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USG names UNG presidential search committee
By Tim Bryant
Three members of the state Board of Regents and Hall County state Senator Butch Miller are among the 15 people on a search committee appointed to find the next president of the University of North Georgia, a replacement for the retiring Dr. Bonita Jacobs.
CNN
Some universities are now restricting TikTok access on campus
By Samantha Murphy Kelly
A small but growing number of universities are now blocking access to TikTok on school-owned devices or WiFi networks, in the latest sign of a widening crackdown on the popular short-form video app. The University of Oklahoma and Auburn University in Alabama have each said they will restrict student and faculty access to TikTok, in order to comply with recent moves from the governors in their respective states to ban TikTok on government-issued devices. The 26 universities and colleges in the University System of Georgia are also reportedly taking a similar step.
The Griffin Daily News
Gordon State College celebrates Fall 2022 graduates
By GDN Staff
Gordon State College held its fall commencement Friday in the Student Activity and Recreation Center on the Barnesville campus. The day consisted of two commencement ceremonies split between three schools with a total of 236 graduates and 249 total degrees recognized.
The Albany Herald
By Staff
Graduates from the Stafford School of Business at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will find their pathway to a master’s degree much easier after the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding between ABAC and Georgia College and State University. The agreement with ABAC is the most recent of several that develop pathways for students at select Georgia and regional institutions to accelerate their learning and potential earnings by attaining a graduate degree or business certificate at GCSU.
The Brunswick News
City to take part in state workforce development program
By Taylor Cooper
Brunswick will be taking part in a new workforce development program from the Georgia Municipal Association and the University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute. Called Georgia City Solutions, the program aims to recruit for hard-to-fill positions in local governments. Among other things, the two organizations will study the city’s governmental structure and different positions to determine why some positions are hard to fill, find inefficiencies and create a strategy for filling positions in the future, he said.
Patch
Georgia Southern University Building Ethical Skills in Military Leaders
By Staff
Georgia Southern University’s Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies recently partnered with key leaders of the U.S. Army‘s 188th Infantry Brigade from Fort Stewart for a Leadership and Professional Development session in Jenkins Hall Theater at the Armstrong Campus. Schwab’s session focused on how an understanding of philosophical ethics could help leaders both make better decisions and communicate more effectively. The military is made up of countless personalities and backgrounds. Just like any other group, company or society, the leadership must find ways for everyone to work together effectively.
WRBL
Seasonal depression on the rise
By Rex Castillo
Many call this season the most wonderful time of the year. This time of the year can trigger a more somber feeling. This season can also remind families of the ones they lost. Combined with less sunny days, it’s a way to trigger seasonal depression. “So lots of folks have lost someone. Lots of folks, as they as they get older, their social networks deteriorate. So this is a time when people can feel some joy, but they can also feel the absence of people who used to be in their life. So there’s like a it’s a double whammy,” said Columbus State Counseling Center’s Director Dr. Dan Rose.
WTOC
Savannah economy in “good shape” even as we head for a possible recession in 2023
By Sarah Winkelmann
The economy in 2022 across the nation can be described as a recovery year, according to Dr. Michael Toma, an economics professor at Georgia Southern University. From a nationwide standpoint, we could enter a recession in the middle of the year and could head out of the recession by this time next year or early in 2024. Even with that, Dr. Toma says we are in good shape here in the Savannah region, especially with the Hyundai plant and its suppliers starting to ramp up at the end of next year and be full swing by 2024.
The Atlanta-Journal Constitution
Brent Key bringing different plan to Georgia Tech recruiting
By Ken Sugiura
When the offensive linemen who signed letters of intent Wednesday with Georgia Tech arrive on campus, they’ll show up with the benefit of a head coach who has worked them out at a camp or seen them at their own teams’ practices. The ranking of the class, Key said, “is for everyone else to debate. For us to debate is bringing the right guys into the program and developing them the right way throughout the year and in the course of the year, and let’s see two, three years from now where those guys end up being for us. Hopefully one year in a lot of them.”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
How did Atlanta become the center of the college football universe?
By Doug Roberson
Atlanta’s claim to being the center of the college football universe happened because of a series of events — some that took years, some that took mere moments — combined with the city’s proven history as one of the top convention sites in the U.S. Whether it’s executives from the Falcons, Atlanta United or the Peach Bowl, the spiel is familiar: three major interstates run through the city, public transportation, an airport that can move 80% of the nation’s population to the city within a two-hour flight, an airport that also is a MARTA ride away from downtown, thousands of hotel rooms within walking distance, lots of green space, lots of restaurants, etc. “It’s a reflection of culture in this state, of the passions, and obsession with the sport of college football,” Corso said.
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The Georgia 100
Georgia ranked No. 1 in business
By Jan Schroder
For the ninth-consecutive year, Georgia was ranked the No. 1 state for business by Area Development magazine. Every year the magazine polls site consulting firms around the country, comparing 13 factors. These include the overall cost of doing business, cooperative and responsive state government, favorable regulatory environment, corporate tax environment, business incentives, competitive labor environment, workforce development programs, logistics and infrastructure, access to capital and project funding, available real estate, energy availability and costs, speed of permitting and site-readiness programs.
Insider Advantage
Carter Leads efforts as Georgia Secures New Resources to Boost Health Care Workforce
By Cindy Morley
U.S. Rep Buddy Carter (R-GA) led the efforts of 11 bi-partisan members of the Georgia Congressional Delegation to secure much needed resources to train and retain more healthcare workers across the state. Following a push by the delegation, the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has approved “GA-STRONG” which is designed to bring in resources to help teaching hospitals across Georgia hire, train, and retain more health care workers. The expanded health care workforce will help more Georgians access the vital health care they need, according to Carter.
Atlanta Business Chronicle
As 2023 approaches, a red alert is flashing for employers. Some are ignoring it.
By Ty West
Since the economic recovery of Covid-19 gained steam in spring 2021, we’ve heard about a series of white knights that would reverse the nation’s workforce woes. Those supposed saviors have mostly turned out to be paper tigers, and the labor market remains historically tight in the face of mounting economic worries. Businesses need to be preparing for a world with fewer potential employees, customers and opportunities. They need to be in position to pay even more for talent because there’s less of it to go around — especially in highly skilled fields.
Higher Education News
The Washington Post
With student-debt relief in limbo, borrowers must spend or save refunds
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
With Biden’s student-loan cancellation policy up in the air, borrowers like Wilson who received refunds are abandoning plans of building their savings or buying homes, and they now are preparing for what many see as the inevitable demise of the president’s program. Many had hoped to maximize debt relief after paying off or paying down their federal student loans while payments were suspended. About 9 million borrowers in good standing kept sending money to the Education Department, while a majority of the 40 million people covered by the pause had not made payments in nearly three years, according to the department.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Which Universities Spent the Most Money on Research Last Year?
By Audrey Williams June
Academic institutions spent $89.9 billion on research and development in the 2021 fiscal year, up 4 percent from the year before. Nearly all of the $3.4-billion increase in research spending was funded by the federal government, according to a report on the National Science Foundation’s newly released Higher Education Research and Development survey. Federally supported research and development rose 6.6 percent in the 2021 fiscal year to $49 billion, and now accounts for 55 percent of research funding at all universities. The next largest source of research-and-development funds, 25 percent, came from institutions themselves, for a total of $459 million. That’s a 2.1-percent increase from 2020.
The Washington Post
‘A broken promise’: Maryland college savings plan blocks parents from withdrawing money
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel
For months, hundreds of families invested in Maryland’s 529 prepaid plans have been unable to access all of the money in their accounts to pay tuition and fees. Administrators say this spring they discovered a calculating error that may have affected all 31,000 prepaid accounts. So the Maryland Prepaid College Trust suspended interest payments. While many parents have been able to access the principal in their accounts, others say their money has been completely frozen.
Inside Higher Ed
U of Southern California Sued Over False Rankings
By Scott Jaschik
Former students are suing the University of Southern California over false rankings for its education school based on data submitted by the university to U.S. News & World Report, the Los Angeles Times reported. The report found numerous instances in which false data were submitted. For instance, the university submitted data on Ph.D. students but not Ed.D. students, which resulted in higher rankings.