University System News: www.chronicle.augusta.com Keel is voted new GRU president http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2015-07-08/keel-voted-new-gru-president?v=1436354111 By Tom Corwin Staff Writer Augusta native Brooks Keel was approved today as the new president for Georgia Regents University. The University System of Georgia approved Keel, the sole named finalist for the position, at a called meeting. He is currently president of Georgia […]

University System News: www.getschoole.blog.ajc.com Get Schooled with Maureen Downey Opinion: We overcorrected HOPE Scholarship and students suffered. Time to reopen debate. http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/07/05/opinion-we-overcorrected-hope-scholarship-and-students-suffered-time-to-reopen-debate/ State Rep. Stacey Evans, D- Smyrna, has made education a focus in the Georgia Legislature. A north Georgia native, Evans attended the University of Georgia on a HOPE Scholarship. She is now an […]

University System News: www.macon.com Study backs critics of Georgia’s benefit plan for state employees http://www.macon.com/2015/07/06/3830934_study-backs-critics-of-georgias.html?rh=1 BY ANDY MILLER Georgia Health News Since January 2014, many Georgia schoolteachers and state employees have complained about their health insurance plan, saying they bear a heavier burden in costs. A recently released study supports their argument. Last week, the […]

University System News: www.chronicle.augusta.com Georgia Regents board approves continuing budget http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2015-07-01/georgia-regents-board-approves-continuing-budget?v=1435762609 By Tom Corwin Staff Writer While it awaits the arrival of its new chairman, who will also be the next president of Georgia Regents University, the board of Georgia Regents Medical Center passed a continuing budget resolution Wednesday that allows management to proceed. On […]

USG Institutions: www.macon.com Accreditation group denies Middle Georgia State’s bid for master’s program http://www.macon.com/2015/06/24/3813234/middle-georgia-state-wont-offer.html BY DAVID SCHICK Middle Georgia State College will still become a university on July 1, but it will not be able to offer a master’s degree program this fall as it had intended. Earlier this month, the Southern Association of Colleges […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Brown gets tuition ranking correct for Georgia colleges http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/brown-gets-tuition-ranking-correct-for-georgia-col/nmk7T/#654ba47f.3566685.735775 By Nancy Badertscher – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Students heading off to the state’s 30 colleges and universities this fall will be paying tuition that’s up 2.5 percent to 9 percent. Full-time, in-state students attending Georgia Perimeter College, Clayton State University in metro […]

University System News: www.onlineathens.com Benefits for UGA same-sex couples? Regents will ‘comply with law’ http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-06-27/benefits-uga-same-sex-couples-regents-will-comply-law By LEE SHEARER The Georgia Board of Regents stopped short of saying that legally married same-sex couples can now claim dependent and spousal benefits, such as health insurance, at the University of Georgia and state colleges and universities. But the […]

University System News: www.ajc.com No benefits timeline set for same-sex couples in Ga. University System http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/no-timeline-on-benefits-for-same-sex-couples-in-ga/nmnxn/ Janel Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The state’s University System has pledged to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage, but when same-sex couples can claim benefits, such as health insurance, is unclear. Last week the Supreme Court […]

USG Institutions: www.ajc.com Georgia Southern chief is only finalist for Georgia Regents University http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/ga-southern-president-sole-finalist-to-lead-ga-reg/nmpMN/ Janel Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Brooks Keel, president of Georgia Southern University, has been named sole finalist to lead Georgia Regents University. If approved by the state’s Board of Regents, Keel will replace outgoing president Ricardo Azziz, who steps down today […]