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By Kristina Ellis
Choosing which college to attend is one of the biggest decisions of your life as a student. Whether you’re a current resident of Georgia or you’re considering a move to this Southern state, there are plenty of options for fantastic colleges and universities. If you’re a fan of peaches and bulldogs and interested in attending some of the oldest colleges in the country, Georgia may have exactly the kind of university experience you’re looking for. But where do you start when there are hundreds of schools to choose from? We’ve narrowed down the top 10 best colleges in Georgia for you to compare.
Top 10 Best Colleges in Georgia
1.Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech); 2. University of Georgia; 4. Georgia State University; 5. Georgia College & State University; 7. Georgia Southern University; 10. Kennesaw State University
41NBC
Georgia College to open ‘Center for Innovation’
“It will be real education focused to try to teach whether it’s a student or a member of the community, the absolute basics of what you need to get that business up and running.”
by Lizbeth Gutierrez
Georgia College students and the Milledgeville community will soon benefit from a ‘Center for Innovation.’ The School of Business will run the center, but it will be located in the Education Building. Nicholas Creel, Director of the Center, says a lot will take place in the center such as low-cost consulting activities, help with legal, and accounting and marketing. The center will also help students looking to start a business. …Six classrooms will make up the center, where 3-D printers, sewing machines and computers will also be accessed. The center will open in August, and the college says the goal is to expand to more classrooms.
Fox5 Atlanta
Georgia nursing students get hands-on experience in simulation lab
By Lindsay Tuman
A grant is helping metro Atlanta nursing students get high-tech hands-on training before they touch real-life patients. Wellstar awarded the money to the nursing program at Georgia Highlands College specifically to help grow its simulation lab. Nursing students at Georgia Highlands College are getting a chance to treat patients before they step foot in the hospital. “The high-fidelity mannequins allow for our students to have instantaneous feedback,” said Dr. Lisa Jellum, the dean of health science at Georgia Highlands College. A partnership the college has with Wellstar for several years is helping grow the nursing program. A recent grant is being used toward the purchase of six new practice patients. They are high-tech mannequins including four adults, a child, and a newborn.
The Tifton Gazette
BRIDGES: ‘Thank you for welcoming us to your community’
To the people of Tifton and Tift County,
On July 1, 2001, you welcomed my wife, Kim, our son, Rees, our daughter, Morgan, and me to your community. My assignment as assistant dean for UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Tifton Campus is what brought us to town. The research, teaching and public service conducted there is done in support of Georgia agriculture. That first year Rees was attending ABAC. Morgan attended and graduated from Tiftarea Academy and later attended ABAC. Kim taught in the Tift County School System and later worked at Moon’s Pharmacy. We quickly found ourselves happily engaged in the community in which we lived, worked and worshipped. In May of 2006, I was selected as ABAC’s 10th president, closing out a 20-year career at UGA. The past 16 years at ABAC have been a remarkable finish to a 40-plus year career in higher education. Kim and I enrolled at ABAC in 1976, formally met in Rosalyn Donaldson’s literature class and enjoyed several other classes together. Married in 1979, the romance that began at ABAC 45 years ago lives on today. …As I recount the years I think of partnerships, friendships, sweat and persistence that have allowed Tifton, Tift County, UGA and ABAC to prosper. Together, we have greatly enhanced educational opportunities not only for the young people of this community but for young people around the country and world. We have built buildings, rebuilt buildings, improved roads and driven economic and cultural development.
Urbanize Atlanta
A decade in the making, Science Square project has official start date
Plans at Georgia Tech’s doorstep call for “leading mixed-use, life science center for inclusive innovation,” spanning 18 acres
Josh Green
After a decade in the pipeline, a project on Atlanta’s quickly developing Westside that aims to solidify the city as a top emerging life sciences market has an official start date next month. Officials have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony August 18 for the master-planned, 18-acre district near Georgia Tech now called Science Square, which is expected to be built in five phases. Phase one call for 27 stories of new development overall, between a high-tech office building and apartment stack next door on Technology Circle. It’ll be located where North Avenue meets Northside Drive, just southwest of the institute’s main campus. Neighbors include Georgia Tech’s North Avenue Research Area, MetLife’s Northyard’s office park, and what used to be Herndon Homes public housing.
Times-Georgian
UWG awards 732 degrees at summer graduation
Special To The Times-Georgian
Another semester came to a close and it was time to celebrate the graduation of 732 Wolves who were presented degrees during the University of West Georgia’s Summer 2022 Commencement Ceremonies at the UWG Coliseum on Saturday. During his commencement remarks, UWG President Dr. Brendan Kelly spoke on ambition, perseverance and the incredible support between students, faculty and staff and community.
Times-Georgian
UWG graduates 20 at Summer Commencement
By Jared Boggus
A total of 20 representatives of UWG Athletics proudly walked across the stage at Summer Commencement on Saturday at the University of West Georgia. That number includes 17 former student-athletes, two graduate assistants, and one head coach, that being the leader of UWG’s championship cheerleading program, Nicole Nichols. All 20 graduates featured a UWG Athletics stole on commencement day to distinguish them as student-athletes or staff members of the department. The Wolves Scholarship Fund provides critical scholarship support for our student-athletes, investing in their ability to thrive in competition and in the classroom at UWG.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State partners with Zane Venture Fund to help diverse student founders
By Zach Armstrong – Tech and Innovation Reporter
Entrepreneurs sometimes don’t get mentored on how to pitch to venture capitalists until late in their journeys. Investor Shila Nieves Burney wants to change that. Burney, founder of education studio Zane Access and Zane Venture Fund, worried about student founders who wouldn’t be accepted into mentorship programs at colleges and universities. From that, she was inspired to start virtual education program AccessU.
Supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs
With the goal of guiding diverse student entrepreneurs for success, the support program supplements existing university programs by providing access to information about venture capital and potential investors with a one-day conference. …Georgia State University will become the third university to partner with the program by holding a day-long conference on Oct. 14. The event will be in tandem with the college’s Main Street Entrepreneurs Seed Fund, a business accelerator program that serves underrepresented students.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Albany State Youth Enrichment Program (ASYEP) closing ceremony
Photos by Reginald Christian
The Albany State Youth Enrichment Program (ASYEP) at Albany State University (ASU) is a community outreach initiative designed to provide youth within the city of Albany and Dougherty County, Georgia and surrounding counties an opportunity to engage in a variety of enrichment activities during the months of June and July. During the program, the youth engage in hands-on sport activities and immersive courses in the areas of English, Math, and Science. On Saturday, July 23, they held the closing ceremony.
Savannah Morning News
Mighty Eighth Air Force collection now available online through Digital Library of Georgia
Polly Powers Stramm
Roy Babb first visited Savannah in 1942 when he joined what was then the new Mighty Eighth Air Force. The 21-year-old had enlisted in the military the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor and was here for only four months before he boarded a ship bound for England where Mighty Eighth pilots took off in bombers to fight the Nazis. … Babb’s recollections and other Mighty Eighth history and photographs can now be heard and seen online, thanks to the museum’s recently established link to the Digital Library of Georgia. Museum officials are thrilled about the online availability. …The Eighth Air Force participated in an American bombing campaign against the Nazis, becoming World War II’s most extended military campaign. Of the 350,000 members of the Eighth Air Force serving during WWII, 26,000 were killed in action and another 28,000 became prisoners of war. …The Eighth is active today and headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The Digital Library of Georgia is a GALILEO initiative based at the University of Georgia Libraries. It collaborates with Georgia’s libraries, archives, museums and other institutions of education and culture to provide access to key information resources on Georgia history, culture and life.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bud Peterson revisits Georgia Tech’s role in last realignment frenzy
By Ken Sugiura
It was 11 years ago, but former Georgia Tech President G.P. “Bud” Peterson has clear memories of conversations from that time. It was in 2011 that the presidents of the ACC member schools, to say nothing of the athletic directors, coaches, players and fans whose interests they represented, faced uncertainty about the future of their conference. In that year, power conferences were plotting to expand, plans that made multiple ACC schools potential targets for poaching. The long-term viability of the ACC was uncertain. In that swirl, Peterson said in a recent interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a group of presidents of schools most likely to field interest from other conferences – his included – gathered to consider their commitment. “Several of the presidents got together, and we agreed that if we stuck together, the ACC would survive and, in fact, could thrive,” Peterson said.
Athens Banner-Herald
An update on the cases of two UGA football player arrests from this offseason
Marc Weiszer
Two Georgia football players that faced charges after offseason arrests had their cases resolved Outside linebacker Nolan Smith completed a pre-trial diversion program after being charged with driving on a suspended license and speeding in a construction zone for going 89 MPH in a 55 zone on Jan. 19 in Winder. After a plea negotiation, Smith was accepted into the diversion program, according to Barrow County solicitor general Kyle Sharry. …In a separate case, long snapper William Mote had a charge of criminal damage to property from an early morning incident on Jan. 12 dismissed prior to indictment. Police had alleged that Mote destroyed a single pane window at an Athens downtown law office after being out drinking. He faced a felony charge in the second degree for more than $500 of damage to a window of the law office of Blassingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley at 440 College Ave. The prosecuting attorney in dismissing the charges determined that the amount of property damage didn’t rise to the level of second-degree felony because the value was actually $190.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New guidelines released on eliminating racism, bias in medical school
By Timothy Pratt
Health equity expert asks, “Why did it take a pandemic and George Floyd’s murder to get this effort?”
A national organization representing the nation’s 150 medical schools has released guidelines to address racism and bias and encourage diversity at all stages of a physician’s education. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) issued the document earlier this month, based on input from medical students, educators and others across the nation. It comes after the share of non-white applicants to medical school last year rose slightly above 50% for the first time. The effort lays out a series of competencies, or outcomes, that students entering residency, graduates and faculty should each have in order to increase diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare. The goal is not only to recruit and retain more students and faculty of color, but also to address the sort of health inequities for patients of color that were exposed during the pandemic. …At the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Dr. David Hess, dean of the state’s public medical school, said he had “glanced” at the AAMC document. “We’ve always had an emphasis here on diversity,” he said, describing a series of initiatives to recruit “underrepresented minorities” among students and faculty.
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Inside Higher Ed
The Arguments for Affirmative Action
Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill file briefs with the Supreme Court.
By Scott Jaschik
Though the Supreme Court last week separated the affirmative action cases involving Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, both universities filed briefs in their cases today. Each brief offered the cases for affirmative action in admissions and was accompanied by the president of Harvard and the chancellor of Chapel Hill speaking out directly about the cases. Harvard’s brief cited the backdrop and history of the 14th Amendment, guaranteeing “equal protection of the laws.” And it stressed that the Supreme Court has 40 years of precedent upholding the ability of colleges and universities to consider race as one factor among many in admissions decisions. …The University of North Carolina brief stressed the nature of admissions at the university. It noted that UNC considers academic performance, class rank, essays, experiences and potential contributions to the educational environment on campus, geography, military background, and socioeconomic background. UNC considers race or ethnicity only if a student chooses to share that information and—even then—as one factor among many others.
Inside Higher Ed
Survey: Conflicting Views of Higher Education
The sixth annual New America survey on higher education shows public support, though still strong, has waned and varies by age and political affiliation.
By Susan H. Greenberg
While Americans continue to believe in the overall value of higher education, the share who say that colleges and universities are having a positive effect “on the way things are going in this country today” has declined by 14 percentage points since 2020, according to a new survey from New America. “Varying Degrees 2022,” the think tank’s sixth annual survey on higher education, reflects the unease and doubt wrought by nearly three years of the global COVID-19 pandemic, not to mention geopolitical instability and a volatile economy. Only 55 percent of respondents agreed that institutions of higher education were having a positive impact on the country (42 percent said it was negative), compared to 58 percent last year and 69 percent in early 2020, just before the start of the pandemic.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
How to Solve the College-Cost Dilemma
Some majors pay off more than others do. Tuition prices should acknowledge that.
By Anthony P. Carnevale
Conversations in Washington about higher education have long been dominated by concerns over rising costs for students. And for good reason. Since 1980, average college costs have risen almost 170 percent, while earnings for young people ages 22 to 27 have increased less than 20 percent. Not surprisingly, student debt has ballooned, up 75 percent over the last 10 years to a collective $1.75 trillion. Most proposed reforms have focused on subsidizing college costs. More recently, the debate has shifted to one over canceling debt for some borrowers. Those are important conversations to have; investing in higher education is an investment in the public good. But we also need to ensure that government funding for higher education goes into a system that is transparent, accountable, and equitable. Fortunately there is a solution for rising costs that relies on transparency, and it begins with something that has been hiding in plain sight: the College Scorecard. The Scorecard, introduced by the Obama administration in 2015, aggregates and reports earnings and debt data from college students and graduates. Thanks to that — and similar — transparency tools, prospective students can assess what their return on investment might be across not only institutions but also programs. That second part is crucial because it opens the door for the market to sort programs based on value.
Higher Ed Dive
Online education’s reputation jumps, survey says
Rick Seltzer, Senior Editor
Dive Brief:
Almost half of adults in the U.S., 47%, think online education is of roughly the same quality as in-person instruction, increasing sharply from about a third who said the same last year, according to survey data released Tuesday by left-leaning think tank New America. But four out of five respondents said online education should cost less than in-person instruction, the survey found. More generally, people are almost evenly divided over whether students can get affordable, high-quality education after high school. The belief that higher education is benefiting the U.S. is declining. In 2020, 69% of respondents to the New America survey said colleges were having a positive effect. This year, just 55% said that. Democrats were much more likely than Republicans to say higher ed was positive, 73% vs. 37%.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
As the Pandemic Waned, So Did Faculty’s Use of Digital Course Materials
By Audrey Williams June
As the fall term approaches, faculty members are finalizing which course materials — books or articles and the ways to find them — to include in their syllabi. To do so, professors sort through their preferences about what format course materials should take, whether they should be optional, and how many materials to assign per course. Those choices are captured annually in the “Faculty Watch” survey, conducted by the research arm of the National Association of College Stores. The latest version of the survey provides data on nearly 1,700 faculty members at 19 two- and four-year colleges during the fall of 2021, which kicked off an academic year that was generally conducted in person more than had been the case in the previous year. An interesting top-line finding from the data was faculty members’ continued allegiance to traditional print materials. In 2021, about two-thirds of faculty members used print materials. Although that’s down from 77 percent in 2020, print is still the most widely used format by faculty.
EdScoop
Look beyond degree completion to measure student outcomes, educators say
Written by Lindsay McKenzie
To more accurately measure student success, colleges and universities need to look at outcomes beyond degree completion, panelists said this week at a webinar hosted by an education nonprofit. While tracking the number of students who cross the finish line to graduation is important, degree completion alone is not sufficient to demonstrate the value of a degree to discerning prospective students and their families, said Andrew Hanson, senior director of research at the Strada Education Network, the group that hosted the event. “The outcomes movement has really been motivated by the reality that many individuals who complete postsecondary education credentials do not realize the promise of economic security, prosperity, upward mobility and fulfillment,” Hanson said. Tracking how much students earn post-graduation is one way institutions can measure their impact, said Hanson. But measuring non-economic impact is important too, he said.
Higher Ed Dive
Higher ed’s response to ransomware attacks lagged other sectors, survey suggests
Natalie Schwartz, Editor
Dive Brief:
While ransomware attacks on colleges and universities across the globe appear to have increased over the past year, these institutions aren’t as well equipped to handle such incidents as companies in other sectors, suggests a new survey from Sophos, a cybersecurity firm. The Sophos survey found that higher education institutions worldwide reported the slowest ransomware attack recovery times across all polled sectors. Two in five higher education institutions took more than a month to recover. In contrast, only one in five institutions across all tracked sectors in the survey — including healthcare, business and construction — reported the same. Almost two-thirds of higher education institutions, 64%, said they were hit by ransomware in the past year. Around half of respondents said cyber attacks have increased in volume, complexity and impact.
Inside Higher Ed
Mask Mandates Return to Some California Universities
The new COVID variant, BA5, is spiking in California. Some universities in the hardest-hit counties are reinstating mask mandates and re-evaluating their response strategies.
By Liam Knox
California colleges and universities are feeling the full impact of the latest COVID-19 outbreak. Over the past two months, a new hypertransmissible variant, BA5, has hit the Golden State hard. The state’s seven-day average case rate rose from around 5,000 in late April to over 20,000 last week, according to state and local data aggregated by The New York Times. Los Angeles County has felt the brunt of the surge; the average daily case rate there increased almost tenfold from March to July, and daily deaths from COVID have almost doubled in the past month. Colleges and universities in L.A. County are responding with a range of mitigation measures, which include encouraging—and in some cases, requiring—mask wearing on campus.
The Kansas City Star
At KU and every other college, it’s time for a serious reckoning with fraternity life
By The Kansas City Star Editorial Board
When the national chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity suspended the organization’s University of Kansas chapter indefinitely last week it did just what every Greek letter organization should do with their rule-breaking chapters: Get rid of them. And if the nationals won’t do it, then universities should kick these fractious social fraternities off their campus, period. Sigma Chi is the third fraternity to be suspended in 2022 at KU. Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta also were suspended for a hazing culture, which we all know is nothing more than excessive bullying and dehumanizing of other students.