University System News
Gwinnett Daily Post
Nine straight years: Georgia Gwinnett College again named South’s most ethnically diverse regional college
Georgia Gwinnett College is once again the most ethnically diverse regional college in the south, according to U.S. News and World Report. That makes it nine years and counting for the school.
The Herald-Gazette
Gordon lauded by US News & World Report
By Walter Geiger
Gordon State College is one of five University System of Georgia institutions ranked in the Top Public Schools in the Regional Colleges South category, according to the 2022 edition of the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges list. Gordon ranked No. 22-27 in Top Public Schools in the Regional Colleges South category. This ranking is shared with the College of Coastal Georgia, also a state college, within the University System of Georgia. The rankings, which were released Monday, reveal the top colleges in the country for 2022. Georgia Gwinnett College ranked No. 12 (tie), Dalton State College ranked No. 16, and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College fared at No. 21.
WGAU
UNG earns high marks in latest US News and World Report rankings
By Clark Leonard, UNG
The University of North Georgia received high marks for quality and value in the 2023 U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings released Sept. 12. Among the rankings’ public Regional Universities in the South, UNG is the No. 1 university in Georgia on the Best Value Colleges and Least Debt lists, and it is the top-ranked Georgia school on the list of Best Colleges for Veterans. Overall, the university tied for 18th among public Regional Universities in the South, and it is the second-highest ranking Georgia university on the list.
The Red & Black
UGA receives national award for diversity and inclusion excellence
By Keshondra Shipp
The University of Georgia has earned national recognition for diversity and inclusion excellence for the ninth consecutive year, according to a release from UGA. The INSIGHT Into Diversity’s Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award is one of the only nationally recognized awards that honors colleges and universities for demonstrating excellence in the diversity and inclusion area, the release said. UGA has earned this recognition every year since 2014.
yahoo! news
A total of 93 students completed the requirements for graduation from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College at the end of the 2022 summer term. ABAC President Tracy Brundage said 52 of those graduates received bachelor’s degrees.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State University to reorganize MBA program, dean says
By Erin Schilling
Georgia State University is reorganizing its Master of Business Administration program as the University System of Georgia scraps programs with little to no enrollment at colleges and universities across the state. The USG Board of Regents voted to remove 215 programs, all of which have been “deactivated” for more than two years, according to a Sept. 8 meeting agenda.
AccessAtlanta
By Vicky Ro
It’ll be a day of highlighting films made in Georgia and/or produced by Georgia-based filmmakers. The sixth annual Georgia Film Festival is headed to the University of North Georgia’s (UNG) Gainesville campus. There will be submissions from both professional and independent filmmakers.
Fox 28
Georgia Southern teaches fire safety with heated demonstration
By Anna Hughes
September is Fire Campus Safety month, and Georgia Southern University is teaching students the importance of fire safety and preparedness. At the university’s “Up in Flames” event on Wednesday, firefighters set three mock dorms on fire to demonstrate how quickly a fire can develop and spread.
Albany Herald
PHOTOS: Scenes from the Albany State University first responders expo
On September 14, Albany State University hosted the First Responders Health & Wellness Expo.
KPVI
USDA Farm Service Agency director talks with agribusinesses about resources
USDA’s Farm Service Agency State Executive Director Arthur Tripp recently visited with students, faculty, and local elected officials at Georgia Southern University and the Georgia Grown Innovation Center to discuss the ways in which USDA supports small agribusiness owners.
accessWDUN
Bellamy Dahlonega breaks ground on off-campus housing expansion
By Austin Eller
Students attending the University of North Georgia’s Dahlonega campus will soon have more off-campus housing options with the expansion of Bellamy Dahlonega.
Other News
Axios Atlanta
Georgia sees drastic rise in fentanyl-related deaths in teens
By Thomas Wheatley
The number of young people in Georgia who died from fentanyl-laced drug overdoses spiked last year by 800% compared with the year before the pandemic, according to a new study by the state department of public health.
Higher Education News
Diverse Issues in Education
Report: College degree completion linked to upward economic mobility for young parents and families
By Arrman Kyaw
A college degree will lead to upward economic mobility for young parents and families, according to a new report from nonprofit Generation Hope. The report, “Higher Together: The Impact of a College Degree for Young Parents,” highlights how a degree influences creating better economic outcomes for young families.
Wall Street Journal
Many Colleges Fail in Push to Boost Enrollment of Lower-Income Students
By Melissa Korn
Dozens of the nation’s top universities are falling short on their goals to enroll more lower-income students—and many are actually losing ground, despite major investments in financial aid, recruiting and academic support, according to a recent report detailing enrollment trends. More than 125 colleges, including all eight members of the Ivy League, the University of Michigan and the University of Texas at Austin, have signed on to the American Talent Initiative, a campaign established in 2016 that aims to increase by 50,000 the number of lower-income students who enroll at high-performing schools by 2025.They added just 7,713 such students between 2015 and 2021, the initiative’s progress report found, with early gains partly wiped out during the Covid-19 pandemic, when overall enrollment declined nationwide.
Inside Higher Ed
Student debt relief taxed — for now
By Katherine Knott
Some of the 43 million Americans who could see some—if not all—of their student loans forgiven this year might need to start saving for a tax bill. Forgiven debt will be taxed in Arkansas, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina and Wisconsin unless lawmakers in those states change laws, said Jared Walczak, vice president of state projects for the Tax Foundation.
Diverse Issues in Education
HBCU enrollment is on the upswing
By Katti Gray
Thirty days into her new presidency at Dillard University, Dr. Rochelle Ford remarked on how the New Orleans campus had been ahead of the curve, creating online courses after Hurricane Katrina’s destruction made in-person learning impossible. This was years before the COVID-19 pandemic prompted a global surge in virtual instruction, setting off a frenzy for less-prepared institutions, says Ford. She credits those online classes with helping to place Dillard among a relative shortlist of colleges that, against the tide of declining U.S. college enrollment in recent years, have seen an uptick in their enrollment.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Who is Native American enough?
By Oyin Adedoyin
Phenocia Bauerle’s job as the director of Native American student development at the University of California at Berkeley is extensive. For the campus’s Native students, she coordinates programing on navigating campus life, provides personalized course advising and career planning, and tends to the campus’s 2000-square-foot community-learning garden. When the University of California system announced this spring that it would provide free tuition to any Native American student who belongs to a federally recognized tribe in California, Bauerle’s job became more complicated.
Inside Higher Ed
Pro-LGBTQ Clergy Unwelcome at Samford
By Katherine Knott
A group of Samford University alumni are calling out their alma mater after the Alabama institution’s administrators excluded two local churches from its annual campus ministry fair because of their support of same-sex marriage. Leaders of the alumni organization, which supports and advocates for LGBTQ students at Samford, say the recent actions by the university indicate that it is becoming more conservative.
Inside Higher Ed
President, Trustees in standoff at Michigan State
By Josh Moody
As the former workplace of convicted sexual predator Larry Nassar, Michigan State University was home to one of the most egregious Title IX cases in higher education in recent years, a sprawling scandal that toppled two presidents. Now Title IX issues are again roiling MSU, with accusations flying in all directions and a third presidency potentially on the line.