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Intelligent.com Announces The Top Master’s in Education Programs For 2019
Public school teachers are paid 17% less than other college-educated professions. A Master’s in Education can help close that gap and advance their careers.
Intelligent.com, an up-and-coming resource for students of all backgrounds, is excited to announce the release of the best online master’s in education programs. They are committed to connecting students with the best resources to take their next education step. The final 2019 list comprises of the top 30 programs from across the country. Every university on the list is a nonprofit institution, and offers a one-hundred percent online program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). The top-ranked programs were evaluated and selected based on program strength, student engagement, and return on investment potential. “The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that teachers with graduate-level education will have more career opportunities,” said Christine Thompson, Higher Education Program Manager. The BLS estimates an eight percent growth in demand for teachers from 2014 to 2024, and demand for biological science and health specialties teachers to increase by as much as nineteen percent.
See the complete ranking and methodology at: https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-masters-in-education/
2019 Master’s in Education Programs (ranked order)
- Valdosta State University
- Augustana University
- Kennesaw State University
- Georgia Southern University
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Lynn, Jensen Receive Top Awards at ABAC Fall Commencement
Staff Report From Tifton CEO
Madison Lynn from Vidalia and Ashley Jensen from Sumner received the top awards presented by the ABAC Alumni Association during the fall commencement ceremony on Thursday at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Lynn, a crop and soil science major, was named the winner of the ABAC Alumni Association Award which goes to the top bachelor’s degree graduate participating in the ceremony, and Jensen, an agricultural education major, received the George P. Donaldson Award for the top associate degree graduate participating in the ceremony. Dr. Tracy Nolan, an ABAC alumnus who is the first female general surgeon at Tift Regional Medical Center, was the guest speaker at the ceremony.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
30 Georgia Tech athletes graduating this weekend
By Ken Sugiura
As Georgia Tech conducts commencement exercises Friday and Saturday, 30 current and former Yellow Jackets athletes will be among those receiving their degrees. Among them are three former Tech football players from the recent past, defensive linemen Izaan Cross and Vance Walker and safety James Butler, who is earning his MBA.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College graduates nearly 480 students at fall commencement ceremony
By Isabel Hughes
Justin Lunt, a 15-year veteran of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, stood in front of his Georgia Gwinnett College classmates at Duluth’s Infinite Energy Arena, reminding them of the dangers of distracted driving. “Folks, do not text and drive,” Lunt said, as he described the traumatic brain injury he suffered while on duty in 2014 after a teen, who was distracted by his phone, collided with his vehicle at 75 miles per hour. As he thanked his family for never giving up on him during his recovery, Lunt turned his attention to GGC faculty, who also sat in the arena. …The ceremony, which included speakers such as Lunt, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Charlotte Nash and GGC President Stas Preczewski, also featured the conferral of GGC’s first honorary degree to Thomas P. “Tommy” Hughes, a prominent Gwinnett community leader and businessman. Hughes, a a charter member of GGC’s Foundation Board who has served as chair for more than five years, was one of several Gwinnett community figures who worked to ensure that a four-year college was established in Gwinnett, Preczewski said.
Albany Herald
426 accept GSW degrees at fall commencement
Brig. Gen. Thomas Carden Jr. offers commencement address
Special to The Herald
The Georgia Southwestern State University Class of 2018 took their final steps, and for some their first steps, on campus recently at the university’s fall 2018 commencement ceremony in the Student Success Center. A total of 426 students earned bachelor’s, master’s and specialist degrees. The commencement speaker was Brigadier General Thomas Carden Jr., the Deputy Commanding General of the Multinational Division South East, stationed in Bucharest, Romania. When it comes to selecting a commencement speaker, GSW President Neal Weaver stated, “Our objective is to find someone who has risen to a notable level in his or her career field, has an inspiring personal story, and is someone whose speech you may like to hear. It’s an added bonus if the individual is a Georgia Southwestern graduate. Gen. Carden certainly checks every one of those boxes.” In his third commencement address as GSW president, Weaver recognized the traditional students who graduated in an admirable four years, all of whom earned a presidential gold coin. He also recognized those whose path to graduation took some different, less traditional routes.
WGXA
MGSU students celebrate fall graduation
by Claire Helm
Some students Middle Georgia State University got to walk across the stage and collect their diplomas on Thursday. MGSU held its fall graduation ceremony, and students from the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Aviation, the School of Business and the School of Education and Behavioral Sciences are now moving onto the next phase of their lives and education. One graduate said it was a long road but worth it in the ed.
The Red & Black
Fall 2018 commencement: UGA students join more than 318,000 living alumni
Victoria Swyers | Contributor
Newly graduated alumni of the University of Georgia beamed through a rainy Friday morning for their fall 2018 commencement ceremony. …“We are proud to celebrate the accomplishments of our outstanding students with you this morning,” said UGA President Jere W. Morehead as welcome to the graduates and families. “As a fellow alumnus, it is my honor to stand alongside you as a devoted member of the Bulldog nation.”
Honoring the graduates
Eleven students were First Honor Graduates — maintaining a 4.0 GPA throughout their college careers. As their names and majors were stated, family members could not contain their excitement, ignoring the instruction to hold applause until the end.
CBS46
Soldier surprises daughter on her college graduation day
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Taylor Kirby already knew Saturday was going to be a memorable day. But the University of North Georgia graduate couldn’t have predicted tears flowing even before her morning commencement ceremony began. Kirby’s father, Army Col. Norman “Chip” Kirby Jr., made a surprise visit on a short leave from active-duty military service in the Middle East. Only Kirby’s mother, Jan Kirby, knew her daughter and the rest of their family were in for a reunion five months earlier than expected. Both of Taylor Kirby’s parents are 1993 alumni of UNG, and Chip was a member of UNG’s Corps of Cadets. As shocked family members smiled and ask questions about who knew what, Taylor Kirby stepped into her father’s embrace and began crying tears of joy. Her father had told her he would be watching the ceremony online. “I’m excited to graduate anyway,” Taylor Kirby said. “And then he gets to be here.” Chip Kirby called it “the best experience of my life.” …More than 600 students received their degrees at UNG’s two fall commencement ceremonies Saturday.
Statesboro Herald
Vietnam vets share unique stories
History grad student updating Bulloch Annex exhibit
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Statesboro Herald
Reaching out to the community to update Bulloch County’s military history exhibit with more stories and artifacts from the Vietnam War, Georgia Southern graduate student in public history Breana James and her helpers heard from veterans who experienced the war in unique ways.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
GSU President Becker to chair American Council on Education
By Dave Williams – Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State University President Mark Becker has been elected board chairman of the American Council on Education (ACE), the major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges and universities. Becker was named chairman Friday during a webinar with ACE members. His one-year term will begin in March following the organization’s annual meeting in Philadelphia.
Savannah Business Journal
Georgia Medical Society Recognizes Individuals at 18th Annual Health Care Heroes Awards
Savannah Business Journal Staff Report
Earlier this month the Georgia Medical Society recognized individuals in the community who were nominated for their many health care activities. These individuals were nominated by organizations or individuals who felt they had involved themselves in making health care better in this community. Nominations were accepted for six unique categories, listed below. This year’s winners are: …Community Outreach – Organizations that have taken Health Care initiatives outside the confines of their own institutions and into the community at large with demonstrable improvements in the quality of life. …Dr. Janet Buelow, Professor of Health Services Administration – Georgia Southern University
WABE
As Adults Return To College, Schools Try To Remove Barriers
MARTHA DALTON
The image of a ‘traditional’ college student—a fresh-faced teenager living on campus—may be changing. Increasingly, schools are reaching out to ‘non-traditional’ students. They tend to be older, live off-campus, and may have other responsibilities like full-time jobs or children. More than 15 percent of students enrolled in The University System of Georgia this fall are non-traditional students. Some states, like Georgia, are turning their attention to non-traditional students because they’ve set some lofty goals for college completion. Complete College Georgia is a plan outlined by the state that aims to ensure 60 percent of the state’s adults will have some kind of post-secondary degree by the year 2025. Right now, about 42 percent of adults in the state meet that criterion. …Genesis Appiah is a 31-year-old single mom who returned to college full time last year. She’s working toward a psychology degree at Clayton State University. Appiah has attended college on and off since graduating from high school. She’s been able to find work, even landing at the Georgia Department of Labor for a while. But Appiah says she felt replaceable because she didn’t have a four-year degree. Not long after starting school, Appiah heard about a program called Boost. It’s a collaboration between Clayton State, Columbus State, Georgia Southern, and childcare nonprofit Quality Care for Children. Savannah State will soon join the program. Boost subsidizes childcare for low-income parents who’ve returned to college full time. It also helps parents find high-quality childcare centers for their children.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Suicides underline calls for more mental health services at Tech
By Eric Stirgus
Michelle Williamson remembers her first trip to Georgia Tech in 2015 to get help for her son, a charismatic young man who suddenly shared disturbing tales that sounded like paranoia. He thought classmates were purposely giving him wrong answers in study groups. He believed people were videotaping his every move. He suspected his mother was part of a conspiracy to made him quit school when she talked to him about transferring.The stress of excelling at one of the most rigorous schools in the nation was overwhelming. “There was a lot of academic-based pressure,” her son said in a telephone interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “It’s a really tough school.”He sought help on campus twice, but the counselor suggested he needed additional services off campus. The AJC is not identifying the student at his family’s request. “What are they there for?” said Williamson’s son, who graduated in August. “They need to have people educated in mental health to help students.”Georgia Tech’s efforts to help students dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and other issues is under scrutiny again after two students died in recent weeks in apparent suicides.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Southern begins construction of engineering and research center
By Eric Stirgus
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal joined Georgia Southern University officials Wednesday for a ceremony to celebrate the start of construction of a engineering and research center. The 135,000 square foot facility will be on the Statesboro Campus. The state budget approved earlier this year included $50 million for the center. The center will focus on research and learning in areas such as manufacturing engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
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Georgia Southern University holds groundbreaking ceremony, Gov. Nathan Deal speaks
Statesboro Herald
Gov. Deal breaks ground for GS Engineering and Research
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WXFL
ABAC shares goals for Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation
by Danielle Ledbetter
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College houses the Center for Rural Prosperity and Innovation. Back in May, Governor Nathan Deal signed House Bill 951, which created the center to help address problems specific to rural communities. ABAC President, David Bridges, who is also serving as the interim director for the center, shares the main goals of it. “The bottom line was that there needed to be someone whose primary focus was on rural re-investing, rediscovering, and helping rehabilitate Georgia’s rural communities,” said Bridges.
The Brunswick News
College, STAR Foundation agree to continue partnership
By LAUREN MCDONALD
The College of Coastal Georgia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday with the STAR Foundation of Coastal Georgia to continue supporting the organization’s mission. The STAR Foundation works to end poverty in this area by educating and empowering adults with the foundational skills needed to thrive personally and professionally. STAR uses computer training as the basis to teach financial literacy and work readiness skills. “It is a pleasure to sign this MOU today on behalf of the College of Coastal Georgia and to express our continued partnership with the STAR Foundation,” said Michelle Johnston, president at Coastal Georgia, before signing the MOU alongside Kyajuana Gilbert, executive director of the STAR Foundation.
Gwinnett Daily Post
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LAWRENCEVILLE
Input sought on design of Performing Arts Center
Residents of Lawrenceville are invited to view and give input on the design of the proposed Lawrenceville Performing Arts Center on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Lawrenceville Performing Arts Center will build upon the Aurora Theatre’s success as one of the top professional theaters in the state. Furthermore, Georgia Gwinnett College is seeking lease approval from the Georgia Board of Regents for the LPAC, which would provide the college’s students and faculty daily access to a modern professional theater.
The Daily Tribune
GHC’s economic impact approaches $170 million
BY DONNA HARRIS
The impact that Georgia Highlands College is making on the state of Georgia is more significant than simply educating the future workforce. In fiscal year 2017, the five-campus college made an economic impact of almost $169 million on the state, according to a recently released University System of Georgia report from the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Of the more than $16.8 billion reported by the USG as a whole, GHC’s contribution to the economic health of the state was $168,656,120, an increase of more than $19 million from the FY 2016 report. “GHC’s economic impact reflects the college’s contribution and dedication to building and maintaining a strong economy throughout all the communities it serves,” President Dr. Don Green said. “We provide many careers throughout the northwest Georgia area. Most importantly, we provide career-ready graduates for the labor market, which helps our communities expand local businesses while attracting new ones.” Green also said part of college’s mission is to “aid the state in economic growth.”
Gainesville Times
University of North Georgia’s economic impact on the area might surprise you
UNG estimated to have $620 million effect annually
The University of North Georgia, across its five campuses and online programs, had an estimated $620 million economic impact on Northeast Georgia in the 2017 fiscal year. The study measures direct and indirect spending that contributes to the university’s service region.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Gwinnett College’s business school awarded global accreditation
By Bill Chastain – Contributing Writer
Georgia Gwinnett College’s business school this year earned accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, a nonprofit professional organization founded in 1916. “AACSB accreditation is synonymous with the highest business education standards world-wide,” said Tyler Yu, dean of the GGC’s school of business. When GGC opened in 2005, its leadership’s goal was to earn this accreditation, which belongs to more than 820 business schools worldwide. The process is rigorous, as institutions seeking business accreditation must align with a set of 15 standards focusing on mission and strategic management; support for students, faculty and staff; learning and teaching; and academic and professional engagement of students and faculty, according to the AACSB International website. “From day one, we knew this was something we wanted to go after as a top-tier accreditation,” said Stanley C. Preczewski, president of GGC, adding that working toward the goal meant faculty needed to hold certain credentials and buy into the process.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Group gives two Georgia universities low marks for campus speech rules
By Eric Stirgus
A national organization that monitors college campus speech guidelines released an annual report Tuesday that gave two Georgia universities the lowest ratings on its system. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) gave Georgia Southern University and Middle Georgia State University red light ratings on its scale for their sexual harassment policies. “Georgia Southern and Middle Georgia State’s policies provide definitions and examples that are far broader than (a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on campus sexual harassment guidelines),” said Laura Beltz, FIRE’s senior program officer for policy reform.
Saporta Report
Photo Pick: Physical therapists’ research aims to limit pain for guide dog users by Peggy Cozart
University of North Georgia (UNG) graduate students Tommy Otley, Mitchell Aarons and Erin McCarthy have been working with associate professor of physical therapy Dr. Sue Ann Kalish on guide dog research. Among the major findings is that guide dog use sharply reduces the risk of falls for visually impaired people, a result which College of Health Sciences and Professions Dean Dr. Teresa Conner-Kerr said UNG is the first to uncover.
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Inside Higher Ed
Lawyers and Title IX practitioners have identified potential conflicts between the Trump administration’s new proposed regulations on the gender discrimination law and state policy.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
Three years ago, Kevin Kruger, head of the country’s association for student affairs professionals, wrote to The Washington Post over his concerns with new state laws around campus sexual assaults. At the time, states such as California and New York were responding to the same pressures that led to the Obama administration’s efforts to crack down on sexual violence at colleges and universities. The states passed legislation that both cemented the rules from Obama’s Education Department into state law and went further, adding new definitions of consent and more. Many of the laws applied to both public and private institutions. This “patchwork” approach to complex sexual assault adjudication, Kruger, president of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, then wrote in the Post, could create bureaucratic nightmares for institutions. Kruger’s warning appears to have proven prescient, though likely in ways he didn’t imagine. Last month, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos released draft regulations around the federal gender antidiscrimination law, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, in a drastic shift from the approach that Obama championed.
Inside Higher Ed
Should Colleges Consider Home Equity?
Stanford becomes latest institution to drop the value of family homes when calculating ability of a student to pay.
By Scott Jaschik
Stanford University has become the latest top university to announce that it will no longer consider home equity when calculating how much money a student and her family can afford to contribute toward a college education. The university’s announcement quoted Stanford’s board chair, Jeffrey S. Raikes, as explaining the change this way: “Stanford is committed to meeting the full demonstrated need for every admitted undergraduate who qualifies for financial aid, without expecting them to borrow to meet their need. Removing home equity from the financial aid calculation is the first of what we expect will be several additional steps to further enhance our undergraduate aid program in the next few years.” … The issue of home equity is not one on which all colleges agree, and some fear that eliminating calculations of home equity favors those who are from families of means.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Why We Need to Rethink Remediation
By Angela Boatman and Thomas J. Kane
Rising tuition is not the only barrier to college access. Each year, community colleges refer hundreds of thousands of new students to remedial courses in math or English before they can begin their college-level coursework. Only 34 percent of these students ever complete any type of college degree, leading many educators to wonder if remediation — which not only increases expenses but also delays students’ likely degree completion — has become a bridge to nowhere. A growing number of states, including California, Connecticut, Florida, and Texas, have begun exempting more students from remediation or allowing them to complete remediation alongside their college-level courses as a corequisite. However, our recent study in Tennessee, with a team of researchers from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and Peabody College at Vanderbilt University, suggests that there is a deeper problem with remediation: Students are neither improving their math skills nor increasing their chances of passing college-level math.
Inside Higher Ed
College credentials still loom large in hiring. But a new survey of HR leaders finds growing interest in skills-based hiring, online microcredentials and prehire assessments.
By Paul Fain
Recent headlines have touted the move by several big employers to stop requiring new hires to hold college degrees. Meanwhile, a drumbeat of studies show increasing labor market returns for degrees, and employers say they value the critical thinking skills of liberal arts graduates. These seemingly oppositional trends are both real and on display in a new report from Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy. The report sheds light on a technology-enhanced shift in the way workers are being hired in the knowledge economy … the results also suggest that college leaders should pay close attention to the gradual, ongoing transformation of HR functions as well as to nascent changes in how employers view alternative credentials, particularly of the digital variety.
Inside Higher Ed
Farm Bill Includes Wins for Colleges
By Andrew Kreighbaum
The $867 billion farm bill passed by Congress this week includes important wins for land-grant institutions, especially historically black colleges. The bill, which is set to go to President Trump’s desk, would eliminate a provision of the law that for decades required 1890 land-grant universities, including 19 HBCUs, to spend most of their federal extension funding in a calendar year. The change means tuition-dependent colleges will have more flexibility to use that funding for long-term projects, said David Sheppard, senior vice president at the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. “We’re no longer in a ‘use it or lose it’ situation,” he said. The bill would also require that states tell Congress whether they are fulfilling obligations to make a one-to-one match of federal funding for 1890 land-grant institutions. …HBCU supporters hope the new transparency requirement will put more pressure on states to provide equitable funding for those institutions. The farm bill would also provide $50 million to establish centers for excellence at three historically black colleges to be designated by the agriculture secretary.