Gwinnett Daily Post
Georgia Gwinnett College enrollment numbers continue to rise
By Todd Cline
Georgia Gwinnett College’s expanded outreach to Georgia high school students and the offer of in-state tuition to students in bordering states has paid off with increased enrollment numbers, school officials said. Recently released numbers show GGC continuing an enrollment increase, a trend that began in the fall of 2022. The new data shows that GGC’s overall enrollment is up 5 percent — to a total of 10,673 students — compared to last spring.
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Ga. lawmakers slash funding for AU medical records system
By The Associated Press
Georgia senators on Tuesday cut funding in half for an electronic medical records system at Augusta University’s Medical College of Georgia. The original proposal was for $105 million, but funding was slashed to $50 million during a meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Committee Chairman Blake Tillery said senators believe records system won’t cost as much as the $115 million originally estimated. The House and Senate must resolve differences between their budget proposals.
Griffin Daily News
GSC president speaks to Henry County Chamber of Commerce
By Karolina Philmon
Gordon State College President Kirk A. Nooks was the keynote speaker Thursday at the Henry County Chamber of Commerce’s “Lunch with a Leader” event. Nooks spoke on GSC’s mission and vision, degree programs, employment pipeline, the highlights of the institution and opportunities with community innovation partnerships.
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Jimmy Carter’s impact on Georgia Southwestern State University
By Fallon Howard
Former President Jimmy Carter has left his legacy on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) where he attended college as a student. You can feel the presence of Jimmy Carter when you step foot on campus. “My biggest impact from that whole situation was that he was a great person, not just a great president, but a leader in general,” President Jimmy Carter Leadership Program Member, Jordan Whitening said. …The President Jimmy Carter Leadership Program started in 2019 and is built on the core principles of leadership and personal growth. Students will learn some of the same values Carter believed.
WJBF
The State of MCG: Dr. Hess gives his annual update
by: Brad Means
Dr. David Hess outlines the successes and challenges facing the Medical College of Georgia. … “…we have a record of applications. … We want to keep more of ’em in Georgia. 95% of our students are from Georgia. That’s one of the highest requirements in the country. But the problem in Georgia is we don’t have enough residency slots. So we tend to be, in Georgia, an exporter of medical students. We need to build up GME slots. One of the attractions of Wellstar is they have 200 GME slots, so that’ll allow kind of a UME, we say, undergraduate medical education, GME, graduate medical education, continuum. So that’s what we really have to do. We have to get more residency spots in Georgia and keep ’em here….”
Fox5 Atlanta
Lasting legacy: The trailblazing women who helped end segregation at Georgia State University
By Michael Addison
As FOX 5 celebrates Black History Month, we’re honoring three trailblazers who, in the face of racism and hate, launched a landmark case that would go on to be used in the successful desegregation of Georgia State University and other schools. Even though the case is so significant, it hasn’t received a lot of attention or recognition over the years until now.
WGAU Radio
University research: students with disabilities face STEM challenges
Researchers in the University of Georgia’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences are out with a study on STEM education, a study that finds challenges for students with learning disabilities. The UGA report says most STEM courses were designed with limited input from students who struggle with disabilities.
The Times-Georgian
UWG brings back annual coding competition
By Abby Grizzard Special To The Times-Georgian
While most people view “marathons” as competitive events filled with the scuffle of shoes and panting athletes, the word takes on a new meaning for mathematics and computing enthusiasts. The University of West Georgia’s annual test of endurance — also known as the Hackathon — is surrounded by clacking keyboards and quiet murmurs of collaboration. Hackathon is an event open to teens with an interest in coding and web development on Saturday, March 11, at the Biology Building on UWG’s campus. At the event, participants will form groups to create applications that solve actual problems presented by individuals in their community.
WGAU Radio
UGA gets $5 million grant for project in Liberia
By Caroline Paczkowski, UGA Today
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded the University of Georgia approximately $5 million for the implementation of a program entitled Higher Education Conservation Activity in the Republic of Liberia. The timing of the project comes at a tipping point for Liberia’s forests, which account for roughly half of the remaining rainforest in West Africa. Over many years, forests have been degraded by unsustainable forestry practices, land conversion, and other pressures.
Athens Banner-Herald
UGA, Fort Valley State Extension team up to provide estate planning services
By Cal Powell UGA/CAES
FORT VALLEY — While many people like to plan every detail of their lives, planning for death is not often high on the list. The statistics bear this out. According to most recent data, the rate of Americans dying without a will, called intestacy, is between 40 to 70%, depending on factors such as race and income levels. FVSU Extension Agent Brenda Maddox and UGA Extension Agent Keishon Thomas work with a client at a workshop for the Georgia Farmers Initiative for Training and Sustainability program, which helps Georgians complete estate plans through education and technical assistance.
WGAU Radio
UGA study finds racial, geographic disparities in cardiovascular disease
By Tim Bryant
Fewer people are dying from cardiovascular disease in the US. That’s according to new research from the University of Georgia. But the UGA study finds that rural counties and those with a higher percentage of Black residents are consistently experiencing higher rates of cardiovascular disease than urban and more predominantly white counties.
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Nineteen coeds to compete for Ms. ABAC title
The Albany Herald, Ga.
Nineteen contestants will compete in the 53rd annual Ms. ABAC contest on March 2 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Sponsored by the ABAC Agripreneurs, the theme of this year’s pageant is “Gee Haw Whoa Back, There She Is, Ms. ABAC.” The winner will receive a $500 academic scholarship. The event begins at 7 p.m. in ABAC’s Howard Auditorium. Admission is $10. Because of limited seating, advance ticket purchase is advised. Tickets can be purchased from any Agripreneurs officer in the Donaldson Dining Hall the week of the event. Contestants will compete in casual and evening wear. They will also be judged on a written essay and an interview with the judges. The Top 10 contestants will answer a question on stage.
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Inside Higher Ed
‘U.S. News’ Acquires CollegeAdvisor.com
By Scott Jaschik
U.S. News & World Report, the magazine famous for its controversial rankings of educational institutions, on Tuesday announced its purchase of CollegeAdvisor.com, which “matches students and families with dedicated and highly trained admissions coaches to build a customized college application strategy that includes one-on-one counseling, essay editing, interview prep and other specialty workshops.” Through its rankings, U.S. News advises students (as a group) about where to go to college, but this is a shift to more direct advising.
Inside Higher Ed
Study: Early Classes Connected to Poor Academic Performance
By Safia Abdulahi
A new study found that early-morning classes are associated with “lower attendance, shorter sleep, and poorer academic achievement” among college students. The study, published Monday in Nature Human Behavior, analyzed university students’ digital traces. Wi-Fi connection logs of 23,391 students revealed that class attendance was about 10 percentage points lower for classes at 8 a.m. compared with later start times, according to the study. The study also analyzed the grades of 33,818 students and the number of days per week that a student had morning classes and found that morning classes negatively correlated with their grade point average.
Inside Higher Ed
ABA Will Again Consider Making Law School Test Optional
By Scott Jaschik
The American Bar Association will again consider a request from its Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to make law schools test optional. The ABA House of Delegates rejected such a proposal this month. But the council voted Friday to make the request a second time. Now the House of Delegates will return to the issue in August.
Inside Higher Ed
N.D. House Passes Amended Bill on Firing Tenured Faculty
By Ryan Quinn
The North Dakota House passed a bill Monday that would let the presidents of two colleges fire tenured faculty members without review from, or the right to appeal to, a faculty committee. The bill now heads to the State Senate. Mike Lefor, who leads the Republican House supermajority, filed the bill, which would affect Dickinson State University and Bismarck State College. Dickinson State president Steve Easton has supported it.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Lois Elfman
While still fighting for official provider status, pharmacists have proven to be crucial in delivering care and helping address healthcare disparities. COVID-19 has placed unprecedented demands on frontline healthcare workers. Over the past three years, pharmacists have demonstrated that they are vital to addressing pandemic-related issues and bringing care to their communities. Pharmacy schools are preparing students who can address healthcare needs and helping people live healthier lives. While the traditional community pharmacy still exists, the role of the pharmacist involves more than simply processing prescriptions.
Inside Higher Ed
AI Bots Can Seem Sentient. Students Need Guardrails.
Faculty members have welcomed chat bots into their classrooms. But how will they help students manage AI’s sometimes-disturbing replies?
By Susan D’Agostino
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg once advised tech founders to “move fast and break things.” But in moving fast, some argue that he “broke” those young people whose social media exposure has led to depression, anxiety, cyberbullying, poor body image and loss of privacy or sleep during a vulnerable life stage. Now, Big Tech is moving fast again with the release of sophisticated AI chat bots, not all of which have been adequately vetted before their public release.
Inside Higher Ed
Va. Lawmakers Seek Changes in Response to Campus Threats
By Jaime Adame
State legislators in Virginia have passed a bill requiring threat assessment teams at public colleges and universities to notify police within 24 hours of identifying someone as posing “an articulable and significant threat.” The requirement calls for campus police to be notified along with police in the city or county where the college is located. Police in the jurisdiction where the individual deemed to be a threat lives or is known to be located also must be notified. Public colleges and universities also must obtain any criminal history and health records of individuals considered a threat.
Inside Higher Ed
Michigan State Students Return to Class
By Scott Jaschik
Most Michigan State University students returned to classes Monday, following a break because of last week’s murder of three students, The Detroit News reported. The News reported that most faculty members devoted their classes to giving students an opportunity to talk about the tragedy. There were memorials, therapy dogs and a visible police presence on campus.
Inside Higher Ed
Univ. of Utah to Pay $5 Million to Parents of Slain Student
By Marjorie Valbrun
The University of Utah will pay the parents of a murdered international student from China a $5 million settlement for the university’s failure to protect their daughter, the university announced Tuesday. The student, Zhifan Dong, was killed last February, allegedly by an abusive boyfriend with whom she’d broken up and against whom she had gotten a restraining order. Dong and her roommate had complained to campus housing staff about harassment and threats from Haoyu Wang, who was also an international student from China and lived in the same dorm as Dong, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Dong also told campus housing officials Wang hit her when she broke up with him and that she was afraid he would harm her, the newspaper reported.
Inside Higher Ed
Artist Sues Law School for Trying to Remove Murals of Slaves
By Susan H. Greenberg
Vermont Law and Graduate School is embroiled in a fight about a pair of murals in the student center that depict slavery, The New York Times reported. Painted 30 years ago by a white artist, Sam Kerson, the two 24-foot-long murals show scenes of a slave market and a white man wielding a whip, as well as images of white Vermonters helping enslaved people escape on the Underground Railroad. Students complained for years that the colorful panels were full of racist caricatures. But it wasn’t until police murdered George Floyd in 2020 that the institution finally decided they had to be removed. It proved harder than expected. The murals couldn’t be taken down without destroying them, and Kerson sued to stop administrators from permanently covering them under an obscure law that prevents certain “modifications” of artists’ work, according to the Times.