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www.wtoc.com
UGA Tifton students can get undergrad, grad degrees within 5 years
http://www.wtoc.com/story/37625686/uga-tifton-students-can-get-undergrad-grad-degrees-within-5-years?utm_source=eGaMorning&utm_campaign=e662b8de6d-eGaMorning-3_2_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_54a77f93dd-e662b8de6d-86731974&mc_cid=e662b8de6d&mc_eid=32a9bd3c56
By Emileigh Forrester, Anchor
A new program through the University of Georgia will help graduates make thousands more dollars when they first enter the workforce. Through UGA’s “Double Dawgs” program, students can get both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the same time. Katie Murray, UGA Tifton’s Admissions Counselor, said Thursday that she believes the first year program will boost the school’s reputation. Students can choose from two majors to get both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree within just five years.
www.gainesvilletimes.com
UNG event to honor outstanding female students, alumnae
https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/life/ung-event-honor-outstanding-female-students-alumnae/
Kaylee Martin
Twenty of the University of North Georgia’s top female students from across all five campuses will be recognized at the second annual Women’s Leadership Luncheon on Sunday, March 4. Five alumnae also will be honored, in addition to a presentation on the luncheon’s theme, “The Confident Leader: Be Bold. Be Powerful. Be You” by guest speaker and UNG alumna Ann Hammel. Between members of the Women of UNG group under the UNG Alumni Association, the goal of this year’s luncheon is to enrich the lives of female students and show them what they can accomplish when they leave the university. …“UNG hopes to continue inspiring young women in the future through academics, but also the leadership component, whether they be in the Corps of Cadets, an athlete, or any other career of choice,” she said.
www.11alive.com
Georgia Tech testing Amazon ‘Alexa’ for smart dorm experience
A new pilot program is underway at Georgia Tech that is testing how students can interact with voice recognition services as part of dorm life.
http://www.11alive.com/article/news/education/georgia-tech-testing-amazon-alexa-for-smart-dorm-experience/85-524465789
Author: Liza Lucas
Georgia Tech students are putting Amazon Alexa’s skills to the test in a new pilot program in Towers residence hall. Swapnil Ald and his four roommates are part of the more than 170 students who received Echo Dots are testing the efficacy of using Alexa in the dorms. “I ask her all kinds of stuff like weather, time, play music,” Ald said. “I talk to her a lot, asking about our daily needs. Make a shopping list.” The pilot program is focused on integrating the latest technology into student life and being at the forefront of the “next frontier,” according to James Pete, Dep. Chief Information Officer for Campus Services. “The smart speaker, the Echo itself has become the catalyst for enabling a smart house,” Pete told 11Alive. “We’re thinking about how we can enable the smart residence hall room.”
www.myajc.com
Why can’t Georgia Tech and UGA join other colleges and stand up for student walkout?
https://www.myajc.com/blog/get-schooled/why-can-georgia-tech-and-uga-join-other-colleges-and-stand-for-student-walkout/AuWM9Ou5cj1jWzm6TM7IhN/
By Maureen Downey
I am getting worried emails from parents of high school seniors, especially from the academic powerhouse Walton High School in Cobb County, about possible consequences kids might face from prospective colleges if they participate in the March 14 national school walkout to protest school shootings. More than a thousand Walton students have signed up to walk out, despite discouragement from the administration, according to a Cobb student organizer. Some systems, nost notably DeKalb and Marietta, are openly supporting students in their effort to stop school shootings, but Cobb and Fulton have sent mixed messages, frustrating both students and parents. More than 300 colleges, including Emory, Agnes Scott, Duke, Yale, MIT, and the University of Virginia, have assured applicants they respect their social activism and will not penalize them for any disciplinary actions that may result from participating in the walkout. (Colleges require students to notify them of any disciplinary actions and the schools retain the right to rescind an admission offer.) Yet, the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech have been silent.
www.hypepotamus.com
University-Focused Contrary Capital Makes First Georgia Tech Investment Into Patient Care Startup
University-Focused Contrary Capital Makes First Georgia Tech Investment Into Patient Care Startup
BY HOLLY BEILIN
Contrary Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on student entrepreneurs, has invested in Georgia Tech student-founded Memora Health as part of the company’s seed round. The company, which will graduate from the Y Combinator accelerator next month, also took in capital from Y Combinator and Rough Draft Ventures. Memora Health functions as an SMS-driven personal assistant platform for clinicians, helping them automate patient discharge instructions and follow-ups. The founders, two Georgia Tech and one Harvard Medical student, aim to reduce the overall cost — about $300 billion — in the U.S. healthcare system resulting from poor patient adherence and caregiver follow-up challenges.
www.campusreform.org
College lists ‘ne,’ ‘ve,’ ‘ey’ as gender neutral pronouns
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10583#.WplG3Ii5lAU.twitter
Toni Airaksinen
The Kennesaw State University LBGT Resource Center recently produced a new pamphlet that adds “ne,” “ve,” “ey,” “ze,” and “xe” to the list of gender neutral pronouns. The “Gender Neutral Pronouns” pamphlet, a copy of which was obtained by Campus Reform, tells students that “some people don’t feel like traditional gender pronouns fit their gender identities,” and thus lists alternatives that students can use instead.
www.wsav.com
Suspect arrested in Georgia Southern University terror threat identified
http://wsav.com/2018/03/01/suspect-arrested-in-georgia-southern-university-terror-threat-identified/
By Jeffery Williams
Authorities have released the name of the person they say made terroristic threats against Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro Campus. We’re told 20-year-old Emmanuel Pham, a current student at Georgia Southern, was arrested Wednesday afternoon by the university’s Department of Public Safety. The department received the notification of a possible threat earlier Wednesday and determined it not to be credible.
Higher Education News:
www.chronicle.com
Is Student Debt Big Enough to Hold Back the Economy? What the Research Says
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Is-Student-Debt-Big-Enough-to/242719?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=9724cb1affe74f15b468f9cc70caf5d6&elq=f58922f7115041ac9637539f372add24&elqaid=18039&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8019
By Dan Bauman
Student-loan debt has reached such formidable levels that it could hold back economic growth. That was the warning U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell gave to members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Thursday. Most people know one thing about student debt: It’s big, and it’s a problem. That’s true. America’s student-debt burden currently sits at $1.38 trillion — dwarfed only by housing and mortgage debt — according to a Fed analysis from last quarter. Nearly 11 percent of that debt is more than 90 days delinquent, compared with 4.7 percent for all types of debt. The country’s treatment of student debt is a live issue. Congress and the Trump administration are considering policy proposals to change how the nation finances higher education. A Republican bill in the House of Representatives to reauthorize the Higher Education Act would eliminate government subsidies for interest garnered on some federal student loans, and limit the amount of debt that could be drawn for others. Both Congress and U.S. Department of Education have batted around proposals to curtail the terms of repayment and forgiveness programs. But Americans’ experiences with student debt are often mythologized or exaggerated. Here’s a brief look at what the research says about student loans, economic growth, and who borrows.
www.chronicle.com
The Case for Inclusive Teaching
https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Case-for-Inclusive/242636?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=1500abcae2304617918ecd89e2f059d7&elq=f58922f7115041ac9637539f372add24&elqaid=18039&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8019
By Kevin Gannon FEBRUARY 27, 2018
A quick glance at enrollment trends across American higher education doesn’t offer nearly as much fuel for optimism as it might have a decade ago. Those of us at nonprofit four-year colleges and universities may have (at least quietly) welcomed the precipitous enrollment drop in the for-profit sector, but lately we find ourselves trending in the same direction. Although the downturn is not as pronounced, enrollments across the nonprofit sector (including at two-year colleges) have been gradually declining in recent years, and there’s little to suggest that trend will reverse itself anytime soon. Put simply, everyone’s fighting for a piece of the same shrinking pie. At the other end of the admissions funnel are worrisome signs as well. The data look decent, at least superficially: Six-year completion rates across higher ed are up for the first time since the 2008 recession, and there’s been a significant increase in that rate for students at both private and public four-year institutions, in particular. Break down those data into cohorts, however, and the picture is decidedly mixed.