University System News: www.washingtonpost.com College initiatives seek to combat sexual assault http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/06/12/college-initiatives-seek-to-combat-sexual-assault/ By Nick Anderson Here are some things college and university officials are saying about efforts to prevent sexual violence and help those who report it. Dozens of current and recent students who participated in a Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll on sexual assault […]
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USG e-clips from June 16, 2015
University System News: www.onlineathens.com Future of textbooks increasingly looks digital http://onlineathens.com/uga/2015-06-16/future-textbooks-increasingly-looks-digital By Lee Shearer Students and teachers in some University of Georgia introductory biology courses experimented with using a free digital textbook instead of expensive paper texts in fall 2013 courses, and liked it. About 86 percent of nearly 700 students surveyed after the courses […]
JEANS IN JULY
Do you want to wear blue jeans to work in July? Here’s how: President Green is bringing back the campaign from January and allowing employees to wear jeans to work any day of the month in July but you have to pay to play! (Participation is optional of course) To participate in “Jeans in July”, […]
USG e-clips from June 9, 2015
University System News: www.onlineathensc.om Morehead now among highest-paid collegiate presidents in U.S. http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2015-06-09/morehead-now-among-highest-paid-collegiate-presidents-us By Lee Shearer University of Georgia president Jere Morehead and two other Georgia university presidents are now among the highest paid public-college presidents in the United States, judging from a just released survey of college presidents’ pay. On Sunday, the Chronicle of […]
USG e-clips from June 10, 2015
University System News: www.macon.com EDITORIAL: College presidents rewarded much like corporate CEOs http://www.macon.com/2015/06/10/3789028_college-presidents-rewarded-much.html?rh=1 There were some people — mainly college professors — who looked at the news that some of their bosses were too valuable to lose and had been given raises by the Board of Regents to push their salaries in excess of $1 […]
USG e-clips from June 8, 2015
University System News: www.myajc.com $1 million salaries for college presidents spur debate http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/1-million-salaries-for-college-presidents-spur-deb/nmXwG/#975cd5a2.3566685.735757 By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The outcry was instant last month when two state college presidents received pay raises that pushed their total compensation over $1 million a year. Critics accused college administrators of being tone deaf in a time […]
USG e-clips from June 5, 2015
USG Institutions: www.ajc.com UGA President Jere Morehead donates to scholarship fund http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/uga-president-jere-morehead-donates-to-scholarship/nmWTL/ Janel Davis The Atlanta Journal-Constitution University of Georgia President Jere Morehead is donating a portion of his pay to establish a new scholarship fund for hands-on learning for students at the state’s flagship institution. The $100,000 donation, announced Wednesday, will create an endowment […]
USG e-clips from June 4, 2015
University System News: www.jdsupra.com Georgia Passes New Social P3 Legislation http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/georgia-passes-new-social-p3-legislation-74894/ By Han Choi, Stephanie Kim, Steve Park, Brian Walsh | Ballard Spahr LLP Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signed into law new public-private partnership (P3) legislation, the Partnership for Public Facilities and Infrastructure Act (SB 59) (the Act) on May 5, 2015. The Act allows […]
USG e-clips from June 2, 2015
University System News: www.bizjournals.com California names Georgia one of its top competitors for film http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/06/01/california-names-georgia-one-of-its-top.html Ellie Hensley Atlanta Business Chronicle California sees Georgia as one of its top competitors for booking film and television productions, according to a study released by FilmL.A. Inc. on May 28. “Canada, New York, Georgia, Louisiana, and the UK are […]
USG e-clips from June 3, 2015
University System News: www.ledger-enquirer.com Charlie Harper: A real blockbuster for Georgia http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2015/06/02/3749710_charlie-harper-a-real-blockbuster.html?rh=1 The goal of the aggressive tax credits has been to attract enough of these productions that the companies that film them and the workers that staff them will make a home in Georgia. This too is showing overwhelming success. …The bad and good […]