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Enrollment rebounds in 2023 after 2-year dip at Georgia public universities and colleges
By The Associated Press
The number of students rose at Georgia’s public universities and colleges this fall after a two-year dip, with all but three of the system’s 26 schools adding students. Enrollment rose 2.9% statewide from fall 2022. That increase of nearly 10,000 students set a new record of more than 344,000 students statewide, surpassing the previous high of 341,000 in fall 2020. After a steeper decline in enrollment than the nation as a whole last year, University System of Georgia schools outstripped the nationwide rise of 2.1% this fall recorded by the National Student Clearinghouse. The turnaround is especially welcome at many of the system’s smaller institutions, which bled students fast during the pandemic. The system distributes much of its funding based on enrollment.
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T. Dallas Smith named to Georgia Power Board of Directors
Georgia Power announced today that it has elected T. Dallas Smith to the company’s board of directors, effective January 1, 2024. Smith is founder and CEO at T. Dallas Smith & Company (TDS&Co), the largest African American-owned pure tenant representation commercial real estate firm in the country. … Smith’s notable leadership and service roles include serving as 2023 President of the Atlanta Commercial Board of REALTORS®; a member of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, …
WNEG Radio
Stephens County joins UNG Teacher Residency Program
Jessica Waters
The Stephens County School system took a proactive approach to the continuing Georgia teacher shortage this year, placing college senior education students in the classroom as part of a new program that benefits both local public school systems, and future teachers. Stephens County, along with the Barrow and Jackson County school systems, joined the University of North Georgia’s Teacher Residency Program for the 2023-24 school year, and also continued working with a similar program out of Toccoa Falls College. The UNG College of Education program, which is now in its second year, allows preservice teachers enrolled in a UNG teacher preparation program to be hired by school districts to be full-time teachers during their senior year.
The Red & Black
How UGA students navigate internship season
Jesse Wood
University of Georgia student Garner McKeon is one of many college students who has been on the hunt for their first internship. It is projected by StandOut CV that there will be over four million internships in the U.S. in 2023. Many students applying for these positions report having the same stress of applying and interviewing, as well as the insecurity of the unknown throughout the internship process. Internship hunting can be daunting in a post-COVID-19 climate — in which internship listings are down 14.7% as of May 19, 2023, Forbes reports …The UGA Career Center, according to its website, is in place “to prepare UGA students and alumni for meaningful opportunities after the Arch.” They work to accomplish this by hosting many workshops and events to connect students with internships and potential employers, including conducting over a dozen career fairs each year.
WGAU Radio
UNG alums make ROTC Hall of Fame
By Agnes Hina, UNG
Two University of North Georgia alumni were inducted into the 2023 Army ROTC National Hall of Fame, intended to honor Army ROTC graduates who have distinguished themselves in a military or civilian career. Retired Col. Wayne Dill, ‘62, and Col. Ben Malcom, ‘50, were chosen by the U.S. Army Cadet Command for induction. UNG now has 11 total inductees in the ROTC Hall of Fame. Malcolm died Oct. 30 at age 94. “The University of North Georgia Military Science Department is deeply honored that Col. Malcom and Col. Dill were chosen for induction into the ROTC Hall of Fame,” Col. Bryan Kirk, UNG professor of military science, said. “Their legacy continues to grow, and they are superb examples of the leaders of character produced through the University of North Georgia.”
Gwinnett Daily Post
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Establishes First Sorority at Georgia Gwinnett College
From staff reports
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has charted the first sorority on the campus of Georgia Gwinnett College. Fourteen women were initiated as new members to charter the Upsilon Xi Chapter, adding to the South Atlantic Region — the largest region in the organization. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., was founded on the campus of Howard University in 1908. It is the oldest Greek-letter organization established by African American college-educated women. The new chapter joins Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity as the second National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) organization on the campus and the first NPHC sorority. The NPHC is the coordinating body of nine historically African American Greek-letter organizations.
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Nibbelink Named Interim Dean of Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
Nate Nibbelink, associate dean for research and professor in the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, has been named interim dean of the school, effective Jan. 1, 2024. …Nibbelink’s research focuses on creating spatial analysis tools to support natural resource management decision-making. He and his students collaborate broadly to evaluate effects of land management and environmental change on wildlife habitat and other ecosystem services. His ultimate goal is to provide managers, industry and other partners with decision-making tools to help achieve healthy ecosystems, economies and communities. His work has been published in several leading journals.
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Georgia Southern student-athletes collecting donations for Statesboro Food Bank
Food drive to be held before the football game on Saturday, November 18
Frank Sulkowski, Anchor/Reporter
Georgia Southern student-athletes will host a food drive benefiting the Statesboro Food Bank this Saturday. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and APEX group will be collecting canned goods and non-perishable items before the Eagles football game against Old Dominion. With kickoff for the football game scheduled for 6 p.m. on Saturday, the groups will begin collecting food at 3 p.m. from Gate 8 at Allen E. Paulson Stadium.
BVM Sports
After leading the University of West Georgia Volleyball team to the GSC Tournament, Zoë LaBreche and Sanai Young were named All-GSC on Tuesday, with LaBreche landing on the first-team and Young landing on the second-team. In her second season at UWG, LaBreche secured her first All-GSC selection after putting together the best season of her collegiate career.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Underwater in Georgia: subway cars, 1,000-year-old canoes, towns, a nuke
By Matt Kempner
Any day now, two MARTA railcars, each 75 feet long and weighing 55,000 pounds, will be dropped into the ocean 23 nautical miles east of Ossabaw Island. They will join a lot of other man-made things that, by accident or design, have been entombed in the depths of Georgia’s coastal waters and its lakes and rivers. …Many other curiosities, usually smaller, settle on Georgia’s aquatic beds. Things slip out of pockets, tumble over sides of boats and wash down neighborhood storm drains. Sometimes headless goats get tossed off the I-20 bridge over the Chattahoochee River for reasons we’re still trying to figure out (more on that later). Ervan Garrison knows what’s down there more than most. He’s a University of Georgia anthropology professor who specializes in underwater archaeology. He’s been on plenty of dives. But even his knowledge is limited.
The Rheumatologist
Doctor & Patient: A Study in Relapsing Polychondritis
Jason Liebowitz, MD
Under the leadership of moderators Noelle Rolle, MBBS, assistant professor in the Division of Rheumatology, associate program director of the Rheumatology Fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, and Julia Schwartzmann-Morris, MD, associate professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Great Neck, N.Y., the one-day Review Course held before ACR Convergence 2023 officially kicked off on Saturday, Nov. 11, covered a plethora of important topics.
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New FAFSA rollout planned by end of December
The Education Department says it will start processing the online version of the form in January and paper copies the following month.
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Senior Reporter
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The U.S. Department of Education plans to issue the new iteration of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, by the end of December, likely further stressing colleges that will need to make awards on a truncated timeline. The agency announced the new schedule Wednesday. Up to this point, the Education Department had said the new FAFSA would debut in December, but did not specify a date. The agency now says it will begin processing online FAFSA submissions in January and paper versions of the form in February. The Education Department did not identify when during those months the process would start. The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, or NASFAA, on Wednesday bemoaned the timetable, which it said is “slowing the delivery of financial aid offers to some students even further, and making this already difficult enrollment year even more fraught with challenges.”
Inside Higher Ed
North Carolina Central University Suspends Online Classes Following Cyberattack
By Lauren Coffey
Online classes, Wi-Fi and campus email were shut down on North Carolina Central University’s campus following a cyberattack on Sunday. The Durham-based university announced Monday a cyberintrusion hit its campus technology systems. “Certain systems, including the campus wi-fi network and MyEOL began to experience some disruptions to normal operations” a university statement said. “Other critical systems continue to be operational. Following the initial stages of the investigation into this alert, we can confirm that NCCU has experienced a cyberintrusion.”
Inside Higher Ed
Foreign Language Enrollment Sees Steepest Decline on Record
The MLA’s new census shows plummeting class head counts far outstripped the general student enrollment decrease. Korean continued its rise, while Western European languages further shrank.
By Ryan Quinn
Enrollment in courses in languages other than English plummeted an unprecedented 16.6 percent between fall 2016 and fall 2021, the Modern Language Association’s latest census found—a roughly 236,000-student drop that diminished head count in these classes to about what it was in 1998. The association, which released its latest report Wednesday, has collected this census on an uneven basis since 1958. It’s been conducted every three or four years since 1995, and the pandemic contributed to the five-year gap this round.
Inside Higher Ed
Massachusetts Announces ‘Historic’ Financial Aid Expansion
By Jessica Blake
A recent expansion of a Massachusetts financial aid program will benefit approximately 25,000 students across the state’s public community colleges and state universities, according to an announcement by the state’s governor, Maura Healey, and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll. The MASSGrant Plus Expansion program, announced Wednesday, will be paid for with $62 million in new program funding raised through a surtax on individuals with annual incomes over $1 million. The program will cover tuition, fees, books and supply costs for low-income students who qualify for the federal Pell Grant, a population that makes up about a third of all University of Massachusetts students.
Inside Higher Ed
University of Arizona Miscalculated by Millions
UA has much less cash on hand than the Board of Regents requires. The faculty is accusing the administration of financial mismanagement.
By Josh Moody
The University of Arizona has just 97 days’ worth of cash on hand—significantly less than previously forecast, a recent Board of Regents meeting revealed. The news has prompted significant scrutiny and raised the specter of deep institutional cuts to restore stability to the university’s reserves. Since the revelation at the Nov. 2 regents’ meeting, the faculty has criticized senior administrators for mismanagement, accusing them of losing track of more than $240 million through accounting errors and flawed financial projections. Now UA officials have until Dec. 15 to submit a plan to the regents to restore cash-on-hand levels to the 120 days’ worth the board requires.
Diverse Issues in Higher Education
Salt Lake Community College Launches Scholarship Program for Tribal Students
Arrman Kyaw
Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) will cover the tuition for members of Utah’s federally recognized tribes. The Native American Community Scholars & Fellowship program – set to begin January of next year – will pay for the tuition costs for students taking up to 18 credit hours.
Inside Higher Ed
AAUP: Critiques of Israel Aren’t ‘Invariably Antisemitic’
By Ryan Quinn
The American Association of University Professors said Wednesday it “rejects the characterization of pro-Palestinian speech or critiques of the Israeli state as invariably antisemitic.” “Proponents of overly broad definitions of antisemitism and proponents of eliminating teaching about the history of racial and other violence share a desire to mobilize the government to enforce particular, emaciated accounts of history, harm, and injury,” the AAUP’s online statement says, quoting from the group’s 2022 statement on what it then called “Redefinitions of Antisemitism and Racism.”
Inside Higher Ed
GWU Suspends SJP Chapter for Violating Policies
By Johanna Alonso
George Washington University has suspended its chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine after the organization projected anti-Zionist slogans onto the Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library on campus, The Washington Post reported. The university said the group was suspended for violating university policies, including one regarding the use of the library and another about noncompliance; SJP members did not stop projecting the slogans when they were first asked to. The suspension means the SJP chapter cannot host events on campus or use university facilities for 90 days.
Inside Higher Ed
Prairie View A&M Employee Shot and Killed on Campus
By Susan H. Greenberg
An employee of Prairie View A&M University was shot and killed on campus by a former employee, according to a message to the campus community from President Tomikia LeGrande. Kendrick Wilder, 31, was working on a campus farm Monday morning when a former co-worker drove up and allegedly shot him multiple times, Chron.com reported. The shooting led to a temporary shelter-in-place order at the Texas HBCU. University police tried to revive Wilder at the scene but were unsuccessful.
Higher Ed Dive
Unpacking 3 major trends in ed tech and for-profit education
CEOs of major companies recently told investors how they fared in their most recent financial quarters, offering insight into the broader higher ed sector.
Natalie Schwartz Editor
Over the past few weeks, CEOs of major education companies have briefed analysts on their most recent financial quarters. And some of them dropped major news during earnings calls. That includes education company 2U, which announced it was parting ways with the University of Southern California — one of its oldest and largest clients — on most degree programs they worked on together. Meanwhile, the CEO of Grand Canyon Education accused the U.S. Department of Education of retaliating against the company by slapping a $37.7 million fine on its largest client, Grand Canyon University. Brian Mueller, who also serves as the university’s president, said the institution has endured government retaliation due to an ongoing lawsuit against the department. Company leaders also gave insight into how the ed tech and for-profit college sectors are faring. Below, we break down three trends playing out across some major public companies.