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USG regents name Mike Hobbs as president of Georgia Highlands College
From staff reports
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia named Mike Hobbs as president of Georgia Highlands College, effective July 1. Hobbs currently serves as vice president for student affairs and athletic director at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, Ala. Dana Nichols, GHC’s chief academic officer and provost, has served as the college’s interim president since President Don Green left in July 2021.
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Dr. Mike Hobbs Named President of Georgia Highlands College
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Perry native receives award during graduation from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
by Claire Helm
A Perry native received an award during the commencement ceremony at her South Georgia agricultural college. Charley Lollis recently graduated from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. During commencement, she was given the David and Kim Bridges Award from the ABAC Alumni Association. For her hard work, Lollis received a plaque and a $500 check from the ABAC Alumni Association.
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GMC and GCSU team up to beef up educator workforce
by Brandon McGouirk
Georgia Military College and Georgia College & State University have partnered in an effort to beef up the education workforce in the community. The partnership will help GMC graduates transfer to GCSU to pursue bachelor’s degrees in Early Childhood, Middle Grades and Special Education. The agreement was struck in recognition of GMC and GCSU’s dedication to better help local students who want to become educators with the hope that they will stay local after graduation and contribute to the local educational workforce in Baldwin and surrounding counties.
Griffin Daily News
GSC, Georgia Power host education, leadership summit: GSCS part of event
By Karolina Philmon Marketing Manager Gordon State College
GSC, GA Power host education, leadership summit
Gordon State College’s African American Male Initiative in partnership with Georgia Power hosted its first summit, “Under Construction: The Power of Power” April 29 at the GSC Student Center Auditorium. The GSC AAMI leadership team coordinated the event as an opportunity for high school students from GSC’s 14-county primary service region to visit the campus and discover the importance and excitement of careers in education and leadership.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
UGA’s answer to dorm overcrowding?
Cash to students who forgo rooms
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The University of Georgia is offering sophomores, juniors and seniors up to $3,500 to give up their dorm rooms to make space for incoming first-year students. UGA is seeing more accepted high school seniors deciding to enroll at the Athens campus, spurring a rush on dorm rooms. The university requires first-year, full-time undergraduate students to live in campus residence halls.
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Georgia Southern research project seeks to fill in the gaps of African American maritime history
By: Benjamin Payne
Jack Kronowitz is trudging through a muddy river bank, trying not to trip as he scans the ground for artifacts. Finally, he finds one — sort of. “There’s a whole CD player in there,” Kronowitz says. “Like, circa 2005.” A bygone era, to be sure, but not quite the historical period that Kronowitz and his Georgia Southern University classmates are hoping to document at Young’s Marina on Wilmington Island, just east of Savannah. As one of the oldest Black-owned marinas in Georgia, it’s part of a new research project at GSU that seeks to fill in the gaps surrounding maritime history as it pertains to the experiences of African Americans.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
What’s Behind the Surge in No-Confidence Votes?
By Megan Zahneis
Anyone following higher-education news in recent weeks has probably noticed a lot of votes of no confidence. Faculty Senate bodies at three campuses in the University of Maine system voted no confidence in the system chancellor, Dannel P. Malloy. Faculty members at Piedmont University, in Georgia, and Sonoma State University, in California, cast no-confidence votes in their presidents. So did members of the Academic Senate at California State University at Los Angeles. At the University of Illinois at Springfield, the provost was the subject of a vote of no confidence. And at Henderson State University, in Arkansas, the Faculty Senate’s no-confidence vote in the chancellor requested his “immediate dismissal.” In 2021, at least 24 institutions saw no-confidence votes in their leaders. That may seem like small potatoes, given the thousands of higher-education institutions operating in the United States. But according to data reviewed and compiled by The Chronicle, that’s the highest number in recent history. Seven years out of the last eight have seen the highest number of no-confidence votes recorded.
A Decade of Departures
Since 2012, the votes of no confidence below resulted in the departure of the executive who was the subject of the vote.
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The Pandemic’s Lasting Lessons for Colleges, From Academic Innovation Leaders
By Nadia Tamez-Robledo, Rebecca Koenig and Jeffrey R. Young
The pandemic has dragged on, prompting colleges to ricochet back and forth on mask mandate policies and rules about holding classes in person versus online. Professors report that students are disengaged, so much so that it’s even hard to get them to take advantage of free support services. Many faculty and staff members say they feel burned out and demoralized. And college enrollments are down overall. Meanwhile, institutions and instructors have been pushed to try new strategies—some of which seem promising. Shifting practices regarding grades may inspire students to take risks and study for the sake of learning. Recognition that the digital divide prevents academic progress has prompted colleges to do more to connect students with tech tools. In the midst of these trends, we wanted to hear how academic innovation leaders are thinking and feeling about higher education right now. What are they worried and excited about? What do they believe is working well, and what should change?
Higher Ed Dive
Ed Dept will continue to waive financial aid verification rules for 2022-23
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
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The U.S. Department of Education announced Wednesday it will continue to waive parts of its process for auditing students’ financial aid documentation through the 2022-23 enrollment cycle. Procedures for verifying information reported on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, were first relaxed last year, which department officials said was an acknowledgement of students’ hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. College access advocates view financial aid verification as especially burdensome to underrepresented students and have called for the department to scale back the practice permanently.
CBS News
It’s about to get more expensive to take out federal student loans — here’s why
By Sarah Ewall-Wice
Borrowing to pay for college is about to get more expensive – despite the push for the Biden administration to cancel billions of dollars in debt for millions of student loan borrowers. That’s because the interest rates on federal student loans are set to go up on July 1. The Biden administration has extended the federal student loan payment pause, which fixes interest rates at 0% through at least August 31. …While student loan rates remain relatively low, those taking out new federal student loans will be seeing the highest fixed interest rates for federal undergraduate, graduate, and PLUS loans since the 2018-2019 academic year.
Inside Higher Ed
Biden Hints at Student Loan Forgiveness, but Many Questions Remain
President Biden is hinting that he will move to forgive some student debt. When a final decision will occur and whether his plan will be successful is still unknown.
By Meghan Brink
President Biden has hinted that he is considering relieving at least some of the $1.7 trillion in debt owed to the federal government by more than 40 million student loan borrowers. However, with the final proposal still up in the air, the feasibility of that approach has been questioned by both Department of Education officials and higher education experts. Concerns have also been raised about the long-term implications of debt relief, including the need to reform the country’s highly complex student loan and servicing programs and system.
Inside Higher Ed
Study: Promise Programs Affect College Spending
By Sara Weissman
Community colleges that received revenue from targeted tuition scholarship programs spent less on student services and classroom instruction, according to a study recently published in the journal Educational Policy. The study, which was conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, examined spending at two-year and four-year colleges participating in city or regional promise programs, which offer tuition scholarships to students at a specific college or multiple public institutions within a state. It used data from 2000 to 2014 from the Delta Cost Project, an initiative by the American Institutes for Research that informs policy makers and others about higher education spending, and it was funded by the American Educational Research Association.
Inside Higher Ed
Young Adults Take Longer to Get Good Jobs
Two new reports from Georgetown University find that more young adults with college degrees end up with “good jobs,” but it takes them longer to get there than previous generations.
By Maria Carrasco
Young adults today need more time, education and work experience to secure what’s considered a “good job” than previous generations did, according to a pair of new reports from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW). Today it takes most young adults until their 30th birthday to get a good job, while 40 years ago most had a good job by their late 20s.
Inside Higher Ed
Spring brings news of tenure decisions—not always the good kind. Stories of negative tenure bids at Penn State and Yale raise questions about whether the process is just.
By Colleen Flaherty
Most professors who don’t get tenure don’t broadcast it, understandably: a negative tenure decision is an effective termination, following years of service to an institution. But two professors did make their negative decisions public this spring, and their cases demonstrate how complex and unpredictable the tenure process remains—perhaps especially for scholars doing interdisciplinary work, including that which centers on race and inequality.
Inside Higher Ed
Faculty Complain About Chancellor Search
By Scott Jaschik
An unsigned “Statement of Concern” from faculty members says the Eastern Iowa Community Colleges board is violating its own core values and professional standards with its presidential search, reported The Quad-City Times. Four members of the faculty spoke to the Board of Trustees at this week’s meeting and referred to the statement. On March 31, the board named two finalists and then a few days later voted to extend the search.