USG NEWS: www.bizjournals.com http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2014/10/10/board-of-regents-student-housing-measure-goes.html Board of Regents’ student housing measure goes before voters on Nov. 4 Dave Williams Staff Writer- Atlanta Business Chronicle The University System of Georgia is looking to voters for the OK to pursue an initiative aimed at attracting private investment in some big-ticket campus building projects. Tucked toward the bottom of […]

USG NEWS: www.diverseeducation.com http://diverseeducation.com/article/67365/?utm_campaign=Diverse%20Newsletter%203&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elq=0d96192051794e969c71aeeb3c4d342e&elqCampaignId=415 Federal Appeals Court Won’t Reinstate Discrimination Suit Against Savannah State by Eric Freedman A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a discrimination case against Savannah State University by four White football recruits who were offered athletic scholarships by a White head coach but didn’t receive them from the coach’s Black […]

USG NEWS: www.macon.com http://www.macon.com/2014/10/12/3359996/education-notebook-middle-georgia.html Education Notebook: Middle Georgia State’s presidential inauguration is Friday Christopher Blake will be installed at 10 a.m. Friday as the first permanent president of Middle Georgia State College. … The presidents of most of the University System of Georgia’s other institutions will attend as delegates. In addition, delegates representing the Board […]

USG NEWS: www.redandblack.com http://www.redandblack.com/uganews/smoking-ban-lacks-enforcement-power-on-uga-campus/article_105024ac-4e68-11e4-afa4-0017a43b2370.html Smoking ban lacks enforcement power on UGA campus Natalie Adams The University of Georgia is now smoke-free after a University System of Georgia policy banning the use of tobacco products on campus went into effect Oct. 1. But the ban, aimed at promoting health on college campuses in Georgia, lacks a […]

USG NEWS: www.insidehighered.com https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/10/10/higher-education-ballot Higher Ed on the Ballot By Kaitlin Mulhere Education may be a key issue in several states’ elections this fall, but referendums related to higher education are thin this political season. There are significant proposals in North Dakota, Oregon and Georgia, but the other five ballot measures that are tied directly […]

USG NEWS: www.gainesvilletimes.com http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/section/6/article/105048/ UNG hits enrollment record Area campuses gain while college admissions are down nationally By Jennifer Brown The University of North Georgia is bucking national trends on college enrollment. The university has seen record enrollment across its campuses this year, even as enrollment has dropped nationwide. The U.S. Census Bureau reports college […]

USG NEWS: www.11alive.com http://www.11alive.com/story/news/education/2014/10/07/georgia-sat-scores-drop/16847735/ Georgia SAT scores drop slightly in 2014 11Alive Staff, WXIA (WXIA) — Georgia saw a slight drop in its SAT scores in 2014, according to new data released Tuesday. About 77 percent of high school seniors took the test this year, up 2.1 percentage points from 2013. Nearly 48 percent of […]

GOOD NEWS: www.statesboroherald.com http://www.statesboroherald.com/section/1/article/63856/ Bulloch Honors REACH Georgia Scholars College now in REACH for 10 local students By HAYLEY G. GREENE Special to the Herald Bulloch County Schools honored five new REACH Georgia Scholars at a signing ceremony Sept. 25, at the Board of Education’s central office. Chosen from 66 applicants, the eighth-grade students, and […]