The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
KSU program makes student connections
By H.M. Cauley, For the AJC
Carlos Moreland’s college career started off in the midst of COVID. So rather than finding study partners in the classroom and enjoying social life with new friends, the Kennesaw State University student found himself very much alone. “We were all in lockdown, and I was in a dorm by myself when people were sent home,” he said. “Those were tough challenges for the beginning of my freshman year.” Now a junior accounting major, Moreland found academic and social support through KSU’s Strategic Outreach and Diversity Initiatives designed to meet the needs of students who are either high-achievers, HOPE scholarship recipients, first-generation or from rural or urban backgrounds. The program works with about 1,300 students, giving them the help they need to cross the graduation finish line. It’s been a lifesaver for Moreland, who lost his HOPE funding during that tumultuous first year.
Wall Street Journal
Top Colleges for High-Paying Jobs in Management Consulting
Harvard tops the list for private schools, Georgia Tech for public schools
By Kailyn Rhone
Graduates of Harvard University who go into management consulting earn significantly more than young professionals from other schools who enter the field, according to a ranking compiled by the Burning Glass Institute, a nonprofit that researches employment trends. The top public university in the new ranking is the Georgia Institute of Technology. The ranking aims to answer the question: What effect does the school somebody went to have on their salary, if the choice of careers and the number of years in the field are the same? Harvard grads make an average of over $61,000 a year more than the median B.A. graduate working in management consulting over 10 years, according to the ranking. The median graduate’s average annual salary over those 10 years is $94,009. Georgia Tech grads average an annual premium of nearly $21,500 over those peers, according to Burning Glass, which analyzed data about experience and pay from Lightcast, a labor-market data firm, and Glassdoor, a company-ratings website, to determine the average salaries that graduates earn in their first 10 years out of college. The premium salaries earned by graduates of the highest-ranked schools in the field can translate to “a million dollars or more at stake in terms of your career earnings,” says Matt Sigelman, president of Burning Glass.
11Alive
Autism endorsement program offered for teachers, staff at Georgia Gwinnett College
The program aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of teaching students with autism spectrum disorders by offering nine hours of online training.
Author: Makayla Richards
A new program was introduced to help licensed teachers and certified professionals to teach students with autism spectrum disorders at Georgia Gwinnett College’s School of Education. The program aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of teaching students with autism spectrum disorders by offering nine hours of online training, according to a release.
Albany Herald
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College faculty members receive promotions, tenure
From staff reports
Eleven faculty members will receive promotions and seven faculty members will be granted tenure when the 2023-24 academic year begins at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Amy Willis said the promotions and tenure will become effective July 1 for 12-month faculty members and on Aug. 1 for 10-month faculty members. The 2023 fall semester begins at ABAC on Aug. 14. …Tenure may be granted to a faculty member who has at least reached the rank of assistant professor and has shown the potential for making significant contributions to the college and the faculty member’s field of study.
Griffin Daily News
Gordon State College: Education Department hosts Socratic seminar for middle school students
By Karolina Philmon Gordon State College
Gordon State College Assistant Professor of Education Dr. Julie Little partnered with Lamar County Middle School recently to host a discussion on adolescent mental health in a Socratic seminar. A Socratic seminar is a method in understanding information by creating a dialectic class in regards to a specific text. Participants aren’t to assert their opinions or prove an argument but rather practice active listening, explore meaning and common ground while in conversation.
WTVM
Scott’s Miracle Ride to travel cross country raising money for Columbus State nursing students
By Gabriela Johnson and Jatavia O’Neal
For the last 13 years, a Columbus man and a group of his friends have traveled the country on motorcycles to raise money for various charities. It all started on his 50th birthday as a once-in-a-lifetime trip but has turned into an annual charity ride. …When Country’s BBQ co-owner Scott Ressmeyer turned 50, he decided to take a trip on his motorcycle, visiting the continental 48 states in 21 days. Upon his return to Columbus, friends offered to join him next year. …So he decided to turn the ride into a charity event. What’s now known as Scott’s Miracle Ride has raised millions of dollars for various charities. …This year the money raised will benefit Columbus State University’s Nursing Program for new technology for the mother-baby simulation lab. “This will improve the students’ experience where we provide them with the opportunity to practice with typical and atypical scenarios, which will translate into their practice,” said simulation coordinator Jherika Tyler.
WRDW
Medical College of Georgia doctor talks maternal health crisis
By Taylor Martin
Doctors at the Medical College of Georgia are trying to break a deadly cycle. Many women are dying during pregnancy, and Black women are at an even higher risk for complications. We looked at the problems and some solutions. According to the CDC, four out of five pregnancy-related deaths are preventable. “Unfortunately, the patients who tend to fall in the cracks of our system tend not to get that help,” said Dr. John Lue, Medical College of Georgia, general obstetrics and gynecology.
GPB
UGA scientists aim to adapt pecan trees to survive climate change
By: Devon Zwald and Sarah Kallis
An international team of researchers, including four at the University of Georgia, are looking for ways to adapt one of Georgia’s top commodities: pecans. The adaptations aim to help the plant survive a changing climate. One practice they’re looking at would actually change the look of the tree. Growers in the Southeast often include drought, severe storms, and rainfall and humidity as a result of climate change. These challenges can create conditions for a disease called pecan scab, according to Lenny Wells, professor of horticulture at UGA. His pecan research is looking at hedge pruning — a practice that creates a smaller, more compact tree.
WRDW
Locals walk a mile in her shoes to bring awareness to sexual assault
Locally, an average of 180 to 200 cases are reported.
By Sydney Hood
Alpha Chi Omega sorority at Augusta University hosted it’s annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” on Saturday walk to bring awareness to sexual assault and violence. Both literally and figuratively, people of all ages walked a mile in her shoes. “It really puts you in a situation of understanding,” said Jack West. Locally, an average of 180 to 200 cases are reported.
Yardbarker
The 24 best players in San Diego Padres history
By Justin Mears
In baseball, the best stat to determine a player’s worth is WAR — wins above replacement — an analytical metric that was not available until relatively recently. The formula for WAR differs for position players and pitchers, and I’ll lay it out in layman’s terms. WAR uses every aspect of the game — batting, baserunning and fielding — factors in position and ballpark and determines how many wins better than a league-average player an individual player might be. Using WAR to help us rank them, let’s look at the top 24 players in the history of the San Diego Padres franchise. …Joey Hamilton 1994-1998 (14.7 WAR) The Padres selected right-handed starting pitcher Joey Hamilton eighth overall in the 1991 draft coming out of Georgia Southern University and had visions of him leading their staff for years to come.
Athens Banner-Herald
Why it was the right time to bring on a new Uga for Georgia football games
Ryne Dennis
There will be a changing of the collar this Saturday before Georgia football’s G-Day game. Turning over the reins of America’s most-beloved mascot will be the winningest Uga of all time, Que, or Uga X, that finished 91-18 with two national titles. Coming in is Boom, a young and energetic nearly 10-month-old that still has a little training ahead of him before he’s ready to go in the fall, owner Charles Seiler said. …Why is now the right time for the change? “Que is about two months shy from being 10, and arthritis is kind of creeping in,” Seiler told the Athens Banner-Herald. “He’s got some other things going on that are usual for a 10-year-old dog, so we wanted to have a more mobile dog and also give him a few more years of a comfortable life without being at the forefront.”
Statesboro Herald
Southeast Bulloch set to induct latest Athletic Hall of Fame class
From staff reports
Southeast Bulloch is set to induct its 27th Athletic Hall of Fame class at Southeast Bulloch High School on Saturday, April 15 at 7 p.m. Limited tickets will be sold for $10. Tickets can be purchased at Southeast Bulloch High administrative office. For further information you can contact Mark Oliver (912) 842-8440 at Southeast Bulloch High School. The SEB Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2023 includes:
…Esavarde (Von) D. Miller (Honorary)
Von Miller started working at SEB as an Athletic Trainer through East Georgia Regional Hospital in August of 2000. Dr. Tom Bigwood was the principal at the time. …Von has resided in Bulloch County since 1994, graduating from Georgia Southern University in 1999.
Mark Sanders, 1977
Mark Sanders was a 1977 Southeast Bulloch High School Graduate. …Mark graduated from Georgia Southern College in 1982 receiving his BS in management. He was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. Mark participated in flag football, basketball, and Men’s softball at Georgia Southern College.
Steve Sanders, 1981
A three-sport athlete, Steve lettered four years in football and tennis as well as two years in baseball. He was a standout in both football and baseball his senior year. …Following his time at SEB, Steve continued with his baseball career at ABAC for two years where he had the highest batting average in the 1983 season, and he lettered two years at Georgia Southern. …Steve is currently retired from Georgia Southern where he worked for 30 years as part of a nationally recognized Campus Recreation program. He was the first Campus Recreation Director hired under Student Affairs at Georgia Southern College in 1988. During his tenure at Georgia Southern, he was the State of Georgia Director of National Intramurals and Recreation Sports Association for 2 years. He was instrumental in bringing NIRSA, state, regional and national tournaments to Statesboro.
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Inside Higher Ed
Hearings Kick Off Negotiated Rule Making
Speakers urged the department to strengthen rules for accreditors and rethink recent guidance for third-party servicers.
By Katherine Knott
The Education Department’s latest round of negotiated rule making is officially underway, though officials remain mum on what changes they are planning to propose as part of an ambitious regulatory agenda for the next year. The Education Department heard from dozens of speakers during a two-day virtual public hearing on its regulatory agenda for the next year. The docket for this year includes amending regulations on accreditation, cash management, Return to Title IV, TRIO programs, state authorization, the definition of distance education and third-party servicers. (Title IV references Title IV of the Higher Education Act, which authorizes federal financial aid programs.)
Higher Ed Dive
Higher ed’s game of thrones: ACE plans to debut new Carnegie Classification methodology this year
The group also says it will gather feedback for the system’s social and economic mobility metric in late 2023.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
It’s a tale as old as time, or at least as old as several decades for higher education: colleges hyperfocusing on climbing the tiers of the Carnegie Classifications, a frequently used system of categorizing like institutions that debuted in 1973. This dynamic is most frequently on display when colleges with doctoral programs try to hop into the Research 2, or R2, ranking — which designates institutions with high levels of research activity — or when they’re trying to move from R2 to R1, the top tier of institutions with very high research levels.
Inside Higher Ed
‘Champions of Higher Education’
By Scott Jaschik
PEN America has worked to get 100 former college presidents to “affirmatively promote a positive vision of American higher education as an essential guarantor of free expression in a democracy, and defend the autonomy of educational decisions made by colleges and universities against political and legislative incursions.” The group will be called the Champions of Higher Education.
Higher Ed Dive
Two New York institutions permanently shift to test-optional admissions
Laura Spitalniak, Associate Editor
Dive Brief:
Two prominent New York institutions made their pandemic-era test-optional policies permanent this week. The State University of New York will not require its undergraduate colleges to collect students’ standardized test scores in the admissions process, following a vote by the board of trustees Tuesday.
Similarly, Vassar College announced Thursday prospective students can choose if they include SAT or ACT scores with their applications going forward. “Studies have shown that test scores do not always accurately measure the qualities we are looking for in students. Standardized testing simply shows who is a good test taker,” Vassar President Elizabeth Bradley said in a statement.
Inside Higher Ed
Rutgers Unions Suspend Strike After Big Gains
The weeklong Rutgers strike is pausing Monday after unions, the university and New Jersey’s governor announced “framework” deals including large raises. Chicago State and Eastern Illinois also suspend strikes.
By Ryan Quinn
The weeklong triple-union strike at Rutgers University is pausing today after bargainers reached “framework” deals containing significant raises Friday night. More negotiating must be done before these frameworks become tentative agreements, and union members then must vote on those. And the health-care faculty union doesn’t even have a framework deal—Dr. Catherine Monteleone, that organization’s president, said it’s continuing to negotiate but suspending striking Monday “in solidarity with the other unions.” “We’re not settling until they get their core issues addressed,” said Amy Higer, president of the separate part-time lecturers’ union. But the university system, the lecturers’ union and the full-time faculty union—which also represents graduate student workers, postdoctoral associates and counselors—have said the frameworks include significant gains for workers. And the contracts would be retroactive to July 1, providing “substantial retroactive salary payments,” the university said.