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Enrollment Dips for Second Year at Georgia Universities
The number of students has fallen for a second straight year at Georgia’s public colleges and universities, even as the state’s most prestigious universities have kept growing.
By JEFF AMY, Associated Press
The number of students fell for a second straight year at Georgia’s public colleges and universities, even as the state’s most prestigious universities kept growing. While Georgia’s universities had outperformed the nation in enrollment for years, numbers dipped more sharply this year, falling 1.8%, compared to 1.1% fewer students nationwide tracked by the National Student Clearinghouse. Angela Bell, the vice chancellor of research and policy analysis, attributed the decrease to several factors, including people passing up school for jobs, a smaller number of graduating high school students, and poorer academic achievement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The USG has experienced better enrollment outcomes than the country as whole over the past few years, even though this fall the comparison is a little mixed,” Bell told regents.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College grad earns first TESOL certification
By Carol Mcentee Special to the Daily Post
Taylor Dukes was recently awarded Georgia Gwinnett College’s first certification in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and began her career teaching English in South Korea this fall. Dukes, an English major, who speaks some Korean and Spanish in addition to English, aspired to teach abroad, but initially didn’t have a country in mind. Through research and learning the language, Korea became her focus, and she enlisted the help of a recruiter to find a job. …The TESOL program helps address the shortage of TESOL teachers in the U.S. and around the globe, said Dr. Rong Liu, associate professor of English and TESOL coordinator at GGC.
WRDW
AU enrollment grows 2.2%, defying trend at many Ga. schools
By Staff
Enrollment grew at Augusta University even as it shrank across the University System of Georgia as a whole, according to the latest figures released Tuesday. Like other public university institutions across the nation USG enrollment declined slightly for the second consecutive year. Total enrollment for fall 2022 stands at 334,459 students attending the state’s 26 public colleges and universities. Enrollment grew by 1.2% at research universities but declined in the system’s three other institutional sectors, according to USG’s fall 2022 semester enrollment report. Comprehensive universities fell 3.7%, state universities were down 5.7% and state colleges dropped 2.4%.
WRDW
Augusta University alum donates $1 million to the athletic program
By Staff
The Augusta University athletics program received a $1 million donation from an alum on Oct. 24. Mason McKnight III and his wife Lou, have committed $1 million to the Augusta University athletics program. A lifelong passion for sports, a love for his alma mater, and the current conditions of the athletic grounds inspired Mason McKnight III and his wife Lou to donate to the program. When Clint Bryant, former AU athletics director, took him to see the condition of the grounds outside Christenberry Fieldhouse, McKnight was shocked. “Most local high schools have better and newer facilities than Augusta University,” he said. The gift will help fund facilities improvements and the softball field will bear the Mason McKnight III family name in recognition of their generosity.
WGAU Radio
Campus calendar includes today’s JW Fanning Lecture, Research Foundation meeting
By Tim Bryant
Nate Kauffman speaks today at UGA: the Vice President of the Federal Reserve in Kansas City delivers the University of Georgia’s annual JW Fanning Lecture in a program that is set to start at 10 in the University of Georgia’s Georgia Center. The Board of Directors for the University of Georgia’s Research Foundation meets today at UGA: it is a 1 o’clock session at the Georgia Center.
Augusta CEO
Augusta University Continues Virtual World Languages Speaker Series
Cynthia Baruch-Rosas
Augusta University’s Department of English and World Languages has partnered with the Department of Music to present the local community with the World Languages Speaker Series. This online event series is sponsored through a grant from Georgia Humanities, a nonprofit organization, to promote language learning on Augusta University’s campuses and in the surrounding community. This series promotes and highlights the academic work being done in languages other than English, including Spanish, French and Chinese. Isaac Veysey-White, speaker at the Spanish Series, focuses his academic research on contemporary Spanish peninsular literature and comics.
Statesboro Herald
Former GS grad, Army commander to keynote Veterans Day program
Annual observance set for 10:30 a.m. Friday at Averitt Center
Holli Deal Saxon/staff
A United States Army commander and Georgia Southern University graduate will be the keynote speaker Friday for the annual Veterans Day program inside the Averitt Center.
Farms Newsletters
UGA’S Iron Horse Farm Advancing Agriculture
Video: UGA’S Iron Horse Farm Advancing Agriculture
For Joshua Griffin, managing UGA’S Iron Horse Farm isn’t something he ever thought he’d be doing. But fate had its way, and it’s a job he has grown to love. John Holcomb reports on why Joshua’s role is so vital in advancing the state’s ag industry.
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Dr. Shveta Raju on CrossFit Training for Obese Patients
Dr. Shveta Raju, MD, MBA is a Board Certified Internal Medicine primary care physician in practice in northeast Atlanta. She completed her MD at Emory University and MBA at Goizueta Business School prior to her Internal Medicine residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School. In addition to her clinical practice, she teaches medical students from the Medical College of Georgia in their fourth-year internal medicine clerkships. She has been a member at Mad Mare CrossFit since 2018 and completed her MD-L1 (online) in 2020. She is passionate about improving the metabolic health of her patients and community and CrossFit’s mission to broadly implement the benefits of its proven methodology.
WSB Radio
Feral pigs are going hogwild across Georgia, causing millions in damage every year
By Tom Regan, WSB-TV
Wild hogs are running rampant in Georgia. As of November 2022, they are in every county in the state. Georgia’s agricultural commissioner says they cause more than $100 million in damage to crops and farms each year. They also carry many infectious diseases. WSB′s Tom Regan went with University of Georgia researchers who are capturing, studying and tagging the invasive species.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
What the Election Results Mean for Higher Ed
By Sarah Brown and Andy Thomason
Tuesday’s midterm elections appeared likely to bring about a divided government in Washington, signaling an uptick in scrutiny of student-debt relief, Title IX, and racial-justice efforts. As of early Wednesday morning, Republicans seemed to have a slight edge in taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives, though the sweeping “red wave” conservatives predicted did not materialize. Control of the chamber has yet to be called by news organizations. Control of the Senate, which Democrats have held by the narrowest of margins since 2021, was also still unclear as votes continued to be tallied Tuesday night. If Democrats manage to hold onto the chamber, legislative momentum on any major higher-ed bills is unlikely, with Republicans likely to take the House. The Higher Education Act, which expired in 2013, seems likely to languish for another couple of years. Still, if Republicans win the House, expect other types of action. Much of it could come from U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, Republican of North Carolina and the likely new chair of the House education committee.
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Higher Ed Dive
Blunder renders Harvard’s $15M insurance policy useless in Supreme Court case
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
Dive Brief:
Harvard University did not properly inform an insurer it had been sued over its race-conscious admissions policies, and therefore forfeited the right to use a $15 million policy to pay for legal expenses, a federal judge ruled this month. The Ivy League institution sued Zurich American Insurance last year, arguing that despite the university missing a deadline in a claim, the company was aware of the high-profile lawsuit and should cover legal costs. But District Judge Allison Burroughs disagreed. She ruled that the insurance policy’s terms were clear and Harvard’s reasoning was “all unavailing, unsupported by case law, controlling or otherwise.”
Inside Higher Ed
University of Chicago Postpones Course on Whiteness
A university known for its commitment to academic freedom is pushing back, but not canceling, a course on whiteness that attracted criticism.
By Colleen Flaherty
The University of Chicago is still offering a course called The Problem of Whiteness, which attracted negative attention online, but it will do so a term later than originally planned—in the spring instead of the upcoming winter quarter. It’s unclear just what prompted the course delay. The instructor, Rebecca Journey, a teaching fellow in anthropology, did not respond to a request for comment. In a public statement affirming its commitment to academic freedom, the university said Journey asked to push back the class.
Higher Ed Dive
College presidential searches still favor White candidates, report says
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
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College presidents remain overwhelmingly White and male, and search processes for these executives often reinforce racial barriers, a new report from the College Futures Foundation found. The California-based foundation aims to improve degree attainment in the state. It detailed in the report how even public higher education systems with racially diverse student bodies — like the University of California and California State University — have employed remarkably few leaders of color over their histories. Just 11% of UC campus chancellors have been people of color since the system’s founding in 1868. And only 19% of Cal State campus presidents have been officials of color since its creation in 1857.
Inside Higher Ed
Sasse to Earn More Than $1 Million Annually as Florida President
By Josh Moody
Ben Sasse is in line to receive a big raise in his new job: from less than $200,000 as a Republican senator from Nebraska to more than $1 million as president of the University of Florida. Sasse—who is expected to be formally approved by the Florida Board of Governors at a meeting today—is set to make an annual base salary of $1 million, according to a copy of the proposed contract posted with the meeting agenda. With incentives, Sasse could make up to $1.35 million in his first year on the job. …Sasse has pledged “political celibacy” if confirmed to the Florida presidential post.
Inside Higher Ed
Cal Poly Humboldt President Apologizes for Title IX Remarks
By Josh Moody
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, president Tom Jackson Jr. has apologized for remarks he made earlier this year that some observers considered an attempt to silence victims of sexual assault, according to The North Coast Journal. Jackson’s controversial remarks came in a fall welcome speech, in which he called the university “a campus filled with secrets.” He alluded to the privacy of the Title IX process, which critics interpreted as an argument for keeping Title IX complaints out of public view, effectively discouraging victims from sharing their stories with news media.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
OPINION
Guadalupe Vasquez King
The Great Resignation was born out of a pandemic that saw employees leave their jobs en masse in search of more autonomy, higher pay, and new lines of work. Unfortunately, even as places of work and education are opening their doors again, not everyone is eager to walk back through them. For higher education specifically, the Great Resignation of educators stands to have a long-lasting negative impact on the next generation unless colleges adapt to the changing landscape, invest in educators, and make real learning (and not just test passing) the priority. …Much like everyone else, professors faced severe burnout during the pandemic amid constant adjustments to COVID protocols that required rapidly transitioning from in-person teaching to online learning. By hiring new professors and bolstering virtual courses and online academic resources, colleges can better serve students while also relieving the work burden on teachers.