USG Institutions: www.clatontodayonline.com Georgia college waives out-of-state tuition http://www.claytodayonline.com/ee/claytoday/en/component/fullstory/20150514_010_art_4/georgia-college-waives-out-of-state-tuition TIFTON, Ga. – An agricultural college in Georgia is attempting to lure Florida students into its classrooms by waiving the out-of-state tuition fee. Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College announced it will waive its out-of-state tuition fee for residents of Florida, South Carolina and Alabama. “ABAC Neighbor Waivers […]

USG Institutions: www.tiftongazette.com ABAC graduates most students in history http://www.tiftongazette.com/news/abac-graduates-most-students-in-history/article_fc75442a-f5ac-11e4-8018-4336d1fc44e1.html Special to The Gazette TIFTON—More students than at any point in the 107-year history of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College completed their requirements for graduation in the annual spring commencement ceremony on Thursday in Gressette Gymnasium. ABAC President David Bridges said a record-breaking 409 students completed […]

University System News: www.bizjournals.com Gov. Deal signs fiscal 2016 budget http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2015/05/gov-deal-signs-fy16-budget.html Dave Williams Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle Gov. Nathan Deal signed a $21.8 billion state budget Monday with only one line-item veto. The $21.8 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 increases state spending nearly $1 billion over the fiscal 2015 spending […]

University System News: www.americustimesrecorder.com New GSW graduate never loses sight of goal http://www.americustimesrecorder.com/news/new-gsw-graduate-never-loses-sight-of-goal/article_2ea348e8-f5b2-11e4-8386-03b472ac81a7.html by Beth Alston Earns degree after 32 years AMERICUS — Getting a degree is becoming more important now than ever. Within the next 10 years, 60 percent of jobs will require a college degree, but at the present, less than 45 percent […]

University System News: www.daltondailycitizen.com 43-year-old student working on degree at Dalton State http://www.daltondailycitizen.com/news/year-old-student-working-on-degree-at-dalton-state/article_cd4cfb2e-f45e-11e4-951d-57890405dfff.html By Jeff Harrison Sue Pearson first enrolled in college in 1989, and the Dalton State College student has undoubtedly taken the long road to earning her post-secondary degree. But after more than two decades, the road finally has an end in sight. […]

USG Institutions: www.wtvm.com Governor to sign new budget in Albany http://www.wtvm.com/story/29013598/governor-to-sign-new-budget-in-albany By Dave Miller ATLANTA, GA (WALB) – Governor Nathan Deal will hold bill signing ceremonies for House Bill 76, the Fiscal Year 2016 state budget, throughout the state on Monday May 11. One of the stops on his barnstorming tour will be at Albany […]

University System News: www.chronicle.augusta.com Ga. colleges push cheaper textbooks http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/education/2015-05-04/ga-colleges-push-cheaper-textbooks By Walter C. Jones Morris News Service ATLANTA – The Board of Regents may be boosting tuition by 9 percent this year at the state’s major universities while the overall economy’s inflation rate is essentially zero, but the University System of Georgia is trying to […]

University System News: Coastal Georgia to break ground Monday for new 216-bed student housing building Corvias Campus Housing will build facility as part of 65-year partnership with University System of Georgia http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2015-04-29/story/coastal-georgia-break-ground-monday-new-216-bed-student-housing By Terry Dickson BRUNSWICK | College of Coastal Georgia will break ground Monday on its second student housing unit and its first under […]

USG Institutions: www.onlineathens.com A ‘most successful year,’ says UGA president http://onlineathens.com/breaking-news/2015-04-28/most-successful-year-says-uga-president By LEE SHEARER The University of Georgia is winding up “a most successful year,” according to the university’s president, Jere Morehead, and he’s been ticking off the reasons why at recent public meetings. The university’s fundraisers are on track to set a new record […]