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UGA BALDWIN HALL DEDICATION TODAY
http://www.wgauradio.com/news/local/uga-baldwin-hall-dedication-today/4CkKgOkUvMiqtOj1flbyIP/
By: Bryant Tim
A dedication ceremony is on tap for today at UGA: the University cuts the ribbon on a newly renovated Baldwin Hall. The ceremony starts at 10 o’clock this morning. The Baldwin Hall renovations provide technology-enabled active learning classrooms; space for graduate teaching assistants to hold office hours with undergraduate students; and common areas for faculty, staff, students and alumni to convene for academic discussions, presentations and events. The renovations also improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities.
www.wfxl.com
Albany State hosts active shooter training
http://wfxl.com/news/local/albany-state-hosts-active-shooter-training
by Mary Green
Albany State is bringing outside law enforcement officers, including the FBI, on campus this week to help keep its community safer. ASU is hosting ALERRT, Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, last week and this week. The training teaches officers to deal with active shooters in a variety of situations on campus. The FBI and Texas State University developed and lead this training across the country. The University System of Georgia requires the training on campuses throughout the state, so officers from other schools are also training at ASU.
www.ajc.com
UNG upholds student’s suspension over restroom photo
http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/ung-upholds-student-suspension-over-restroom-photo/nkuGYdaF5M9WOMUvR4xdWK/
Craig Schneider The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A University of North Georgia cadet suspended for taking an embarrassing photo of a school official will spend two semesters out of class. Dante Harris had appealed his suspension and asked to be allowed back into school in the fall, but the school upheld the punishment and informed Harris late last week. He can go back to class next January. Harris, who is away doing National Guard training, could not be reached.
Higher Education News:
www.insidehighered.com
Cal State to End Placement Exams
Move is part of a goal to significantly raise graduation rates.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/06/13/california-state-university-looks-end-placement-exams?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=49e605cba8-DNU20170613&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-49e605cba8-197515277&mc_cid=49e605cba8&mc_eid=8f1f949a06
By Ashley A. Smith
Many community colleges are moving away from placement exams as a means of determining the skills of incoming students. Now the California State University System is planning to do the same in an effort to increase graduation rates, despite lingering concerns from some officials and faculty members that removing the tests may hurt students in the long run. “We’re trying to increase the number of students who can go right into college course work to get college credit instead of track students into remediation for various reasons,” said April Grommo, director of enrollment management services for the system, adding that the system would discontinue the use of early placement tests as soon as 2018 and instead rely on high school grades and course work, SAT or ACT scores as measures to determine college readiness.
www.insidehighered.com
Group Sues Ed Over Release of Title IX Documents
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2017/06/13/group-sues-ed-over-release-title-ix-documents?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=49e605cba8-DNU20170613&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-49e605cba8-197515277&mc_cid=49e605cba8&mc_eid=8f1f949a06
By Andrew Kreighbaum
The National Women’s Law Center filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Education Monday alleging that it has improperly withheld documents concerning its enforcement of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. “The records are a matter of public concern. Without their release, students, families and legal service providers such as NWLC will be kept in the dark about whether and how ED enforces Title IX’s protections for student survivors of sexual harassment, including rape,” the lawsuit argued. “Without their release, victims will not know whether they can trust their government to enforce civil rights laws and intervene on their behalf.” The suit also argues that the Trump administration has refused to commit to enforcement of Title IX protections.
www.chronicle.com
Journals’ Retreat From Data-Sharing Mandate Puts Onus on Universities and Government
http://www.chronicle.com/article/Journals-Retreat-From/240323?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&elqTrackId=82bd70175f0e47b988cf207f62e571a0&elq=0297ab0ec6ca4193a3c487f95c358ace&elqaid=14313&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=6016
By Paul Basken
A year ago the world’s leading medical-journal editors announced plans to require their authors to share with other scientists the data associated with their published articles about clinical trials. Those editors have now backed off, and instead are predicting an even longer wait before such a mandate actually comes to pass. “I realistically think this will take several years” for the right environment to be in place, said Darren B. Taichman, secretary of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, which proposed the now-abandoned data-sharing requirement. The benefits of an open-data system are widely accepted by scientists. Sharing the data that underlie a journal article helps colleagues confirm the accuracy of the published finding, speed and expand their own research, and credit the originators, advocates have said.