John Fuchko named sole finalist for Dalton State College president
by Dave Williams
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents Wednesday named John Fuchko III sole finalist to become the next president of Dalton State College. Fuchko has served as Dalton’s interim president since June, when Margaret Venable retired after eight years as the school’s first female president. Immediately before that, he was interim president at Columbus State University. Fuchko also has spent time in the university’s central office, first as the system’s chief audit officer, then as vice chancellor for organizational effectiveness. In that role, he oversaw administrative functions including accreditation, athletics, and ethics. “Working directly with students, faculty and staff has only served to energize John’s passion for higher education and its importance to Georgia families and our state,” system Chancellor Sonny Perdue said.
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Higher Ed Dive
Over 360 colleges agree to common standards for financial aid offers
The commitment stems from the College Cost Transparency Initiative, led by 10 higher education associations.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
More than 360 colleges have agreed to a set of standards to use in sending out financial aid offers, a step to demystifying an often confusing process for students and families. The commitment, announced Tuesday, was devised by the College Cost Transparency Initiative, a task force created last year by 10 higher education associations including the American Council on Education. The coalition has been attempting to influence colleges’ financial aid practices, urging them to ensure their offers are easily understood. … Institutions of all types, ranging from community colleges to public networks like the University System of Georgia, are newly promising to simplify their financial aid offers and estimate students’ net price. Some colleges are taking these steps immediately; others are waiting until Nov. 1 or later.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia SAT scores down slightly, but fell less than national average
By Ty Tagami
The seniors who graduated from Georgia’s high schools last spring generally did worse on the SAT than their peers in the class of 2022, which some blame on the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the 7-point drop in the average total score, the class of 2023 outperformed the national average. Georgia’s average score was 1045, which was 42 points higher than the national average of 1003. The results were released by the Georgia Department of Education this week. …Do the scores matter?
More than 2,000 colleges and universities no longer require applicants to submit an ACT or SAT score. That’s about 90% of U.S. bachelor’s degree-granting schools, according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, which has been keeping a tally since fewer than three dozen campuses were test optional. The University System of Georgia halted the test requirement in 2020 because of the challenges in administering the exams during the pandemic. Students seeking to enroll at all but three of Georgia’s public universities won’t need to take the ACT or SAT college exam to gain admission for the 2024-2025 school year. Those three schools are Georgia Tech, the University of Georgia and Georgia College & State University.
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The Augusta Chronicle
Bonds issued by AU Health stabilize under new Wellstar management
Abraham Kenmore
The merger that created Wellstar MCG out of the former Augusta University Health and Wellstar Health has stabilized the health system’s bond ratings on some of its outstanding debt, according to a new report. AU bonds were upgraded from B- to A+ by S&P, one of the major bond rating agencies, moving them from non-investment grade to investment grade, according to a story in Becker’s Hospital Review Monday. A search of the bond tracking website EMMA shows both S&P and Moody’s, another major bond rating agency, now have some AU Health bonds listed as investment grade.
Capitol Beat News Service
Georgia lawmakers looking to simplify dual enrollment
by Dave Williams
Simplifying Georgia’s dual enrollment program is the key to making it financially sustainable, a former school counselor who now runs a private counseling business told state lawmakers Tuesday. “Until we can get to the clarity piece, we’re never going to have improvement,” Jill Oldham, co-owner of South River Counseling and Consulting in Conyers, told members of a joint legislative study committee looking for ways to ensure the future stability of what is widely considered a successful program. Oldham was appointed to the panel by Gov. Brian Kemp. The General Assembly created the study committee this year not only to develop recommendations for making the dual enrollment program financially sustainable but to accelerate the movement of high school students earning credit for taking college courses into high-demand careers. …Greg Dozier, commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia, said the state’s technical colleges have entered into 18 “articulated agreements” with the University System of Georgia – all in high-demand careers – that allow technical college students to transfer to a four-year state college or university after two years without losing credits. In addition to those 18 agreements, which apply statewide, local technical colleges have worked out 35 articulated agreements with nearby four-year schools that just apply locally, he said.
The Tifton Gazette
ABAC boasts 100 percent boards pass rate for nursing students
From Staff Reports
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College’s spring nursing graduates have a 100 percent boards pass rate, according to Dr. Jeffrey Ross, Dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. “We have always been confident that our ABAC nursing graduates were well prepared upon graduation from our program,” Ross said. “However, our 100 percent pass rate reaffirms that ABAC nursing graduates have the critical knowledge, skills, and attitudes to enter the nursing profession. …Ross said that this pass rate is especially impressive as the NCLEX-RN, the standardized test used for the licensing of nurses in the U.S., recently received revisions to better assess actual nursing practice and assess graduates’ critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills. He said that, knowing the NCLEX-RN change was coming in April, nursing faculty systematically introduced the students to the newly-designed question formats.
Middle Georgia CEO
FLEX Competition Winner Opening Storefront
MyKayla Whitehead, a recent Bibb graduate and runner-up in the 2023 Georgia Foundational Leadership and Entrepreneurship Experience (FLEX) Competition, will hold a grand opening for her new storefront on Friday, October 6, at 9 a.m. The store “Brittinique – Be Unique” is located on the first floor at 484 Mulberry Street and sells candles and skin care products. …In being named the state FLEX runner-up, she received a total of $10,000 in seed money from both state and local sources, as well as scholarship opportunities. Whitehead is currently a student at Fort Valley State University and a member of the Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce.
Columbus CEO
Whitesel Looks to Help Students ‘Feel like they Belong’ as Columbus State’s New Dean of Students
Advocate. Champion. Conduit. Problem-solver. Conflict-resolver. Troubleshooter. These are ways Dr. Mark Whitesel describes his new role as Columbus State University’s associate vice president and dean of students. Whitesel began his duties on Sept. 18 after a student affairs career that spans more than two decades. “For any role in Student Affairs — the dean of students, especially — students are at the heart of what we do. So, to me, a dean of students is a point of advocacy for student needs and interests — or someone to help students navigate a difficult time or unanticipated personal or academic situation,” Whitesel explained. “I also see the dean of students being the conduit for bringing students’ needs and concerns to senior administration.”
Gwinnett Daily Post
Rahaf Barakat honored with Georgia Gwinnett College’s Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
From Staff Reports
Georgia Gwinnett College’s faculty and staff were honored at its annual Fall Recognition Ceremony on Sept. 21. The college recognized six faculty and two staff members for embodying its four pillars of scholarship, leadership, service and creativity. Rahaf Barakat, an associate professor of information technology in GGC’s School of Science and Technology, received the 2022-23 Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award. Recipients of this award are nominated by students.
WGAU Radio
UGA Vet College gets $5.2 million gift
By Tim Bryant
The University of Georgia’s College of Veterinary Medicine gets a $5.2 million gift: UGA says the funding from the Stanton Foundation will establish a new Spectrum of Care Clinic.
From Amy Carter, UGA Today…
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine is the beneficiary of a $5.2 million gift from the Stanton Foundation for the establishment of a new Spectrum of Care Clinic and associated curriculum. The award will allow the college to renovate and expand the Pet Health Center to serve as this new clinic. Spectrum of Care is a philosophy or approach to practice wherein veterinarians tailor their treatment protocols for companion animals to the cultural, physical and socioeconomic circumstances of their clients. The new curriculum will incorporate instruction related to Spectrum of Care across all four years, culminating in the community practice rotation that is a part of students’ final year. Instruction will also emphasize that Spectrum of Care provides a successful business model. In addition to hiring two additional clinical professors to staff this initiative, the college will work closely with the Georgia Veterinary Medical Association and local practitioners to execute this curriculum update and delivery.
WGAU Radio
Work begins on UNG Military Science Center
By Clark Leonard, UNG
The University of North Georgia broke ground Sept. 23 on its Wynne-Mathews Military Science Center for the Corps of Cadets. With the groundbreaking a year ahead of what was originally expected, the Military Science Center is set to open in time for the fall 2025 semester. University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue, USG Regent Jim Syfan, state Sen. Steve Gooch, and state Rep. Will Wade joined UNG President Michael Shannon and other UNG leaders at the ceremony, which was incorporated into the annual Distinguished Military Student Review on the Gen. William “Lipp” Livsey Drill Field. UNG has received $8.3 million in state funding for the project after raising $5 million in private donations. The state funds include $7 million for construction in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget and $1.3 million for design in the Fiscal Year 2023 amended budget. Perdue thanked the donors in attendance at the ceremony. “UNG plays a vital role in our state and nation,” Perdue said. “Your investment will continue to propel the Corps of Cadets to greater heights.” UNG is one of six senior military colleges in the nation, and it is the lone Army-only SMC.
WSAV
Apartments to replace University Plaza in Statesboro
by: Sarah Smith
A Georgia Southern landmark will soon no longer be a part of the campus landscape in Statesboro. Apartments are replacing University Plaza, which is just across the street from Georgia Southern’s campus on Chandler Road. The plaza is filled with Georgia Southern history. It was even the birthplace of the first Zaxby’s. Above all, many former students and Eagles fans remember this plaza as a gathering place, including Councilman Phil Boyum. “If you ask somebody from the 80s or the 90s, back in the golden age of Erk Russell and Georgia, Southern football, they would say the plaza was central to their university experience,” Boyum says. …Boyum says, the apartment will be four to five stories and will have 600 beds. He also says it is great that these apartments will be within walking distance of campus which would bring a similar atmosphere and convenience to Statesboro that students find in Athens, Columbus, or Milledgeville.
Forsyth County News
How construction is coming along on UNG’s Cumming campus expansion
Sabrina Kerns
The University of North Georgia held a beam signing ceremony at its Cumming campus on Thursday, Sept. 21, to celebrate the final piece of steel frame being placed into the campus’ upcoming expansion.
Airforce Institute of Technology
AFIT hosts undergraduate summer interns studying hypersonics
By Katie Scott
The Air Force Institute of Technology hosted ten undergraduate interns as part of the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics summer program. Sponsored by the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office, the goal of the program is to create a strong workforce to meet future hypersonic-related science and technology needs in the Department of Defense and industry. This is the first year AFIT participated in the program. AFIT is a unique partner because of its emphasis on academic programs with a defense-related focus and research on high-priority defense problems. Students came from schools all across the country and are pursuing degrees in the various STEM fields including aerospace, electrical and mechanical engineering, physics, math and computer science. …Nikolas Koutroulakis, a senior at Georgia Southern University, majoring in mathematics with a minor in computer science, also worked with Camberos to study techniques for combatting spoofing using switchable constraints; a new development in the field of robotics. “It was cool to be able to work on projects that are on the cutting edge of research right now,” said Koutroulakis. “The problems and solutions we worked through have already started to inform approaches I have to other projects I have undertaken.”
WTNH
Yale given $25M research grant to help defeat cancer
by: Vanessa Blasi
The Yale School of Medicine was chosen by the White House to take part in a large cancer research project called “Cancer Moonshot”. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro announced Tuesday that the $25 million research grant will be split among research teams at three different universities over the next three years in the fight to defeat cancer. Along with Yale, the White House chose Emory University and the University of Georgia to take part in this research.
The Georgia Virtue
Is too much of a good thing actually a bad thing? That’s what researchers in Georgia Southern’s Biodynamics and Human Performance Center aim to find out through a recent study of 75 ultramarathon runners during the 50th anniversary of the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run (WSER) in California.
AVMA
US veterinary colleges increase seats at accelerating rate
More than a third of institutions have had double-digit increases in first-year enrollment in the past five years
By Malinda Larkin
The number of first-year veterinary students enrolled for the 2022-23 school year at U.S. veterinary colleges exceeded 4,000 for the first time, according to data from the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC). …Overall enrollment for U.S. colleges of veterinary medicine hit 15,157 for the 2022-23 academic year compared with a total of 11,255 U.S. veterinary students in 2012-13. Any veterinary college that wants to add another cohort, increase its entering class by more than 10%, or that would have a cumulative increase of 15% or more over five years in the total number of students in their program is required to have approval from the AVMA Council on Education (AVMA COE) before doing so. Approval of such a plan is contingent on the information provided to the council and continued compliance with the council’s accreditation standards. From 2018-19 to 2022-23, the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine saw the largest bump, going from 114 to 150 first-year seats—or 36 total—followed by the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine increasing from 119 to 150—or 31 total—and Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Veterinary Medicine increasing from 101 to 131—or 30 total.
WGAU Radio
UNG sets date for Watkinsville campus fundraiser
By Tim Bryant
The University of North Georgia sets the date for its next OconeeFest: the University says the annual scholarship fundraiser will be held October 19 at the UNG campus in Watkinsville.
From Clark Leonard, UNG…
The University of North Georgia’s Oconee Campus is preparing to hold its 10th annual Oconeefest scholarship fundraiser. Set for 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 on the front lawn, the event will raise money for a pair of scholarships: Oconee County Resident Scholarship: $1,000 renewable annual scholarship awarded to Oconee County residents who are incoming freshmen on the Oconee Campus. UNG awarded four this year. Oconee Annual Scholarship: $1,000 renewable scholarship awarded to students from Oconee, Walton, Oglethorpe, Barrow, Clarke, Greene, Oconee, Morgan, and Madison counties who enroll on any UNG campus. UNG awarded two this year. This year’s theme is “Lights, Camera, Action,” with a Hollywood Walk of Fame feel.
The Brunswick News
College to host ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ event
By Lauren McDonald
College of Coastal Georgia will host its third annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event next month to raise awareness about sexual violence. The walk is set for 10 a.m. Oct. 10 on the college’s Brunswick campus. The event will be hosted by the college’s Office of Student Well-Being and Support to commemorate Domestic Violence Awareness Month. It’s also part of the International Men’s March to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence. The event is intended to bring community members together to speak out against violence against women. Men who participate are invited to don red heels for the short walk around campus.
Albany Herald
Run for the Nurses scheduled at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
From staff reports
Registration is now open for Run for the Nurses on Oct. 28 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. The event includes both a 5K and a half-marathon from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. “This event is a lot of fun, and we hope a lot of people will consider supporting our nursing students,” event chair Christy Blanchett, program specialist with the ABAC School of Nursing & Health Sciences, said in a news release. “Those who do not wish to run but would like to support, there are sponsorship opportunities available.”
Coastal Courier
2023 Best of Liberty winners honored
Winners of the 2023 Best of Liberty readers’ choice awards were honored recently. Click here to see pictures from the event. The winners were: …College/University, Georgia Southern University Liberty Campus
Moultrie Observer
PCOM South Georgia to hold Pathway event Sept. 30 for undergrad students of partner institutions
By Kevin C. Hall
Current undergraduate students at one of seven partner institutions can participate in PCOM South Georgia’s “Pathway to PCOM,” a special program that provides opportunities for these students to save time and money if they’re accepted into the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine program. “Our mission in South Georgia is to educate and train students in this area in hopes that they stay and practice medicine in this region to address the physician shortage,” said Dana Brooks, executive director of admissions, PCOM South Georgia. “We target schools in our region to educate students from South Georgia about the profession and the pathway to becoming a physician.” PCOM South Georgia has articulation or affiliation agreements with Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Columbus State University, Georgia Southern University, Valdosta State University, Thomas University, Albany State University and Florida A&M University. Students from these schools are invited to campus to learn more about the college on Sept. 30.
Times-Georgian
UWG Soccer earns conference win over UAH
By Jared Boggus UWG Sports
The UWG women’s soccer team got a big three points on Sunday afternoon, holding of Alabama Huntsville in a 3-2 conference win in front of the UWG faithful. West Georgia (2-2-3, 2-1-1 GSC) built a 3-0 lead before UAH scored a pair of goals in the final 15 minutes to make things interesting, but in the end it was the Wolves who were victorious on a sunny Sunday in Carrollton.
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Darryll Fussell II, a student at Georgia Gwinnett College, was going through mental health struggles at the time of his death on April 13, the lawsuit reads.
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Inside Higher Ed
Education Department Faces Potentially ‘Disruptive’ Shutdown
A potential government shutdown could complicate the restart of student loan payments, efforts to issue final rules and the FAFSA update.
By Katherine Knott
The looming government shutdown could wreak havoc on the U.S. Education Department’s jam-packed fall plans. Student loan payments resume Sunday—the day after funding for the government will run out unless Congress acts this week—and the agency is set to start negotiations over a new plan for student loan forgiveness in a few weeks. Department staff members are also working to issue final rules on Title IX and gainful employment. Plus, a new version of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid is set to launch in December. All this means that an October shutdown could cause a mess for the agency, depending on how long the funding lapse persists, though student loan payments will restart regardless of whether the government stays open. Higher education industry groups and think tanks are expecting the department to issue the gainful-employment rule this week to beat the shutdown, though the negotiated rule-making sessions and some planned regulatory actions would likely be put on hold.
Higher Ed Dive
MOVEit breach hit nearly 900 colleges, says National Student Clearinghouse
In filings with the California attorney general’s office, the nonprofit shared institutions that had been swept up in the attack.
Natalie Schwartz, Editor
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The National Student Clearinghouse said nearly 900 colleges suffered a data breach during the mass hack of the file-sharing tool MOVEit, according to filings last week with the California attorney general’s office. Progress Software, the company behind the MOVEit tool, informed National Student Clearinghouse in late May about the data breach. During the attack, cybercriminals obtained files containing personal information such as names, birth dates, Social Security numbers, student identification numbers and school records. The list of affected colleges is wide ranging. It spans from Ivy League institutions like Cornell University to large public colleges, including several in the California State University system.
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Inside Higher Ed
Going to College While Going Without
A new report says a majority of California community college students are struggling to meet their basic needs. Some students are even skipping meals or eating less than they need.
By Jessica Blake
Despite state and local efforts to address poverty, homelessness and food insecurity among California college students, a new report says more than two out of every three students in the state face trouble meeting at least one basic need. Although programs and policies to mitigate these challenges have helped, a sizable number of students surveyed still said they “worried that their food would run out before they could afford to buy more” and they “skipped meals or ate less than they needed because they did not have enough money for food,” according to the report. Other students reported being housing insecure and having rent, mortgage and utility payments that made it “difficult to pay” their total living expenses.
Inside Higher Ed
A Speech About Free Speech Is Shouted Down
Robert George, an advocate for allowing diverse views on campuses, was interrupted by students protesting his stances on LGBTQ+ individuals.
By Ryan Quinn
A conservative Princeton University professor tried to give a speech this month at Washington College centering on the need for campus free speech. Students disrupted his talk and succeeded in ending it. It was another example of what are often called student shoutdowns or “heckler’s vetoes”—though the meaning of that phrase is contested—disrupting conservative speakers. Perhaps most prominently this year, in March, Stanford University students disrupted a talk by Judge Kyle Duncan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. This month’s Washington College incident, first reported by The Star Democrat and later by The Chronicle of Higher Education, featured Robert George, who didn’t respond to Inside Higher Ed’s requests for comment Tuesday. He’s the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton and directs Princeton’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, which recently released a new set of proposed academic freedom and free speech principles.
Higher Ed Dive
Big Ten schools produce more CFOs, fewer CEOs than Ivies
The University of Virginia, Pennsylvania State University and University of Texas at Austin top the list of public colleges that have produced sitting CFOs.
Maura Webber Sadovi, Senior Editor
Aspiring finance chiefs lacking Ivy League degrees can take some comfort in a recent study which found that Big Ten schools educated more sitting CFOs than any other U.S. sports conference, according to the executive search firm Crist|Kolder Associates’ Volatility Report. Of the 657 current finance chiefs with known undergraduate educational backgrounds in Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies this year, the biggest share of CFOs (14%) came from international institutions, while 10% and 9%, respectively, came from Big Ten and Atlantic Coast Conference institutions, and nearly 8% hailed from the Ivies, according to the latest issue of the study which reviewed data from public filings and other sources through Aug. 15.
Inside Higher Ed
Ruth Simmons Delivers Stirring Tribute to the Humanities
By Susan H. Greenberg
Ruth Simmons, president emerita of Prairie View A&M and Brown Universities and Smith College, delivered the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities to a rapt audience at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Tuesday evening. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Jefferson Lecture is the highest honor awarded by the government for achievement in the humanities. Titled “Facing History to Find a Better Future,” Simmons’s speech hailed her education in the humanities—particularly language and literature—for guiding her improbable journey from the dusty farmlands of segregated east Texas to the vibrant centers of American higher education.
Inside Higher Ed
U of Arizona Can Be Liable for Off-Campus Abuse
Reversing a previous decision, an appeals court ruled that the university could be responsible for off-campus abuse because the abuser was under its “disciplinary authority.”
By Johanna Alonso
Reversing an earlier decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals published an opinion Monday stating that the University of Arizona may be held liable for abuse that occurred off campus. The court previously granted a summary judgment in favor of the university in a unanimous decision that hinged on the notion, established in the Supreme Court case Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education, that a university must exercise “substantial control over both the harasser and the context in which the known harassment occurs” in order to be held liable for harassment under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits gender-based discrimination in federally funded education. The judges ruled that the university had such control over the harasser, a University of Arizona football player named Orlando Bradford, but not over the context; the victim, fellow student Mackenzie Brown, alleged she was abused on multiple occasions in Bradford’s off-campus apartment while they were in a relationship.
Inside Higher Ed
Nichols College President Banned From Coast Guard Campus
By Josh Moody
Nichols College president Glenn Sulmasy has been banned from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy over allegations that he sent inappropriate messages to a student during his time as an administrator there, according to The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. The news comes on the heels of a CNN report that alleged Sulmasy sent hundreds of sexually suggestive text messages to a female student and discouraged another from reporting a sexual assault. Sulmasy, who served as a law professor and head of the humanities department at the academy, retired from the Coast Guard in 2015. Even so, investigators considered charging him in military court in 2016 for conduct unbecoming an officer, CNN reported. Sulmasy was hired as president of Nichols in 2021 and is currently on voluntary leave.
Cybersecurity Dive
AWS bets on accuracy in generative AI deployment race
The cloud giant is taking a full-stack approach to generative AI, which doubles down on security and reliable results.
Naomi Eide, Lead Editor
The well-underway race to scale generative AI has evolved from one dominated by early market entrants — namely OpenAI and its close partner, Microsoft — to one where scores of vendors have viable offerings. Now, each major cloud provider has billions invested in large language model technology development and each takes on a different flavor. Where Microsoft capitalized on speed, quickly deploying generative AI assistants into the hands of the masses, Google Cloud has hyped its AI-optimized infrastructure and its longstanding investments in AI. Cloud giant AWS is taking a cautious approach.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Opinion: At HBCUs, Black students are seen, heard and inspired
Get Schooled with Maureen Downey
To mark HBCU Week, Sept. 24-28, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is running a series of guest columns that examine the role of historically Black colleges and universities and the challenges that face them. The White House is hosting the 2023 National HBCU Week Conference in Arlington, Virginia, this week with the theme of “Raising the Bar: Forging Excellence through Innovation & Leadership.” The AJC guest columns will also speak to those themes. Today, Spelman College Provost Pamela Scott-Johnson reflects on her decision to attend Spelman College and how it enriched her life. Here are links to two guest columns that have already appeared, Harry Williams of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, and David A. Thomas, Morehouse College’s president. Return to this space this week for more perspectives on HBCUs.
Albany Herald
CARLTON FLETCHER: Georgia education: Heading back(wards) to the future
By Carlton Fletcher
Well, we got no class, And we got no principals. And we got no intelligence, We can’t even think of a word that rhymes.
— Alice Cooper
Call it education, Georgia style. Teachers are leaving the profession in droves now that our illustrious and erudite state legislators have decided that they — and a handful of Marjorie Greene-inspired zealots who’ve usurped control of what can and can’t be taught in several schools — know what education should look like. And it looks something like this: