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ASU’s Fedrick shows leadership in eye of storm
Albany State president makes right tough decision
The Albany Herald Editorial Board
Heavy, as the saying goes, lies the head that wears the crown. Marion Fedrick, who was named president of Albany State University only two months ago, faced one of those career-defining moments that leaders face last week when Hurricane Michael left a lasting impression on the ASU campus. The storm uprooted trees, left structural damage to some of the university’s facilities and, most importantly, left the university and its students without power. With Michael’s track imminent and its potential for destruction likely, Fedrick sent ASU students home well ahead of the hurricane’s arrival. The students who had no transportation home or for whom travel was not an option were bused to Georgia Southern University’s Armstrong Campus in Savannah, well out of the path of the storm. As fate would have it, Michael’s destruction came at perhaps the most inopportune time for Albany State — not, of course, that there is an opportune time for a natural disaster — just as plans were coming together for the university’s annual Homecoming Week. Homecoming at Albany State is an event unmatched in our community, for pageantry and for economic impact. The thousands of alumni who come back “home” to ASU annually fill local hotels, restaurants and businesses to the tune of around $6 million. More importantly, though, homecoming at Albany State is an opportunity for alumni to rekindle the relationship they developed during their time at ASU and to mark the changes that have taken place at their alma mater. Many of the stories that make up the university’s dynamic legacy are tales of bravery, of perseverance, of conquering societal ills. That those stories typically surface during Homecoming Week enhances the impact and importance of the annual celebration.
Michael can’t sink ASU’s homecoming celebration
Students take part in Day of Service, on-campus party, football game
By Jada Haynes
ALBANY — Hurricane Michael may have “rained on Albany State University’s (homecoming) parade,” but the storm did little to dampen the spirit of the unsinkable university on homecoming Saturday. ASU students went out into the community to take part in a Day of Service, most of them choosing to take part in recovery efforts that have been ongoing since Michael slammed into the community Oct. 10 bearing 100-mph winds and heavy rain. There was also the on-campus block party that went on all afternoon and, oh yeah, the homecoming football game in which the Golden Rams defended their turf against Clark Atlanta University. Only hours after returning to campus from a mandatory evacuation, students, alumni and guests attended the university’s Homecoming Convocation Friday morning. Several spoke on the university’s ability to overcome adversity, interspersed with selections from the university marching band. Mayor Dorothy Hubbard, who lifted a midnight-to-5-a.m. curfew on Thursday to accommodate ASU’s pared-down homecoming festivities, greeted the audience and told them Hurricane Michael presented an opportunity to rise above another natural disaster.
UGA Tifton set to hold agriculture disaster session
By Kim McCullough
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – The University of Georgia Tifton Campus is set to hold an Agriculture Disaster Assistance Information Session for Producers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Rural Development (RD) and Risk Managment Agency (RMA) as well as Southwest Georgia Farm Credit, will be on-site to provide updates and information regarding disaster programs that are available to producers affected by Hurricane Michael.
Horst Schulze, hospitality industry leader, to speak at college
By LAUREN MCDONALD
A world-renowned expert in customer service will speak at the College of Coastal Georgia today to help launch the college’s new hospitality degree program. Horst Schulze, chairman emeritus of Capella Hotel Group, CEO and president of WP Hospitality Group and one of the founders of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, is scheduled to give an address at 6:30 p.m. today in the Southeast Georgia Conference Center on campus. The event is part of the college’s promotion of the new Bachelor of Science in Hospitality and Tourism Management degree program.
University of North Georgia’s health and PE teacher education program moving to Gainesville Campus
By AccessWDUN Staff
The University of North Georgia’s health and physical education teacher education program is moving to the Gainesville Campus in spring 2019. Future cohorts will spend a minimum of two semesters on the Gainesville Campus before finishing off their degree with a semester of student teaching. Warren Caputo, assistant professor of kinesiology who will lead the program, said the move will help student retention because many students live close to the Gainesville Campus. He expects the Bachelor of Science in kinesiology with a concentration in teacher certification program to form stronger partnerships in Hall and Gwinnett counties. Plus, the number of field experience sites to place teacher candidates for student teaching and internships will increase.
Society of Women Engineers host 7th annual Girls Engineer IT day
http://www.wtoc.com/2018/10/21/society-women-engineers-host-th-annual-girls-engineer-it-day/
Around 400 students and volunteers attending the 7th annual ‘Girls Engineer It’ day on Saturday. Georgia Tech-Savannah and the Society of Women Engineers’ host the program every year and say it only continues to grow … This one day event each year opens the doors for middle and high school students to find out if engineering or STEM is the career path for them.
Training prepares pharmacists to recognize opioid problems
By Heather Skyler / Associated Press
Posted Oct 20, 2018 at 4:00 PM
According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 200,000 people died in the United States from overdoses related to prescription opioids between 1999 and 2016. Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids were five times higher in 2016 than in 1999. Professor Matthew Perri III, clinical and administrative pharmacy program director at the University of Georgia, is spearheading a training initiative that prepares pharmacists to recognize patients with opioid abuse problems or the potential for problems. The program is called SBIRT, which stands for Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment. It is designed to identify patients who might have problems with alcohol or other drugs, including opioids, so that appropriate interventions can be proposed. In this article he discusses the initiative.
In Our Community: UNG Corps of Cadets honors 17 as distinguished military students
On Sept. 30, the University of North Georgia Boar’s Head Brigade held the 2018 Distinguished Military Students Review, which is conducted annually to honor senior ROTC cadets who have excelled academically and as leaders. To be selected, a cadet must be in the upper half of the academic class, the upper third of the ROTC class, and the upper third of UNG’s Order of Merit List, established by the professor of military science. Additionally, cadets are chosen on the basis of interest and aptitude for military service and outstanding qualities of leadership and high moral character as demonstrated by participation and achievement in campus, civic and military activities. This year’s honorees were: Connor Bane, Lauren Bell, Christopher Bissett, Hunter Blocher, Jasper Bridgeman Jr., Henry Crawford, Terry Ellis, Tyler Farney, Matthew Ilao, Evan Myers, Nolan Olson, Dylan Richards, Robert Rogers, Jacob Starrett, Charlotte Walton, Yusemi Wheeler, and Matthew Williams.
By the numbers: How UGA reports after President Morehead’s 5-year tenure
Olivia Adams | Enterprise Reporter
The University of Georgia has released its annual report for 2018, highlighting recent successes of the institution, including fundraising, admissions, construction and research. “With unprecedented support from our alumni and friends, UGA has reached new heights in excellence across all areas of our mission,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead in his opening letter. “Before taking this role, I never thought it would be possible to accomplish as much as we have together in this short period of time.” 106: The percent increase in annual donations since Morehead took office five years ago …
Georgia Southern community voices opinions at second Statesboro listening session
http://www.thegeorgeanne.com/news/article_58c0effa-da39-5166-98db-50613dc72805.html
By Emma Smith, The George-Anne staff
The Georgia Southern Search and Screen Committee held its second Statesboro listening session for the presidential search Thursday night. The session allowed members of the Statesboro community to voice their opinions on what qualities the next GS president should have. Committee Chair Dustin Anderson, Ph.D., began the session by encouraging everyone to fill out the presidential survey online to help the committee with the search process.
Community’s opinions
Former Statesboro Mayor Jan Moore said the next president should be prepared to remain president for several years. …GS alumnus Russ Taulbee said he wants a leader and a visionary to help the university grow. …
Commentary: Whitten wants to lead a KSU with dominating athletics
John Bednarowski
KENNESAW — It didn’t take long for new Kennesaw State president Pamela Whitten to let her goals be known as they pertain to the Owls’ athletic department. It started with her introduction to football coach Brian Bohannon. “She looked at him and said, ‘I like to win,’” Kennesaw State athletic director Milton Overton said. But that’s not all, because winning obviously isn’t going to be enough. “As someone who was watching Kennesaw State from 80 miles down the road, it’s amazing how mature this program is,” Whitten said about the second-ranked team of the Football Championship Subdivision. “It is a disciplined, serious program. It’s stunningly impressive for a team that’s only in its fourth year. “I think we’re in a good place,” Whitten went on to add. “We are in a conference where there is a challenge. Certainly, our goal is to dominate the conference. With a continued record of dominance, other opportunities will follow.” While this comment was referencing football, it could have been made for the entire athletic department. Overton, the coaches, the athletes and the fans have found a friend in Whitten as far as KSU athletics is concerned. She wants the Owls to be the best of the best each time they take the field, court, track or course — and she’ll be watching.
Techstars Atlanta effort to spur growth
https://www.myajc.com/business/techstars-atlanta-effort-spur-growth/PzQ23mW1KUaOyygeDmsqBP/
By Michael E. Kanell – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Local experts say growth of Georgia’s tech sector is too important to be left to chance or nature: the field may be fertile, but it needs to be seeded, fertilized and fed. Tech accounted last year for nearly 300,000 jobs with average pay of $85,681 a year and a total payroll of more than $25 billion, according to the Technology Association of Georgia. The region is a leader in some tech specialties, like fintech, the software behind credit card transactions and credit processing. But much of it starts small … The idea of offering expertise to entrepreneurs is not new. The Advanced Technology Development Center at Georgia Tech has been cultivating young companies since 1980. Unlike an accelerator, ATDC is an incubator: it works with a company for months or even years, graduating a business only when it is confident of reaping revenue of more than $1 million a year, said Jane McCracken, interim director. The ATDC currently has a “portfolio” of 180 companies, she said.
New Initiative to Establish Atlanta as the “Center for Global Health” Discussed at Georgia Bio Innovation Summit
There’s an exciting, new initiative underway to make Atlanta a “center for global health” focusing on disease eradication, economic development and disaster response. That was the topic of discussion at the closing panel, “The Future of Life Sciences,” at the Georgia Bio Innovation Summit Oct. 9 at the Cobb Energy Centre … Atlanta is home to the CDC, Task Force for Global Health, Carter Center, CARE and the American Cancer Society, which just announced their new venture fundto commercialize cancer therapies. The state also has research institutions such as Emory University, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Morehouse, and Georgia State, among others. And we’re home to 15 Fortune 500 companies with global reach, including Delta, UPS and Coca-Cola that are using their influence and capacity to drive global health initiatives.
www.georgia.growingamerica.com
Donation to ABAC Farm Will Keep Students Up to Date with Modern Technology
Using modern technology with top of the line equipment in laboratory experiences prepares students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for real-world careers upon the completion of their bachelor’s degrees. Thanks to a recent donation to the J.G. Woodroof Farm at ABAC from the CDS-John Blue Company from Huntsville, Ala., and LMC Ag from Albany, that preparation for the future received a shot in the arm. CDS-John Blue donated a gauge and wheel drive, a flow divider, a 6055 pump, and a blockage monitoring system. LMC Ag donated a tool bar, 200-gallon tank, Clymer Coulter System, and liquid plumbing. …“Technology is moving at a fast pace, and our industry supporters are ensuring that the hands-on experience will continue to be what makes ABAC a great choice for students,” Davis said.
Tech student to file lawsuit targeting Perdue’s phone ‘snatching’
By Tamar Hallerman
The Georgia Tech student whose smartphone was briefly snatched by U.S. Sen. David Perdue announced plans Sunday to file a lawsuit against the Georgia Republican. The firm helmed by state Rep. David Dreyer, D-Atlanta, and former mayoral candidate Michael Sterling said it’s set to file a civil battery complaint in Fulton State Court on Monday on behalf of the student. Perdue’s office did not immediately comment on the litigation, which seems designed to try to attract national attention ahead of a volatile midterm vote. It comes a little more than a week after Georgia Tech’s Young Democratic Socialists of America posted a video showing a confrontation with Perdue after one of its members asked about his support for Brian Kemp.
Legislator Asks Court to Dismiss Cheerleader’s ‘Take a Knee’ Suit
Outgoing lawmaker Earl Ehrhart contends that the constitutional rights of student athletes at public colleges and universities are more limited than their fellow students because they are representatives of government-funded institutions and, by extension, of the government that funds them.
By R. Robin McDonald
A Georgia legislator accused of conspiring with a local sheriff to bar college cheerleaders from kneeling during the national anthem has asked a federal judge to dismiss the claim, contending that student athletes’ constitutional rights are more limited than those afforded to the student body at large. State Rep. Earl Ehrhart, a Cobb County Republican who is retiring from the Georgia General Assembly this year, contended in a motion filed Wednesday that student athletes who attend state-funded universities are excluded from the constitutional right to free speech afforded by the First Amendment because they are representatives of their colleges or universities—and by extension means the government that funds them. While private speech is a constitutional right, government speech shares no similar protections, Ehrhart’s motion to dismiss argues.
Crime down at VSU
Burglaries most prevalent
By Katelyn Umholtz
VALDOSTA — Burglaries are the highest reported crimes committed on the campus of Valdosta State University, according to the Clery Report released this month. The Clery Report gave statistics for crimes committed between Jan. 1, 2015 to Dec. 31, 2017, with burglary being the most prevalent crime at VSU all three years: 13 in 2015, 11 in 2016 and 10 in 2017. “It’s a common trend across college campuses,” said Alan Rowe, VSU chief of police. “The people that commit that type of crime know campuses have a more trusting population, and it’s a little less life-experienced population, so they don’t guard their property quite as well.” Its peer institutions, Georgia Southern University and Kennesaw State University, also released their Clery Reports, with the former having four burglaries reported in 2017 and the latter having eight the same year. Though two less motor vehicle thefts occurred last year than in 2016, there were also more motor vehicle thefts on the VSU campus — three reported — in 2017 than at its peer institutions. There were none reported at GSU and one at KSU. Compared to its peer institutions, VSU had a lower number of sexual assaults and rapes being reported in 2017 with one rape, one instance of fondling and one anonymous report of sexual assault. The 2017 sexual assault reports were also down compared to 2016 and 2015.
“It just hurts”- Georgia Southern students protest racially charged text message
Protests at Georgia Southern’s Statesboro campus over a controversial text message that went viral this summer
Sharon Johnson
It’s been three months since a student athlete sent a text containing a racial slur. The controversial text message was screenshot, and went viral. Georgia Southern students from several campus organizations say they’re still outraged. “It just kind of hurts, really. Just being on that campus, and just having that said so close to home. It just really hurts, really, ” said Peter Egede, the campus president of the National Panhellenic Council. The student athlete who sent the message is on the swim team, and they say they want the coaching staff to remove her. Friday is the first home competition for Georgia Southern’s swim team. Student leaders say that’s why they chose today to protest. Students say the administration has taken several steps to rectify the situation- including creating a diversity board. Protesters say that’s not enough.
Protesters march to swim meet to address University’s response to “triggerish” incident
http://www.thegeorgeanne.com/news/article_0afeda92-d3e9-11e8-9ea0-ab4ab6638f46.html
By The George-Anne staff
Student organizations marched on Georgia Southern University’s Statesboro campus Friday in protest of the university’s response to a student’s usage of the N-word in July. Last summer, GS received national attention when screenshots depicting a GS student using the N-word in a message to her future roommate went viral. Courtney Schaefer is a student athlete who sent the N-word to her roomate over the summer. In response to the incident, the university sent out an email informing students of the incident. Screenshots widely used on social media depicted the sender as Courtney Schaefer. Posts further explained that Schaefer is a member of GS’ swim team. Protestors marched from Russell Union, down Forest Drive and to the RAC, where GS’ first home swim meet was being held at 4 p.m. The march included crowds of people chanting and carrying signs that further explained their thoughts concerning the incident.
Ex-student says he was falsely accused of sexual harassment and was denied due process on campus
By KYRA PHILLIPS, CINDY GALLI, SHANNON K. CRAWFORD, ALEX HOSENBALL, ALEXA VALIENTE EMILY RUCHALSKI
For the first time in five years, Joseph Roberts returned to Savannah, Georgia, his college town. The homecoming is hard for Roberts. In fact, he is not even sure what will happen to him if he steps on campus. “I don’t feel safe,” Roberts told ABC News’ “Nightline.” After serving in the Navy, Roberts was on track to become the first person in his family to receive a college diploma. Instead, he received an email from his school Savannah State University that derailed his dream of graduating. “An email came from the Office of Student Affairs,” Roberts recalled. “’You are hereby summarily suspended and if you step foot on campus, you get the threat of expulsion and arrest.’ A couple minutes later, there was a campus-wide email alert with — my picture was almost like a mug shot. ‘If you see me — immediately report to Public Safety.’” Roberts said the email was sent after two students filed complaints, which Roberts called false allegations, of verbal and online sexual harassment. According to documents obtained by ABC News, he was suspended the same day the first complaint was made. Roberts claimed no one reached out to him, interviewed him or asked him what happened before the email went out and that he was “immediately” found guilty.
Georgia DA says prostitution ring ran on Fort Valley State campus; 7 charged
By Eric Stirgus Ernie Suggs
The list of suspects in a Fort Valley State University sex and prostitution ring reads like characters in a cheap novel. A mortician who works part time as a county commissioner. An assistant principal. A city manager. A former legal counsel for a university. Those are four of the six men that Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney David Cooke says were clients of a prostitution ring that was run on campus between 2017 and earlier this year. Alecia Jeanetta Johnson, a 48-year-old former executive assistant to FVSU’s president, is accused of being its ringleader who set up sex for the men. Johnson, who was also the graduate advisor to a sorority on campus, is facing six counts of pimping. She also faces six counts of prostitution on allegations she performed, offered or consented to perform a sexual act for money or other items of value, prosecutors said. Johnson is also charged with conspiracy to commit fiduciary theft stemming from allegations she conspired to take scholarship money, a book scholarship, that had been granted to a student in October 2015.
Prostitution Scandal at Fort Valley State
The district attorney’s office issued arrest warrants for seven people, including two who used to work at the university.
By Emma Whitford
Two former Fort Valley State University employees were charged last week with pimping, prostitution or soliciting prostitution. The arrest warrants were handed down at the end of a months-long investigation into alleged misconduct by university employees, conducted by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with Fort Valley State and the University System of Georgia … Fort Valley State issued a statement Friday that emphasized its cooperation with law enforcement and the University System of Georgia to investigate all alleged wrongdoing.
2 Former Officials at Fort Valley State U. Are Charged in Prostitution Investigation
By Cailin Crowe
Arrest warrants have been issued for two former Fort Valley State University officials and five other people for charges related to prostitution and sodomy dating to 2017, prosecutors in Georgia announced on Friday. Alecia Johnson, a former executive assistant to Fort Valley State’s president, was charged with numerous crimes, including six counts of pimping and six counts of prostitution. She was also charged with conspiring to steal a student’s book-scholarship money, awarded in October 2015, according to prosecutors. Fort Valley’s former chief legal counsel, Charles Jones, was charged with pandering and solicitation of sodomy. A phone call to Jones’s law firm was answered by someone who said Jones would not comment on the charges. The state investigation was first announced in April and was described as being related to sexual misconduct and hazing at the university.
‘PUTS A SOUR TASTE IN EVERYONE’S MOUTH:’ FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS REACT TO SEX SCANDAL
While students are getting ready for homecoming, other students are concerned about the sex crime charges brought against former Fort Valley State University employees.
Author: WMAZ Staff
It’s homecoming week at Fort Valley State University, but some students feel uneasy after hearing about the two former school employees now facing prostitution charges. Many of the students said they had no idea about the case and others said they just hadn’t heard from the school directly about it. Fort Valley State University’s band is getting ready for Saturday’s homecoming game and all the blue and gold excitement. While those students are getting ready to perform, others are learning about the allegations of misconduct for former employees. Tyvonte Maxwell is a junior at the school and says he hopes the allegations aren’t true. “I’m just not very big on selling your body at all. I just don’t agree with it,” said Maxwell. Cedric Mobley is a spokesperson with the school and says the university will continue to move forward as the investigation continues.
New Material, Manufacturing Process Use Sun’s Heat for Cheaper Renewable Electricity
Solar power accounts for less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper … The research, which was done at Purdue in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, published in the journal Nature … Purdue researchers created plates of the ceramic-metal composite. The plates host customizable channels for tailoring the exchange of heat, based on simulations of the channels conducted at Georgia Tech by Devesh Ranjan’s team … An economic analysis by Georgia Tech and Purdue researchers also showed that the scaled-up manufacturing of these heat exchangers could be conducted at comparable or lower cost than for stainless steel or nickel alloy-based ones.
Owl-O-Ween returns to KSU
Shaddi Abusaid
For the fifth year in a row, hot air balloons will dot the night sky above Kennesaw as Owl-O-Ween, metro Atlanta’s largest hot air balloon festival and costume party, returns to Kennesaw State. Located at KSU’s 88-acre Sports and Entertainment Park, the two-day celebration starts tonight at 6 p.m. and continues Saturday at 4 p.m. The event includes six stages, tethered balloon rides, live entertainment, a wide selection of craft beer, vendors, food trucks and costume contests. Owl-O-Ween also includes a “glow show,” where 20 or so lighted hot air balloons move to the rhythm of songs played in the park.
HIGH-FLYING FUN
Attendees in good spirits at Kennesaw State University’s Owl-O-Ween on Saturday
Ross Williams
Halloween lovers at Kennesaw State University did not let a little breeze deflate their good time Saturday night. They were celebrating the second night of Owl-O-Ween, KSU’s annual Halloween party and the biggest hot air balloon festival in metro Atlanta. …The festival had more to offer than colorful balloons, however. There were six stages for live music and other entertainment, a wide selection of craft beer, vendors, food trucks, costume contests and more. Milah Eison, a 3-year-old from Stone Mountain, was having fun chasing bubbles from a bubble machine. Mom Fheerida Freeman said Milah and the rest of the family were having a blast. “I’m wondering if the balloons are going to go up, that’s what I’m looking forward to,” she said. “But the trick-or-treating was awesome.
Photo gallery: Secret Santa Project hosts car show
https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/photo-gallery-secret-santa-project-hosts-car-show/
Austin Steele
Cars filled the parking lot at the University of North Georgia Gainesville campus in Oakwood during the Secret Santa Car Show on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. The car show is a nonprofit event created to raise funds in support of the Secret Santa Project bringing holiday cheer and winter clothing to children and their families in need.
Higher Education News:
Official: $1B Mega Millions jackpot will impact education payouts
By Marlon A. Walker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A big lottery jackpot also means a bigger payout for education. Georgia Lottery officials said Friday’s $1 billion jackpot — the first of its kind for Mega Millions — is a big deal toward surpassing the $1.1 billion the Georgia Lottery contributed toward education during the last fiscal year, which ended June 30. Georgia Lottery money pays to fund the state’s Pre-K programs and HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships and grants used to assist with tuition costs at eligible public and private Georgia postsecondary institutions. The funds help more than 1.8 million students attend college in the state.
2018 Innovators: 6 Programs to Change Classroom Culture
https://www.chronicle.com/specialreport/2018-Innovators-6-Programs-to/227
What drives change in the classroom? This special report looks at how six institutions encourage innovation in teaching. To choose them, we talked with our colleagues on the teaching beat and sought nominations on social media and through The Chronicle’s newsletters. Our choices reflect several key trends in academe: One large research university has a campuswide program to make its courses more engaging to students, and has lots of data on what works and what doesn’t. But innovation doesn’t always require a large budget or take place on a large scale. Other colleges use incentives that involve gamification, online seminars for online instructors, and even an accelerator approach that’s likelier to be found in the tech sector. (Story includes links to nine articles related to this topic.)
Trump May Eliminate Trans Rights
Plan reportedly under consideration would bar any definition of sex other than that designated at birth. Transgender students could lose wide range of rights.
By Scott Jaschik
The Trump administration has drafted policies for the Education Department and other agencies that enforce civil rights that eliminate the concept of a student being transgender, and potentially make it next to impossible for transgender students to raise complaints about treatment based on their gender identities … Catherine Lhamon, who served as assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education under President Obama, said in an interview with Inside Higher Ed that the proposals, if enacted, would be “catastrophic to transgender students.” She noted that while some colleges have moved to protect transgender students from discrimination, others have not. Disputes have come up about admissions policies, access to bathrooms, access to residence halls, athletic participation and more.