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State Attorney General, Board of Regents member to speak at UNG commencement
By AccessWDUN Staff
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr will be the keynote speaker for the 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, commencement at the University of North Georgia, while University System of Georgia Board of Regents member Erin Hames will speak at the 3 p.m. ceremony the same day. Both events will be held at the Convocation Center on the University of North Georgia’s Dahlonega Campus.
Valdosta Daily Times
Making Momentum: VSU makes freshmen retention priority
By Katelyn Umholtz
VALDOSTA — When it comes to keeping freshmen at Valdosta State University, the school lags behind other comparative universities. In 2017, VSU had only 65.3 percent of its first-time, full-time freshmen continue onto sophomore year. The number was a decrease from 68.7 percent in 2016, and it was the lowest of the comprehensive universities, which include Georgia Southern University, Kennesaw State University and University of West Georgia. Those schools had a retention rate of 77.6 percent, 78.5 percent and 68.9 percent, respectively, and the comprehensive university average is 75 percent. With the Momentum Year program, VSU hopes to keep freshmen for all four years, said Dr. Rodney Carr, vice president of student success at VSU. …The Momentum Year, which is designed to engage freshmen inside and outside of the classroom, hopes to increase retention and graduation rates.
WTOC
Good News: GSU celebrates 112th Birthday
STATESBORO, GA (WTOC) – We’re wishing a Happy Birthday to our region’s largest university. Georgia Southern University celebrated its 112th birthday on Friday. The celebration on the Statesboro campus included music, games, and plenty of food. Students say they’re proud of the school’s legacy and roots, and how it’s grown with consolidation to offer programs across the area.
Athens Banner-Herald
3 UGA presidents at unveiling of Louise McBee portrait
By Lee Shearer
All three living University of Georgia presidents recently were in the university’s Administration Building with dozens of other people for the unveiling of a portrait of one of the university’s most highly regarded administrators: Louise McBee. Former University of Georgia presidents Charles Knapp and Michael Adams were in the audience as the current president, Jere Morehead, officiated at the unveiling ceremony. The painting will now be prominently displayed in the Administration Building’s lobby. UGA has now hung portraits of two women to join the dozens of portraits of men, former UGA presidents, that line walls in the building. Earlier in November, the university unveiled a portrait of Mary Frances Early, the university’s first black graduate. McBee was unable to attend the event due to health issues.
Albany Herald
Lee County native named top VSU arts graduate
Macy Seymour says she plans to pursue a master’s degree
From Staff Reports
Macy Ashton Seymour of Leesburg was named the recipient recently of the fall 2018 President’s Award for Academic Excellence for the College of the Arts at Valdosta State University. The President’s Award for Academic Excellence is presented to the graduating student with the highest grade-point average in each of VSU’s six colleges: the Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of the Arts, James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education and Human Services, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and College of Science and Mathematics. …She graduated cum laude with a bachelor of fine arts degree in communication with an emphasis in public relations. …Seymour said she plans to continue her education after graduation and pursue a master’s degree.
The Brunswick News
REACH program using apartment to teach independent living
By LAUREN MCDONALD
The college experience gives young adults access to more than higher-level academic studies. For most students, a college campus is the first place they experience a taste of independent living. The REACH program, a partnership between the College of Coastal Georgia and Glynn County Schools, aims to provide students with disabilities ages 18-21 with aid in their own transition into adulthood. Students in the program work on campus, in the bookstore and cafeteria, and they attend classes together with the REACH program instructor. Fridays are devoted to community-based learning. …And through a recently-made agreement with the college, the students will now be able to learn how to live independently in their own home by taking care of an apartment in Coastal Place Apartments, the off-campus housing for CCGA students.
The West Georgian
The Burden of Debt: Not as Heavy as You Think
By Ashley Moore in News
The state of Georgia has the fifth largest student debt burden in the nation. With the total costs of tuition and fees coming to surface for spring 2019 many students feel the pressure and stress that comes along with applying for loans and grants. While this pressure may present itself to all students, this is especially the case if a student is having to figure it out on their own. Dr. Mitchell McIvor, a professor of Sociology at the University of West Georgia, has spent years researching student debt and the underlying issues associated with it. This work has led him to become a credible source for students seeking advice on how to avoid such debt, as he sees and understands the impact it has on students. “I feel that it is much worse for first-generation students, because they do not want to rely on their families,” said McIvor.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta college creates policing institute
By Eric Stirgus
Atlanta Metropolitan State College announced Thursday it’s starting an institute to help police officers deal with challenges in law enforcement and the communities they serve. The college will offer certificates through its Criminal Justice and Police Sciences Institute. Classes begin in January. “The combination of traditional academic programs and scientific/technological police sciences training programs allow law enforcement officers and first responders to develop a deeper understanding of the connections between enforcement challenges and the communities they serve,” the college said in an announcement.
Athens Banner-Herald
Morehead looks to curb UGA growth
By Lee Shearer
University of Georgia President Jere Morehead wants to slow the school’s growth after enrollment swelled by more than 1,000 students in each of the past two years. Athens and university infrastructure is being tested, he said during a meeting of top administrators Wednesday. “We are certainly pushing capacity when it comes to getting around the campus or in the city,” Morehead said. UGA has grown by just over 4,000 students since 2010, to 38,652 this fall. Nearly half of that growth, 2,078 students, has come in the past two years. “We are now larger than ever,” Morehead said. He said he anticipates only “incremental” growth in class sizes now, and most of that with graduate students. Most of the growth by far since 2008 has been undergraduates. Graduate students make up a smaller portion of UGA’s enrollment than at many other research universities. According to University System of Georgia statistics, the number of graduate students at UGA rose from 7,077 students in 2010 to 7,441 this fall — 364 students, about half a percent. UGA’s overall growth was up by about 11.5 percent during that same period, mainly in undergraduates.
Athens Banner-Herald
UGA eases academic honor rules for students with disabilities
By Lee Shearer
University of Georgia students who take lighter course loads because of disabilities will now be able to qualify for such academic honors as Dean’s List and Presidential Scholar. The UGA University Council also recently approved a change in rules to extend the time a student can apply for a so-called hardship withdrawal. Students can qualify for the Dean’s Lists honor with a 3.5 grade point average for a semester’s work, and for President’s Scholar designation with a perfect 4.0 average. But the rules also require students to take a course load of at least 14 hours. That disqualified some students who can’t take that many hours because of their disability. Students can be considered as full-time, even with a lighter load, if professionals in UGA’s Disability Resource Center deem a lighter load appropriate because of a disability such as learning problems caused by traumatic brain injury. But they still couldn’t qualify for Dean’s List and Presidential Scholar status. With the change, which passed the council without dissent, students can qualify for the honors if their lighter course load is approved through the Disability Resource Center.
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UNG connections in Asia grow through India, Taiwan partnerships
The University of North Georgia’s connections to Asia keeps growing. UNG recently signed ts only current agreement with an Indian university, forming a science and business partnership with BML Munjal University. Earlier this semester, UNG announced two new partnerships between the Corps of Cadets and Taiwanese military schools while expanding a partnership with another Taiwanese school. With the additions, UNG now has military student exchanges with 11 schools.
Savannah Morning News
Editorial: Hearts and Darts, November in Review
COMMUNITY
Hearts to Greg Parker for donating $5 million to the Georgia Southern University School of Business. Savannah’s GSU alumni base is huge and the local business community is littered with business school products. Investing in students, especially given the number of locals, is good stewardship. Hearts to local business leader Al Kennickell on becoming RBC Heritage golf tournament chairman. He’s the first Georgian to head the Hilton Head Island PGA Tour event. Golf is a passion for Kennickell, as he was instrumental in Savannah hosting the Champions Tour’s Legends of Golf tourney for more than a decade.
Saporta Report
Family of Interface founder Ray Anderson carrying on his environmental mission
By Maria Saporta
Ray C. Anderson, a corporate environmental evangelist, died more than seven years ago. But his legacy lives on – as strong as ever. The two major vehicles for Anderson’s continued influence over corporate America include the company he founded – Interface Inc. (Nasdaq: TILE); and his philanthropy – the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, a family endeavor that includes his two daughters and his five grandchildren … The Ray C. Anderson Foundation gives away about $2.5 million annually, and it provides regular funding to three initiatives: The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at Georgia Tech; the Biomimicry Institute – a design discipline that looks to nature for ideas on how to solve modern societal problems; and “The Ray” – an 18-mile corridor on the northwest section of I-85 that is looking to transform transportation and the communities along the highway.
WSAV
Georgia Southern student says other students need to be on alert after she received suspicious texts
By: Khalil Maycock
STATESBORO – A Georgia Southern University student says she wants other students to be on alert after receiving texts she said are suspicious. The student, Franchette Oneal, said she began receiving the texts two months after applying for a reality show from an ad posted on Facebook. Oneal explained the texts did not initially seem suspicious. She said she received a text from a random number telling her she’d been selected to be a dancer in a well known artist’s music video. She added this didn’t strike her as odd because as a student studying film, she wanted to be more involved in the film world and signed up for a reality show. However, Oneal said overtime the texts from a man named Michael and then a man named Roberto became inappropriate and she noticed inconsistencies.
Marietta Daily Journal
History professor earns best book award from Georgia Historical Society
MDJ Staff
William Thomas Okie, Kennesaw State University associate professor of history and author of “The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South,” was honored Nov. 27 with the Bell Award from the Georgia Historical Society, becoming one of two individuals recognized in 2018 for books published in 2016 and 2017. The Bell Award is the highest publication award given by the organization and recognizes the best book on Georgia history published in the previous year. The award, established in 1992, is named in honor of Malcolm Bell Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell for their contributions to the recording of Georgia’s history.
Tifton CEO
Four ABAC Faculty Members Selected for Statewide Chancellor’s Learning Scholars Program
Staff Report From Tifton CEO
Four faculty members from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College have been selected for the University System of Georgia Chancellor’s Learning Scholars program. Dr. Mark Johnson, Assistant Professor of Education; Dr. Justin Ng, Associate Professor of Agriculture; Dr. Leslie Pryor-McIntosh, Assistant Professor of Biology; and Dr. Dave Nelson, Professor of History; were chosen for the program, which is in its inaugural year. Dr. Jordan Cofer, ABAC’s Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Learning Resources, said faculty members from across the USG were nominated by their home institution to apply for the program. Of all those who applied, ABAC was fortunate to have four selected. “ABAC has had success with faculty learning communities in the past, so we are all really excited about this opportunity,” Cofer said. “I’m so proud of our faculty who were selected.”
Metro Atlanta CEO
Four Georgia Tech Faculty Members Named AAAS Fellows
Staff Report From Metro Atlanta CEO
Four Georgia Tech faculty members have been named 2018 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. This year 416 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. New fellows will be recognized during the 2019 AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. The new fellows from Georgia Tech are: David Gottfried, principal research scientist in Georgia Tech’s Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology … Diana Hicks, professor in the School of Public Policy … Satish Kumar, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering … Zhiqun Lin, professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering
Georgia Trend
By Mary Ann DeMuth
Water Heroes Honored: The Georgia Water Coalition, which is comprised of more than 250 business and natural resources organizations, has chosen its 2018 Clean 13 water heroes. These honorees were selected for their innovative and proactive efforts at restoring the health of the state’s waterways and protecting Georgia’s water for future generations. The Clean 13 list includes: University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources for a dam modification to improve the habitat for fish species; Jenna Jambeck, a UGA environmental engineering professor, for her research on plastic pollution in oceans;
U.S. News & World Report
What You Can Do With a Biology Degree
Biology degree holders often find jobs as public health workers and industry researchers.
By Ilana Kowarski, Reporter
One common misconception about biology degrees is that the only types of jobs someone with these credentials can get are as a lab scientist or a health care provider. But Bridgette McDonald, director of career services at Clayton State University in Georgia, emphasizes that though biology degree holders often pursue careers in health care or in academia, they can also excel in other fields where analytical skills are an asset, such as business. In order to persuade undergraduate biology students that they have a variety of career opportunities, McDonald often tells them stories about biology majors who have excelled in industries that aren’t directly connected to biology. “I love to talk about presidents of banks who were biology majors,” she says.
Forbes
Why The Workplace Needs To Be A Place Of Continuous Learning
Susan Lund Insights Contributor
… While some companies including Walmart are focusing on in-house retraining efforts, others supplement internal programs with training expertise from outside the business. AT&T, recognizing that its shift from phone company to data-powered entertainment and business solution company required massive workforce retraining, partnered with 32 colleges and universities and several online platforms to help employees obtain the skills needed for new digital roles. Working with the Georgia Institute of Technology, the company created an online master’s degree in programming, as well as “Nanodegree” programs on the Udacity online platform that offer shorter-term but targeted classes for skills such as data analytics. What’s more, AT&T pays employee tuition for the courses.
Clayton News-Daily
Clayton State athletics unveils new OrthoAtlanta athletic training room with ribbon cutting
From Staff Reports
MORROW — More than two years after the largest athletics-based donation in program history, and following an expansive six-month project, Clayton State Athletics proudly unveiled the new OrthoAtlanta Athletic Training Room with a ribbon cutting and festivities on Monday. “It was not a very hard case to say that our student-athletes deserve better,” said Clayton State University President Dr. Tim Hynes. “Our trainers deserve better. Our coaches deserve better and quite frankly our doctors deserve better. This is thanks to a whole lot of partnerships, a patient athletic department, three different athletic directors that had a vision that this could come to fruition and my colleagues in Facilities that took that vision and turned it into a reality. This is a facility we can all be proud of.” With luminaries on hand from both Clayton State and OrthoAtlanta along with student-athletes and members of the Athletics Department, the Lakers showcased a brand new facility that will benefit all involved.
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UGA Names Business School Building for Doug Ivester
Staff Report From Georgia CEO
The final building to become part of the Business Learning Community at the University of Georgia will be named for M. Douglas “Doug” Ivester of Atlanta. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved naming the sixth building at the new home of UGA’s Terry College of Business in November. A large auditorium inside the new building also will bear Ivester’s name, all in recognition of his longstanding support of UGA, which includes a $7 million gift to the Terry College of Business. “Doug Ivester’s outstanding generosity leaves a lasting legacy at the University of Georgia,” said President Jere W. Morehead. “His gift reflects a heartfelt commitment to supporting our students, faculty and staff and will strengthen the learning environment for generations of business students.” The building and auditorium, to be named M. Douglas Ivester Hall and M. Douglas Ivester Auditorium, are located at the corner of Baxter and Lumpkin streets. The building will house undergraduate classrooms along with staff and administrative offices.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State to create two new city blocks on former site of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
By David Allison – Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia State University is moving ahead with its redevelopment of the Turner Field/Summerhill area in downtown Atlanta, with plans to create two new city blocks on the former site of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Georgia State is planning to divide the existing block bounded by Fulton Street to the north, Hank Aaron Drive to the east, Georgia Avenue to the south and Pollard Boulevard to the west into multiple lots for development. In the initial phase, new streets will be constructed through the parking lots now on the site to create two new city blocks. The property is just north of Georgia State Stadium, formerly known as Turner Field.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech expands Midtown campus
By Douglas Sams – Commercial Real Estate Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Tech is expanding its campus on Marietta Street. The school, which serves as a catalyst for economic development in Atlanta and maintains one of the nation’s top engineering programs, bought the Randall Brothers headquarters. The company, housed in a nearly 100-year-old Marietta Street building, is known across Atlanta and the Southeast for its detailed mouldings and millwork. Randall Brothers put the headquarters on the market earlier this year. Georgia Tech Foundation Inc. paid $36 million for the 7.5-acre property, which shares similar bones with Ponce City Market, Krog Street Market and other successful adaptive reuse developments.
The George-Anne
Georgia Southern Museum collecting artifacts for Vietnam War exhibit in Bulloch County
By Rachel Adams, The George-Anne staff
A Georgia Southern University student is working with the GS Museum to create an exhibit at the Bulloch County Annex that will showcase Vietnam War-era artifacts and histories of people who served in the war. Breana James, a GS public history student, is leading a project to collect artifacts from the Vietnam War to create the Bulloch County’s Military History and Heritage exhibit. James said that she and the GS Museum are hoping to collect as many artifacts as possible to fill the space available to them for the exhibit. …The exhibit will contain military history and commemorate veterans from the Bulloch County area that gave their lives in the war as well as those who still live in the community today.
Gwinnett Daily Post
Five from GGC women’s soccer named NAIA Scholar-Athletes
From Staff Reports
Five Georgia Gwinnett College women’s soccer players have been honored for their success in the classroom as Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athletes, the NAIA national office announced on Friday. Seniors Stina Andersson, Ellinor Bertilsson, Maddy Keenan and Lauren Moss joined junior Sophie Hoare in being recognized among women’s soccer players nationwide on this year’s academic list. Student-athletes must maintain a 3.5 or better grade point average (on 4.0 scale) and have completed two full years at their institutions.
The Marietta Daily Journal
Kennesaw State Construction Project Management grad builds on success
Staff reports
Hard hats, bulldozers and blueprints are nothing new to Chelsea Cowan, deputy director of contracting for the Georgia Department of Defense. Although she had plenty of in-the-field training in her career, Cowan also desired professional education to continue advancing in the industry. The Construction Project Management certificate at KSU’s College of Continuing and Professional Education was her solution.
myAJC
Kennesaw State wins award for best managed sporting grounds in U.S.
By Ben Brasch
All other sporting grounds in America can eat their own dirt when compared to Fifth Third Bank Stadium. The Sports Turf Managers Association named the home of the Kennesaw State University Owls in its 2018 “Field of the Year” winners, which was released Tuesday.The STMA is a nonprofit group of 2,700 turf management professionals.The group makes its annual list by having a panel of 13 judges independently score entries based on certain criteria: playability, appearance of surfaces, utilization of innovative solutions, effective use of budget and implementation of a comprehensive agronomic program. KSU announced in June that it would be the first football team in the Western Hemisphere playing on “carpet-based hybrid grass technology.”
WJCL
Georgia Southern looking to reward Chad Lunsford, football staff with pay raises
Talks underway in Statesboro following 9-3 season
Frank Sulkowski
Pay raises could be in the near future for Chad Lunsford and the Georgia Southern football coaching staff. WJCL 22 News has learned that talks are underway in Statesboro to increase the salaries of Lunsford and his assistant coaches. While talks are in the initial stages, any final pay increases or new contracts would have to be approved by the university president and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
The George-Anne
Reported cases of sexual assaults at Georgia Southern and in Statesboro its highest in years
By Tara Bailey, The George-Anne staff
This year will mark the highest number of reported cases of sexual assaults at Georgia Southern University and in Statesboro in the past few years. Despite this, there could be even more because it is one of the most underreported crimes, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. This year, through incident reports obtained through several FOIA requests to GS’ Office of Public Safety, Title IX Office, and Statesboro Police Department, there were a total of 31 cases of sexual assault, six cases of rape and two cases of sexual battery in 2018. The number of reported cases of rape were at the lowest with a total of six in 2018. The highest was in 2016 with 16. This is not to say that these numbers are truly representative of all sexual assaults and rapes that occur on campus, but rather ones that have been reported to the Title IX Office, the Statesboro Police Department and the Office of Public Safety.
WSAV
GSU suspends 2 fraternities; says ‘safety is priority’
By: WSAV Staff
Two fraternities at Georgia Southern University–Kappa Sigma and Delta Tau Delta–are suspended for the time being. School officials have not given a specific reason why, but school leaders put out a statement saying, in part, “A full investigation is underway” and “Student safety is a priority and unsafe practices and behaviors that jeopardize their wellbeing will not be tolerated.”
Gwinnett Prep Sports
Colleges to host skills workshop at TPM Fastpitch Academy
From Staff Reports
Local college softball programs are hosting a skills workshop from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at TPM Fastpitch Academy on 4295 International Blvd. Suite C in Norcross. Colleges involved include Emory, University of North Georgia, University of West Georgia and Young Harris. The small group college workshop will focus on pitching, catching, defense and hitting with a 10-to-1 player-to-coach ratio or less.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Floods, fire and hurricanes: Dire warnings for Georgia in climate report
By Joshua Sharpe
After Hurricane Irma finished its assault on coastal Georgia last year, Jeff Adams went to survey the damage on St. Marys waterfront, a popular tourist pit stop on the way to Cumberland Island. He saw streets flooded and littered with Styrofoam from the bottoms of destroyed docks. The few boats that hadn’t sunk were battered. The smell of diesel fuel, leaking from the cracked vessels, hung the air. Residents were stunned. Adams? He was versed in research on the vulnerabilities of the Georgia’s 100-mile-long coastline. And he was thankful. “I was amazed it didn’t get us worse,” recalled Adams, who was then the city’s community development director. …Regardless, officials and researchers in Georgia have been studying the issue, albeit at times quietly, and taking steps to prepare. They’re often using taxpayer money to do it. That’s been especially true in the past three years, which have been marked by a series of punishing hurricanes and large wildfires in both north and South Georgia. Those events left billions of dollars of damage in their wake and, in the case of the storms, killed seven people. Researchers with the Georgia Climate Project — founded by the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech and Emory University — are creating a massive public database with their findings in hopes that officials will use the information to drive policy changes.
WGAU Radio
UGA TO BE PART OF $10 MILLION WEATHER AND CLIMATE PROJECT
By: Alan Flurry
This past July, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $10 million in funding for 13 projects aimed at further enhancing one of the world’s most sophisticated computer models for understanding weather and climate patterns. The projects will support development and analysis of the Energy Exascale Earth System Model, known as E3SM, which seeks to provide more accurate and higher-resolution representation of weather and climate events by taking advantage of the cutting-edge supercomputing facilities at DOE National Laboratories. Among the projects, a University of Georgia-led collaboration will evaluate two promising directions in the future development of the E3SM: The first increases the horizontal-resolution of the model in order to better capture intermediate- to large-scale dynamics with a single resolved scale (~25 km). The second uses a high-resolution cloud-resolving model (~2 km) embedded within the standard-resolution E3SM (~100 km) to represent cloud processes with a second resolved scale.
The Marietta Daily Journal
Investigation just beginning into plane crash at KSU
Jon Gargis
KENNESAW — The location where their plane went down and the aircraft’s deployed parachute may have aided in the survival of two men in a crash on the Kennesaw campus of Kennesaw State University Thursday night. The plane, a 2008 Cirrus SR22, had deployed the parachute before crashing onto a grassy spot on the university campus, according to Eric Weiss, spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the crash. …The aircraft originated from Omaha, Nebraska, and had been heading to Fulton County Airport-Brown Field before experiencing engine failure, Cobb Fire spokesperson Denell Boyd said Thursday. As the crow flies, the path between the plane’s departure city and destination would be a straight southeasterly shot, but the plane seemed to be pointed in a more easterly direction where it landed on the KSU campus — just off the intersection of Campus Loop Road and Bartow Avenue on the west side of campus. Hitting the ground near the university’s Visual Arts building, and across from the Social Sciences Building on the opposite side of Bartow Avenue, both Weiss and KSU officials said no structural damage to any buildings had been reported.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
BREAKING: Small plane crashes on Kennesaw State University’s campus
By Zachary Hansen Greg Bluestein, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A small plane crashed on Kennesaw State University’s Kennesaw campus Thursday around 7 p.m., police confirmed. The crash happened at the intersection of Bartow Avenue and Campus Loop Road, KSU’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM) said in a tweet. The tweet also said there are no reports of damaged buildings or injuries to KSU students, faculty or staff.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Higher-Education Legacy of George H.W. Bush
By Chronicle staff
George H.W. Bush, who died on Friday, is not generally regarded as having had a major influence on higher education. But in his single term as the 41st U.S. president, 1989-93, Bush’s role with the academy proved significant. Here are a few of his administration’s more noteworthy impacts on colleges and students:
The reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in 1992. Among the key provisions were the creation of a direct-loan pilot program, a toughening of the path for student borrowers seeking to discharge their loans in bankruptcy, and the enactment of the 85/15 rule (which would later become the 90/10 rule) , which specified that colleges could receive no more than 85 percent of their revenue from federal student aid. (Efforts by the first Bush administration — spearheaded by then-Education Secretary Lamar Alexander — to rein in for-profit colleges are largely forgotten in higher-ed lore. …Passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act. In George Bush’s most enduring legacy for higher education, he signed legislation expanding protections for college applicants and students with disabilities.
Issues in Higher Ed
The Trump administration wants to spur more innovation in higher education. But some question whether pursuing federal student aid is worth it for alternative providers.
By Andrew Kreighbaum
The Trump administration in January will begin a new round of deregulation targeting some of the most fundamental rules that govern higher education. The hope, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Education, is that loosening current rules for accreditors can spur new innovation. Yet as the regulatory overhaul draws near, some operators of alternative postsecondary programs are facing deliberations over whether to pursue federal financial aid if the department loosens current restrictions. Observers of the sector — which includes coding boot camps, online professional programs and other skills-based training — don’t necessarily expect a rush for those federal funds, especially student loans.
QZ.com
Future-proofing higher education starts with reinventing the college degree
By Anant Agarwal
(Column by Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX) The speed at which technology is changing has created a reality where we have to rethink our education system. The impact that rapidly changing technology is having on the workforce and economy cannot be ignored, and we must come to terms with the fact that we need to be continually learning and refreshing our skills in order to stay relevant. The jobs of the future will require a hybrid set of skills from a variety of subject areas. But our current education model has us spending at least three years studying the same singular discipline. As the en vogue skills will change several times as our careers progress, higher education degrees are also adapting, focusing on flexible and customizable credential offerings.
Issues in Higher Ed
Annual survey of student engagement finds that students feel confident in their postgraduation plans. Other recent reports have suggested otherwise.
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
A vast majority of college seniors believe what they’re learning is relevant to their career paths, and they feel relatively confident in their plans after graduation, according to findings by the National Survey of Student Engagement, released today. About nine in 10 seniors who participated in the annual survey believe that what they learn in class will be relevant to their career plans. This data point strikes a more optimistic note than previous studies, namely one by Gallup and Strada Education Network earlier this year that indicated students feel ill prepared and unconfident before entering the work force. Only about 34 percent of students surveyed for that report indicated they believed they would graduate with the knowledge to be prepared for a career … NSSE director Alexander McCormick said that with the public so focused on the value of higher education and whether students are truly benefiting from college with the amount of money they spend, the researchers wanted to emphasize career prep.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Their Graduates in Demand, Engineering-Management Programs Gain in Popularity
By Alexander C. Kafka
How do you market tiny sensors showing the comparative ripeness of grapes in various parts of a vineyard? Who are the potential users of sustainable passive solar heating units that dry herbs in shipping containers? Which geographic markets are most promising for a saturated-fat replacement for ground meat? What competitors are there for a new detector of food-borne pathogens, allergens, and contaminants? Undergraduates in engineering might study how to create such products but probably not how to write and carry out a business plan for prototyping, producing, and selling them. That’s why master’s programs in engineering management (MEM’s or MSEM’s) have become increasingly popular, particularly over the last decade … With the Great Recession, academic jobs for engineers grew scarcer and industry jobs more popular.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Dream Act Remains a Distant Dream
By Patricia McGuire
For the first time ever, a Dreamer is a Rhodes Scholar. Jin Kyu Park of Harvard is among the 32 American Rhodes Scholars named in early November. His story is the latest evidence of the extraordinary achievements of Dreamers in American higher education. According to TheDream.US, the largest scholarship organization supporting young undocumented immigrants who came into the United States as infants and children, Dreamers nationwide have high collegiate success rates along with ambitious academic and professional goals.