University System News:
www.savannahnow.com
Former GS President Hebert accepts job at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
By Savannah Morning News
Former Georgia Southern University President Jaimie Hebert has been named provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Hebert, who served as president during the consolidation of Georgia Southern and Armstrong State University, will start his new job July 1, pending approval by the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors, according to a UL Lafayette press release Hebert is UL Lafayette alumni. UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie said he was happy to welcome him home.
See also:
www.statesboroherald.com
Hebert headed home to UL Lafayette as provost
Leaving GS post after two years
https://www.statesboroherald.com/local/hebert-headed-home-ul-lafayette-provost/
www.wjcl.com
Outgoing Ga. Southern President lands new job
http://www.wjcl.com/article/outgoing-ga-southern-president-lands-new-job/20953538
www.wsav.com
Outgoing GSU president takes new position in home state
http://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/former-gsu-president-takes-new-position-in-home-state/1206189209
www.katc.com
Hebert selected as UL Lafayette’s new provost
http://www.katc.com/story/38298150/hebert-selected-asul-lafayettes-new-provost
www.fox5atlanta.com
Cobb County 14-year-old graduates from high school, college on same day
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/at-14-he-graduated-from-high-school-and-college-on-the-same-day
By: Denise Dillon
He started reading at 4 years old, taking high school classes at 8, college classes at 11 and now at 14 Matthew McKenzie graduated from high school and college on the same day. “I graduated from Chattahoochee Tech with my degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and later that night got my diploma from high school,” said Matthew. Matthew was homeschooled since he was in second grade. “We would pull material from different textbooks and custom create his curriculum,” said his mother, Monique McCord. He started dual enrollment at 11 years old. That’s a big step for a preteen. “I started off walking him to class and then the environment got a little more comfortable then he started walking himself, so he eased into the transition,” said McCord. In the fall Matthew will be studying biochemistry at Kennesaw State University. Then he wants to go to Georgia Tech to get his Masters and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
www.walb.com
Could ASU be key in downtown Albany development?
http://www.walb.com/story/38300637/could-asu-be-key-in-downtown-albany-development
By Whitney Argenbright, Producer
An Albany leader is challenging residents and local business owners to “buy into Albany State University.” Ward 3 City Commissioner BJ Fletcher said the school is vital to the city’s success. She’s also challenging ASU to “buy into downtown” by helping the city create new ways to get students more involved. Fletcher believes the move will help retain graduates and prompt more companies to consider Albany for expansion.
Higher Education News:
www.theatlantic.com
The Two Most Important College-Admissions Criteria Now Mean Less
When so many students have outstanding grades and test scores, schools have to get creative about triaging applicants.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/05/college-admissions-gpa-sat-act/561167/
JEFFREY SELINGO
For generations, two numbers have signaled whether a student could hope to get into a top college: his or her standardized test score and his or her grade-point average. In the past 15 years, though, these lodestars have come to mean less and less. The SAT has been redesigned twice in that time, making it difficult for admissions officers to assess, for instance, whether last year’s uptick in average scores was the result of better students or just a different test. What’s more, half of American teenagers now graduate high school with an A average, according to a recent study. With application numbers at record highs, highly selective colleges are forced to make impossible choices, assigning a fixed number of slots to a growing pool of students who, each year, are harder to differentiate using these two long-standing metrics.
www.chronicle.com
Undeterred by Criticism, Koch Foundation Increases Spending in Higher Education
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Undeterred-by-Criticism-Koch/243528?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest
By Nell Gluckman
Scrutiny of the Charles Koch Foundation’s spending on higher education has increased recently. So has the spending.
A report by the Associated Press on Monday showed that the conservative foundation gave a total of $49 million to more than 250 colleges in 2016, or 47 percent more than it gave in 2015. The report was based on a review of the foundation’s tax records. John Hardin, the foundation’s director of university relations, told the AP that as the fund’s work became better known, more professors were submitting grant proposals and its relationship with certain colleges was deepening. That has led to more spending.