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Michigan Business Daily
Sticker shock: Which 4-year U.S. schools charge the lowest in-state tuition?
By Local Labs News Service
U.S. residents enrolled at Michigan face among the lowest cost of attending four-year in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data. The analysis includes the cost of tuition only for the 2018-19 academic year reported by four-year schools to the U.S. Department of Education. Where do residents pay the lowest in-state tuition?
Rank: 26, 27, 28, 35, 38
State: Georgia
School: South Georgia State College; Georgia Highlands College; Atlanta Metropolitan State College; Gordon State College; Middle Georgia State University…
Enrollment: 2,540; 6,013; 2,501; 3,986; 7,341
2018-19 tuition: $3,254; $3,288; $3,416; 3,828; 3,924
Market Screener
AT&T : awards $25K to support the Steps to College initiative
AT&T is helping the University of North Georgia (UNG) make a difference in the lives of more than 115 area high school students for whom English is not their primary language. Through a $25,000 grant, the company will help ensure that first generation non-English native speaking students receive academic enrichment support that will help them to succeed in high school and beyond. Now entering its 20th year, Steps to College (S2C) is a summer for-credit program designed to meet the unique needs of bilingual or multilingual area high school students who are also English learners.
Patch
Internship Program Thrives In Douglasville
The City of Douglasville hopes its interns will either return after college graduation or stay local to join the workforce.
By Fernando Alfonso III, Patch Staff
The City of Douglasville recently welcomed its second class of interns in June after several months of recruiting. The interns were chosen for the city manager’s office, human resources, community development, finance, and community relations, among elsewhere, the city said in a news release. Launched in May 2018, the City of Douglasville’s internship program was created in response to the city council’s emphasis on redevelopment and to offer options for recent graduates of Douglas County to either return after college graduation or stay local to join the workforce, the city said. …The 2019 internship class includes two students from Georgia State, three students from the University of Georgia, one student from the University of West Georgia, and one student from Samford University in Alabama. All but one student from the internship class is from the Douglasville/Douglas County Community, the city said.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What’s your fantasy: Georgia State holding a course on Ludacris
By Eric Stirgus, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta music and film star Ludacris asked in one of his biggest hits “What’s your fantasy?” For his fans studying law at Georgia State University, the fantasy will become reality as they learn more about the contracts that shaped the career of the entertainer, who rapped: “My rap career goes back further than yo’ father hairline.” The school announced Thursday it will have a course in its College of Law this fall called “The Legal Life of Ludacris.” The class is already full.
Growing Georgia
Business of ABAC Never Far from the Mind of David Bridges
Running a business with a budget of $64 million a year would consume every waking moment of most individuals. Dr. David Bridges, president of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, is no exception. “The big difference between running a business and being the president of ABAC is our return on investment is very complicated,” Bridges, the longest serving president of the 26 institutions in the University System of Georgia (USG), said. “Our return would have to be calculated over the lives and careers of our graduates.” Since Bridges became the 10th president in the history of ABAC on July 1, 2006, over 7,000 graduates have received their ABAC diplomas. Unlike a company that makes only one product and that product eventually rusts away or in the case of food, gets eaten, Bridges hopes that ABAC graduates continue to thrive and build more businesses. “Students are our business, and our graduates start businesses of their own,” Bridges said. “During their lives, our graduates generate economic impact in their communities so the ABAC investment continues to grow.”
Union Recorder
Georgia Southwestern, CGTC sign articulation agreements
Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) signed two new articulation agreements with Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) recently on the college’s Warner Robins campus. The agreements lay out pathways for transfer of credit from CGTC’s new general studies associate’s degree into multiple four-year programs at Georgia Southwestern, including a designated pathway for transfer into GSW’s long-term care management program. Articulation agreements allow students to benefit from the seamless transfer of credit earned at one institution into programs at another, often reducing cost and encouraging further pursuit of higher education, personal growth, and career advancement.
The Savannah Tribune
The Beach Institute Lecture and Learning Series Presents
“Beyoncé, Black Panther, and the Politics of Pop Culture”
Chris Cartright, MFA, Lecturer of English at Georgia Southern University (Armstrong Campus) will examine our media landscape and the competing political ideologies of our era at the Beach Institute on 502 E. Harris Street. Using a few familiar examples Mr. Cartright will look at how contemporary media cultivates cultural attitudes, whether we know it or not. Critical engagement with popular culture–reflecting on media texts in their real social context–can help us better advocate for the cultural values that matter to us.
The George-Anne
Rape at Southern Pines under investigation
By McClain Baxley and Sarah Smith
Editor’s note: The victim’s name was redacted from the police report to protect her privacy and encourage other victims to step forward. We have chosen to use the fictional name Jane Smith when describing the victim.
Georgia Southern University Criminal Investigations Division is investigating an on-campus rape that occurred at Southern Pines university housing on Sunday morning. According to the GS Crime and Fire Log, the rape incident occurred between 2:30 a.m. and 5 a.m and was reported at 8:49 a.m. Officer William McCurdy responded at 9:07 a.m to the reported sexual assault. After speaking with Jane Smith, McCurdy transported her to the Statesboro Regional Sexual Assault and Child Advocacy Center, better known as The Teal House. Officer Haley Shutley and Lieutenant Riner transported Jane Smith to the police department and conducted an interview at approximately 2:30 p.m. After the interview with Smith, Shutley and Riner began collecting evidence.
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WJCL
Police: Rape reported on the campus of Georgia Southern University
According to Georgia Southern Police, a rape was reported on campus
Northwest Georgia News
By Andy Miller Georgia Health News
The former Chestatee Regional Hospital in Dahlonega, the seat of Lumpkin County, is now Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin. It’s a scaled-down facility that offers an emergency department, inpatient care and other services. It’s part of the Northeast Georgia Health System, based in Gainesville. Looking forward, the system is developing plans to replace the reopened facility with a new hospital 5 miles outside Dahlonega. The site of this planned hospital is at the end point of Ga. 400, a highway that connects Atlanta and some of its suburbs to Georgia’s Appalachian region. …The details of the hospital deal were somewhat complicated. Northeast Georgia bought the Dahlonega hospital last year for an undisclosed amount, then sold it to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, which is now leasing it back to Northeast Georgia. Eventually, the University of North Georgia, which has campuses in Dahlonega and Gainesville, is expected to relocate some health sciences programs and services to the current hospital property.
Construction Equipment Guide
GUCA’s 2018-19 Lifetime Industry Achievement Award
The Georgia Utility Contractors Association Inc. (GUCA) presented Gwinnett resident John D. Stephens of JDS Holdings, LLC, Lawrenceville, Ga., with the GUCA Lifetime Industry Achievement Award for 2018-2019 at the 2019 GUCA Annual Conference in Destin, Fla. Gov. Brian Kemp gave a commendation for this lifetime achievement. John D. Stephens, JDS Holdings, LLC, has exhibited the strongest qualities of leadership to the utility construction industry throughout his lifetime. Stephens is a native of Georgia, born and raised in Gwinnett County and was part of the first graduating class of South Gwinnett High School in 1958. He resides in Snellville, Ga., with his wife Beverly and has five children and ten grandchildren. Stephens is an active supporter of many charitable causes — Georgia Gwinnett College
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Former UGA star becomes first tennis player to sign CBD endorsement
By Eric Jackson – Sports Business Reporter
John Isner has signed an endorsement deal with Defy, becoming the first professional tennis player to ink a CBD sponsorship. Defy is a performance drink infused with hemp extract that’s co-founded by former NFL, and University of Georgia, star Terrell Davis. The drink aims to help athletes revitalize their bodies, and signing Isner is the company’s latest push to become the leader in bringing CBD to professional sports. Isner, also a former UGA standout, said Defy is a difference-maker on the playing field.
WALB
Turner school board names new superintendent
The Turner County School System will soon have a new leader. Craig Matthews was named the sole finalist for superintendent after a called meeting of the Turner County Board of Education on July 23. …He attended Georgia Southern University and Albany State University.
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WTOC
Georgia state leaders make moves to change education standards
By Wright Gazaway
Georgia parents who had to relearn how to do math to help their kids under Common Core standards may have to learn a new system. This week, Georgia education leaders started the process of repealing and replacing the state’s K-12 education standards. The state adopted the Georgia Standards of Excellence in 2015 for math and english, but they are nearly identical to Common Core standards adopted in 2009. Those standards just outline what students should know in each grade. The Common Core program did increase testing to track student progress. Governor Brian Kemp said the expectations are cumbersome and confusing to teachers and parents. “It’s almost gotten just out of control in some regards,” Kemp said. “I do believe in accountability. We need to be able to measure, but sometimes we spend more time measuring than we do teaching, so we got to have the right balance.” The argument for Common Core is that it allowed for continuity when students move, and it made it easier to track student progress.
Inside Higher Ed
GAO: U.S. Should Verify Borrowers’ Income for Income-Driven Loan Plans
By Andrew Kreighbaum
The Government Accountability Office in a report released Thursday recommended that the Department of Education do more to verify the income and family size of borrowers applying for income-driven repayment plans. IDR plans allow borrowers who can’t manage loan repayment under a standard 10-year plan to make monthly payments equal to 10 percent of their income. The remaining loan balance for those borrowers is forgiven after 25 years. Payments under IDR are based on both reported income and family size. And the GAO found that more than 76,000 borrowers making no monthly payments may have earned enough to pay something toward their student loans. Those borrowers collectively owed more than $4 billion in outstanding federal loans in fiscal year 2017. And more than 35,000 borrowers reported atypically large family sizes. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos in a statement called on lawmakers to give the department authority to independently verify income information using IRS data.
NBC News
Millions use Earnin to get cash before payday. Critics say the app is taking advantage of them.
“I definitely didn’t think about the payback time and the interest,” an Earnin user said. “They just portray it as being so simple and so easy.”
By Cyrus Farivar
In ads on Snapchat and Hulu, Earnin makes a pitch to people who need cash right away: The smartphone app allows people to access money they’ve already earned before payday. In exchange, Earnin encourages users within the app to “tip” about 10 percent of the cash they receive. “What we’re telling people is that you should have access to your pay,” CEO Ram Palaniappan said in a recent interview with NBC News at the company’s Palo Alto headquarters. “Your pay should not be held back from you, and we’re trying to give access to your pay.” …One former Earnin user, Nisha Breale, 21, who lives in Statesboro, Georgia — another state where payday lending is illegal — said she hadn’t fully realized that, when converted to an annual percentage interest rate, what seemed like a small $5 tip on a $100 advance payment (repayable 14 days later) was actually equivalent to a 130 percent APR. “I definitely didn’t think about the payback time and the interest,” Breale, a student at Georgia Southern University, said. “They just portray it as being so simple and so easy.”
Inside Higher Ed
‘Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education’
Authors discuss new book on those in higher ed who lack a place to live.
By Scott Jaschik
Homelessness is a serious problem in our society. A new book, Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education (Teachers College Press), aims to portray the problem as a crucial one for higher education. The authors — Ronald E. Hallett, professor of organizational leadership at the University of La Verne; Rashida M. Crutchfield, associate professor of social work at California State University, Long Beach; and Jennifer J. Maguire, associate professor of social work at Humboldt State University — recently responded via email to questions about their book.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Scramble Follows Education Department’s Denial of Federal Aid to 80,000 California Students
By Eric Kelderman
Saul Loeb, Getty Images
Higher-education leaders and policy makers across the country are scrambling this week after the announcement that as many as 80,000 students in California could be cut off from federal financial aid. The U.S. Department of Education released a notice on Monday that California students enrolled in distance or online programs at public or private nonprofit colleges based outside the state would no longer qualify for federal aid. The reason is that California does not have a process to handle the complaints of those students, as required under the “state authorization” rules devised by the Obama administration. The Trump administration had sought to delay those regulations, set to go into effect a year ago, but a judge ruled recently that they be enforced.