-president-search-committee/article_ffab9905-6acc-52cf-a668-459a7cb04198.html
By LAUREN MCDONALD
The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents recently identified who will serve on two committees that will conduct a national search for the next College of Coastal Georgia president. Meg Amstutz, who has served as interim president at the college since July 1, announced last month that she will not pursue the presidency permanently. A 14-member, campus-based presidential search committee will pursue and screen candidates. Then, a regents’ special committee will make the final decision. “The presidential search committee is a comprehensive representation from our College of Coastal Georgia stakeholders comprised of faculty, staff, alumni, students, the foundation and the Brunswick community,” said USG Chancellor Steve Wrigley, in a press release. “The committee plays a critical role in the future of the College of Coastal Georgia. I’m grateful for their support and willingness to lead the search process.”
www.albanyherald.com
Albany State touts $3.5 million in research grants
Grants came in five-month period from May to September
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/albany-state-touts-million-in-research-grants/article_505c608d-e831-527a-a11c-20aaa549f2c5.html
Staff Reports
Albany State University faculty and staff members have been awarded more than $3.5 million in grants from May to September to fund research. Areas of research receiving funding include transportation, aeronautics and space, early childhood education, health care, natural resources, and agriculture and forestry. The ASU Office of Research and Sponsored Programs facilitates and supports faculty and staff in their pursuit of external funding for research, training and other scholarly activities. “The funds received from external sponsors are vital to an institution being able to engage in research and scholarly activities and to implement programs that promote student success,” Louise Wrensford, graduate dean and executive director of Research and Sponsored Programs, said. “Faculty and staff are to be commended for the time and effort they put forth in securing these awards.” Joyce Johnson, professor and graduate faculty member in the department of nursing, received funding for a Reality-based Enhanced and Applied Learning grant. “We are delighted to receive this grant award and look forward to using the grant funds to enhance and expand select ASU master’s degree programs,” Johnson said. “Through these program enhancements, student and faculty scholarship will be promoted, and access to graduate education at ASU will be expanded.”
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Five University of Georgia Alumni to be Recognized for Civic Service
http://athensceo.com/news/2017/11/five-university-georgia-alumni-be-recognized-civic-service/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=c44a1b1b47-eGaMorning-11_14_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-c44a1b1b47-86731974&mc_cid=c44a1b1b47&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
Staff Report From Athens CEO
Five University of Georgia alumni will be honored Nov. 17 at the university’s Tucker Dorsey Blue Key Alumni Awards Banquet. The event will take place at Mahler Hall in the UGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel. The 6:30 p.m. reception will be followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Attorney C. Randall Nuckolls, hospital association executive Susan C. Waltman and UGA administrator Victor K. Wilson will receive the Blue Key Service Award. Honors Program director David S. Williams will receive the Blue Key Faculty Service Award. Physician Matthew T. Crim, who also is a faculty member with the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, will be presented with the Blue Key Young Alumnus Award.
www.albanyherald.com
Two wounded in weekend on-campus shooting at Albany State University
ASU female student was wounded in foot while a male was grazed by a bullet
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/two-wounded-in-weekend-on-campus-shooting-at-albany-state/article_177384dc-85e5-50b4-89b3-33e6ab1625a2.html
By Terry Lewis
ALBANY — Albany State University’s East Campus was locked down for just over two hours last Saturday night after reports of an on campus shooting near two of the university’s residence halls. “At 10:15 p.m. on Saturday the Albany State University Police Department responded to reports of shots fired near Halls 1 and 2 on the East Campus,” the university said in a news release. “The police department notified the campus community of a possible shooting and placed the campus on temporary lockdown at 10:32 p.m. The lockdown was lifted at 12:34 a.m.” There were no life-threatening injuries, though two people, one an ASU student, were wounded. One person was reportedly shot in the foot and the other grazed by a bullet. The two individuals were treated at the Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and released from the hospital. “A female student was shot in the toe and a male Savannah State student was grazed in the leg,” ASUPD Chief John Fields said Monday.
www.ksusentinel.com
KSU not notifying students of rape cases
http://ksusentinel.com/2017/11/13/ksu-not-notifying-students-of-rape-cases/
MADELINE MCGEE
Kennesaw State police arrested a student Nov. 9 in connection with the rape of a 20-year-old woman, the most recent of almost three dozen rape allegations reported to campus police in the last four years. Middle grades education major Benjamin Wainscott is being held without bond in the Cobb County Adult Detention Center after confessing to the felony rape charge. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the woman said Wainscott assaulted her in a dorm room during a date. Wainscott’s case is the most recent in a series of 32 rape allegations reported to KSU PD since January 2014, according to data collected from the university’s daily crime log — five of those reports were made in 2017 alone. KSU has higher rates of sexual misconduct than other four-year universities of comparable size. Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern University and Georgia State University all have fewer reports of dating violence, stalking and rape than KSU. …Since August 2017, six allegations of rape and sexual assault have been reported to KSU police, according to the daily crime log. In that same time frame, the university sent out three timely notifications of crimes committed on campus in accordance with the Clery Act, a federal mandate that requires universities to make students aware of on-campus crime. Two of those notifications were related to fondling cases, and one was related to a robbery — Wainscott’s charges were not among the notifications.
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Sexual Harassment and Assault in Higher Ed: What’s Happened Since Weinstein
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Sexual-HarassmentAssault/241757?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=0ea5249baaa044198b178b268022cc6c&elq=1451a4049fa0450d89d193710f53c547&elqaid=16592&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7212
By Nell Gluckman and Brock Read
Ever since The New York Times published an explosive story gathering evidence that the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein had been harassing and assaulting women and covering it up for decades, almost every industry is asking the same question: Who are our Harvey Weinsteins? Propelled by admiration for those who have spoken out, fear that what happened to them could happen to others, and anger at how long abusers have gone unpunished, women have come forward in droves to report instances of sexual assault by filing lawsuits, speaking with reporters, and posting their accounts online, often using the hashtag #metoo. (Some men have also used the hashtag to share stories of harassment and abuse.) Academe is no exception. Since the revelations about widespread sexual harassment in the film industry, at least a half-dozen allegations of sexual misconduct by male faculty members have come to light or received renewed attention. These stories are by no means new to college campuses, but their momentum demonstrates that the fury unleashed by Mr. Weinstein’s apparent misbehavior could have a longstanding impact on higher education. Here are some of the cases that have emerged since in the Weinstein story broke in mid-October:
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How can institutions improve admissions policies for veterans?
https://www.educationdive.com/news/how-can-institutions-improve-admissions-policies-for-veterans/510435/?mc_cid=c44a1b1b47&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
AUTHOR
Pat Donachie
When Mark Footerman was in the midst of his six-year service in the Army National Guard as a medic, he attended education fairs located on the base where he was stationed. He remembered similar fairs when he was a high school student considering his college career, with numerous booths for renowned private universities like Harvard and Columbia. However, he noted with dismay that the options at the military education fairs were much sparser, with more for-profit institutions like ITT Tech and the University of Phoenix, which have undergone heavy criticism due to their marketing practices to veterans. Footerman believes that by not exposing servicemen and women to top-tier colleges and universities, “you’re setting these people up for failure.” “Why aren’t these [more renowned] schools going to Dover Air Force Base,” he asked. Footerman, who graduated from the University of Delaware this past May and was president of the school’s chapter of Student Veterans of America, said colleges and universities could better assist veterans by shifting how they approach their admissions policies and better understanding the complexity and diversity of the veteran population. It’s something Footerman worked to improve in partnership with University of Delaware faculty during his enrollment.