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Georgia named No. 1 state to do business in for fifth straight year
Georgia first state to hold ranking for five consecutive years
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/georgia-named-no-state-to-do-business-in-for-fifth/article_ad5b81f4-e53a-5a71-b2fe-f44ce21a6207.html#utm_source=albanyherald.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletters%2Fheadlines%2F%3F-dc%3D1509451233&utm_medium=email&utm_content=headline
By Terry Lewis
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal announced Tuesday that Georgia has been named the No. 1 state in the nation in which to do business for the fifth consecutive year by Site Selection, a leading economic development trade magazine. According to Site Selection, Georgia is the first state to hold this ranking for five consecutive years under the same governor. “Having an Economic Development Department like the state has, along with the Department of Community Affairs and the Georgia Department of Labor, the Technical College System of Georgia and the University System of Georgia, is most helpful,” Albany-Dougherty Economic Development Commission President Justin Strickland said. “That makes economic development a team activity, and it takes a team every time to make projects a reality in all corners of the state. We are proud to be partnered with the state and are thankful for the efforts and investments that the governor makes in economic development.” During his tenure as governor, Deal has often touted Georgia as the No. 1 state to do business.
www.bizjournals.com
Gov. Deal only 888th highest-paid state employee (Slideshow)
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2017/10/31/gov-deal-only-888th-highest-paid-state-employee.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2017-10-31&u=xw%2BDRjRaikB6EdaliSJBWQ0ae2f198&t=1509474779&j=79086671
By Dave Williams and Eric Mandel
Gov. Nathan Deal is undoubtedly the best known employee in Georgia’s government. But hundreds on the state payroll make more money than the governor, according to salary data Atlanta Business Chronicle obtained from the state government transparency website Open Georgia. In fact, Deal’s annual pay of $139,339.44 for fiscal 2016, the most recent data available, made him only the 888th highest-paid state employee that year. The top of the pay scale was dominated by administrators and professors at Augusta University, the state’s medical college. In fact, 16 of the top 20 highest-paid state employees were working there as of June 30, 2016.
www.athensceo.com
UGA Grows the Economy, Promotes Economic Prosperity in Rural Georgia
http://athensceo.com/features/2017/10/uga-grows-economy-promotes-economic-prosperity-rural-georgia/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=605d48871e-eGaMorning-10_31_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-605d48871e-86731974&mc_cid=605d48871e&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
Staff Report From Athens CEO
In 2005, Colquitt County was experiencing growing pains. Sanderson Farms had announced plans to build a chicken processing plant in the south Georgia community, bringing 1,400 jobs to the area. While the new plant was welcome, it presented challenges. The county had limited sewer capacity, few housing options and no round-the-clock child care, a necessity for parents working overnight shifts. At the same time, faculty in the University of Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach office and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences were discussing a new program designed to link the resources of the university to the economic development needs of the state. The program would be based on the Cooperative Extension model, with UGA employees stationed in Georgia communities to help address economic development issues. The new program was named the Archway Partnership, and Colquitt County proved to be the ideal place for a pilot. An Archway Partnership professional was hired to live in Colquitt County and began meeting with local residents to help them reach consensus on their priorities and address the most critical issues.
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Group criticizes Georgia university for guidelines it says limits free speech
http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/group-criticizes-georgia-university-for-policy-says-limits-free-speech/OvriG45Rm9lKFVMbdldEKI/
Eric Stirgus
The University of North Georgia’s code of student conduct contains language that one organization believes hampers free speech on campus. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education named the university its October “Speech Code of the Month” violator for what it describes as a “broad” definition of discrimination in its code of student conduct that “can punish speech simply because someone finds it subjectively demeaning or degrading.” The Philadelphia-based organization said in a news release late Monday it’s worried the policy may result in students censoring themselves for fear of discipline by administrators. FIRE is a non-profit dedicated to ensuring free speech on America’s college campuses.
www.ledger-enquirer.com
‘Investing in our youth is important’: Let’s Grow STEAM gears up for college, career expo
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/article181548781.html
BY ALVA JAMES-JOHNSON
When the Let’s Grow STEAMx Youth College and Career Expo is held in Columbus next month, it will be more than just another stimulating environment for children. “We’re doing this because we know investing in our future is important,” said Tashee Singleton, one of the event organizers. “If we don’t do it now, then when are we going to do it?”… In addition to STEAM-related activities, the expo is also an opportunity for students to check out universities and hone their interviewing skills. Institutions present will include Columbus State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Albany State University, and Fort Valley State University.
www.athensceo.com
UGA Professor Awarded Sedgwick Medal for Public Health Service
http://athensceo.com/news/2017/10/uga-professor-awarded-sedgwick-medal-public-health-service/?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=605d48871e-eGaMorning-10_31_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-605d48871e-86731974&mc_cid=605d48871e&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
Staff Report From Athens CEO
University of Georgia professor Jose F. Cordero has been awarded the 2017 Sedgwick Memorial Medal for Distinguished Service in Public Health, the oldest and most prestigious award bestowed by the American Public Health Association. An international leader in infant and maternal health, Cordero will be honored for his “remarkable record of service in the advancement of public health knowledge and practice” at the association’s annual meeting in Atlanta on Nov. 7. Cordero is the Gordhan and Jinx Patel Distinguished Professor of Public Health and head of the department of epidemiology and biostatistics in UGA’s College of Public Health, where he mentors graduate researchers in infectious disease studies and infant and maternal health. “Dr. Cordero has positively impacted millions over the course of his career not only through his scholarship and practice, but also by teaching and mentoring the next generation of global health practitioners,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead. “I commend him on his achievements and on his receipt of this singular distinction.”
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www.chronicle.com
How to Help Disadvantaged Students Reach the Middle Class
http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-to-Help-Disadvantaged/241617?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=aac13d2fc50d451e90705e8f63a880af&elq=89665632655a4a719e37023b814c9829&elqaid=16368&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7075
By Katherine Mangan
Gaping opportunity gaps between low-income students and their peers can be plugged only if campuses share data and success strategies, say researchers who gathered here on Monday to kick off a new national effort to help disadvantaged students reach the middle class. So far, about 200 colleges representing 3.5 million students have signed on to the Collegiate Leaders in Increasing MoBility, or CLIMB, partnership. The inaugural conference, held at the University of Texas’ flagship campus, brought together higher-education economists, nonprofit groups, and college officials who are all seeking ways to increase college completion rates and economic opportunities for underrepresented students. The lead researchers, including Raj Chetty, a professor of economics at Stanford University, hope to glean lessons from colleges with the highest mobility rates. Policy solutions need to be tailored to specific campuses, and that can’t happen until better data are available and shared, said John N. Friedman, an associate professor of economics and international and public affairs at Brown University. Mr. Friedman, one of the key researchers working on the project, started his presentation with a chart showing the steadily declining percentage of children earning more, when adjusted for inflation, than their parents.
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Demand for Pilots Sparks Instructor Shortage at Colleges’ Flight Programs
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Demand-for-Pilots-Sparks/241615?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=d445b6bf3151411c82c53a836d95c376&elq=89665632655a4a719e37023b814c9829&elqaid=16368&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7075
By Julia Martinez
Increasing demand for commercial pilots has increased enrollment in many flight programs and schools across the United States, including those at colleges. And while the programs are adding class sections and planes to their fleets to accommodate the influx of students, they’re also losing a key to their business: flight instructors. The combination of a growing airline industry, a coming wave of retirements of major-airline pilots, and a demand for regional flights has left airlines scrambling to fill their cockpits — and quick to poach flight instructors because of their experience. The shortage is being felt nationwide, said Elizabeth Bjerke, associate dean in the aviation department at the University of North Dakota. Patrick Smith, a career pilot and founder of the Ask the Pilot blog, said there’s never been a better time to pursue a career in aviation. The only problem is that newly trained pilots typically start their careers at regional carriers. Those airlines have historically offered low wages, demanded long hours, and, as a result, suffered a high turnover rate.