Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech gains students, though Georgia State remains largest university
By Erin Schilling – Digital Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State University remains the largest metro Atlanta college or university, a status the Downtown school has held for years. Georgia State had just under 52,000 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs in fall 2022, according to Atlanta Business Chronicle research. The university has hovered around that enrollment for at least the past four years. The list comes as college enrollment nationally has fallen since the pandemic. Undergraduate enrollment has fallen 4.2% since 2020, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Total enrollment, including to graduate schools, fell by 1.1%, though an increase in federal student financial aid applications has higher education leaders hopeful of a rebound, according to Inside Higher Ed. Georgia Tech, the second-largest metro Atlanta university, has increased enrollment since the pandemic. The school had about 45,300 students in fall 2022, compared to 43,800 in fall 2021 and 39,700 in fall 2020.
The Tifton Gazette
Regent reviews ABAC opportunities
Regent Tom Bradbury has an established record as a successful businessman in Georgia. So, it should be no surprise that he used a professional analogy when describing his impression of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College during his recent visit. “I compare the students to customers,” he said. “And just like in business, we want those students to recommend ABAC to others when they leave here. From what I’ve seen, there’s a lot to recommend.” Bradbury spent several hours on the ABAC campus, including a meeting with President Tracy Brundage and members of her cabinet.
WGXA
SGSC names new interim president
by Carmen Russell
On February 1st South Georgia State College (SGSC) will have a new president on campus. On January 26th, the USG Chancellor, Sonny Perdue, named Dr. Gregory M. Tanner interim president of the college. The opportunity presented itself following the USG Board of Regents naming SGSC President Ingrid Thompson-Sellers president of Atlanta Metropolitan State College.
WSAV
Savannah’s Speak Easy Support Group focuses on stroke and TBI survivors
by: Angel Colquitt
Research has shown that survivors of stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) oftentimes have a decreased quality of life. One group in Savannah has been focusing on how to improve the lives of stroke survivors since the 1980s. The Savannah Speech and Hearing Center (SSHC) has existed since 1954, dedicated to improving the lives of those with hearing loss and verbal communication conditions for just as long. WSAV NOW spoke with the SSHC’s Jenna Harcher and Georgia Southern’s April Garrity about the Speak Easy Support Group and Communication Help for Adults after Stroke (CHATS) program.
Grice Connect
[Take%20a%20‘Trip%20Through%20Space’%20at%20GS%20Planetarium]Take a ‘Trip Through Space’ at GS Planetarium
by Whitney Lavoie
The Georgia Southern Planetarium will present a Trip Through Space on Friday, February 17, at 6pm, 7pm, and 8pm. This show is perfect for all ages, and it covers a wide variety of astronomy topics in an easy to understand way. You’ll have a chance to look up at the dazzling winter sky and its famous constellations before you blast off into space itself.
11Alive
Georgia QB Stetson Bennett arrested in Texas
He is charged with public intoxication.
Author: Jason Braverman
Fresh off a second national championship, University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett was arrested early Sunday morning for public intoxication. Dallas police officers confirmed the news to 11Alive sister station WFAA. The 25-year-old was taken into custody around 6 a.m. after reports of a man banging on doors along Tribeca Way in Old East Dallas, police told WFAA. When the officers arrived, they found Bennett “and determined he was intoxicated,” a police news release said.
Athens Banner-Herald
UGA athletics offers details about rented car in crash that killed 2 from football program
Marc Weiszer
Georgia athletics provided answers Friday surrounding the rented vehicle a UGA football recruiting staffer was driving in a single-car crash that killed her and a player earlier this month. The 2021 Ford Expedition that Georgia staffer Chandler LeCroy was driving was one of several that UGA athletics leased to be used for recruiting activities only, the school said in a statement provided to the Athens Banner-Herald. …Georgia athletics said in a statement earlier this week that the recruiting staffers were not on duty at the time of the crash.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
UGA: Football staffer unauthorized to drive vehicle involved in fatal crash
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Inside Higher Ed
Direct Admissions Continues to Grow
Programs grow, and thus far, colleges and companies declare that they are succeeding. Yield rates remain uncertain.
By Scott Jaschik
Direct admissions is continuing to grow this year, a crucial one for the alternative approach to matching students with a college that will be right for them. In direct admissions, students do not apply to colleges. Rather, the student makes a portfolio with their grades and other information that may help a college decide whether to extend an admissions offer. Among the common portfolio options: what a student wants to study, geography (where a student is from and generally where a student wants to study). The portfolios are managed by companies, nonprofit groups and individual colleges.
Inside Higher Ed
Cal State May Punish Universities That Miss Enrollment Targets
By Scott Jaschik
The California State University system has a plan to punish universities that are not meeting enrollment targets, Cal Matters reported. Under the plan, any campus missing its enrollment target by 10 percent or more will lose up to 5 percent of its state enrollment funding, which will then be sent to campuses exceeding their enrollment targets. This won’t go into effect until 2024–25 at the earliest.
Higher Ed Dive
Education Department report reveals snags in student loan programs
Natalie Schwartz, Editor
Dive Brief:
The U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office received around 101,500 cases in fiscal 2022 — the majority of which were complaints — more than doubling the number of cases received the year before. That’s according to a new Federal Student Aid report, which attributes the rise in cases to efforts to make it easier for students and borrowers to report issues, as well as several high-profile policy changes and events affecting student loans. Those include the Biden administration’s proposal to forgive large amounts of student debt and the Education Department’s recent $6 billion settlement agreement to wipe away loans for hundreds of thousands of students who say they were defrauded by their colleges. Both of those efforts have been challenged in court.
Higher Ed Dive
OPINION
I struggled with mental health as a Division I athlete. Here’s how colleges should help.
Athletic departments must diversify their administrative and coaching ranks while prioritizing mental health, the CEO of the Jed Foundation writes.
By John MacPhee
John MacPhee is CEO of The Jed Foundation, a nonprofit focused on protecting emotional health and preventing suicide for teens and young adults.
As a former Division I college basketball player, I struggled with mental health. Experiencing anxiety, depression and problem drinking, I blamed myself and failed to recognize this was a challenge that could be successfully addressed through awareness, resources and a supportive community. … Thankfully, as awareness rises for mental health support and well-being, colleges have become more proactive about offering stronger, tailored support for individuals, like student-athletes, who face additive psychological stressors. But we can do more. Colleges can take several actions to provide quality mental health care and a culture of caring for student-athletes.
Inside Higher Ed
Seattle Pacific Removes Pride Flags from Campus
By Josh Moody
Students at Seattle Pacific University have accused administrators of removing pride flags from campus, Inside Higher Ed has learned. It’s the latest skirmish over LGBTQ+ rights at the private Free Methodist–affiliated university that has pitted the Board of Trustees against students and much of the community. At the crux of the issue is an SPU policy that bars the hiring of openly gay faculty and staff members. The Board of Trustees has refused to budge on the policy, despite campus protests, a lawsuit from campus constituents, a probe by the Washington state attorney general and a lowered bond rating from S&P Global due to financial fallout from the hiring policy.