University System News: www.ajc.com Crime on Campus http://www.ajc.com/news/education/crimes-on-campus-2009-20014/ As the Georgia Senate debates a bill that will allow students older than 21 and also visitors to carry concealed guns on college campuses, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution took at look at how safe the school grounds are. Here is a list of the numbers and types of […]

University System News: www.albanyceo.com Chancellor Hank Huckaby on System Consolidation & Using Resources More Effectively (video) http://albanyceo.com/video/2016/03/hank-huckaby-consolidation-and-using-resources-more-effectively/ Chancellor of the University System of Georgia Hank Huckaby discusses the reasons behind consolidation in the University System and how now the system is becoming better positioned to educate Georgians more effectively. www.politics.blog.ajc.com It looks like ‘campus carry’ […]

University System News: www.myajc.com Major bills of the 2016 legislative session http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/major-bills-of-the-2016-legislative-session/nqYxP/ By Aaron Gould Sheinin and Kristina Torres – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lawmakers return to Atlanta on Monday for the 30th day of the 40-day session. It’s Crossover Day, the last day for a bill to move from one chamber to the other without […]

University System News: www.neighornewspapers.com Becker: Georgia State used new-school approach to raise bar http://www.neighbornewspapers.com/view/full_story/27101597/article-Becker–Georgia-State-used-new-school-approach-to-raise-bar by Everett Catts Georgia State University’s recent recognition for its rapid rise in the national rankings for colleges can be attributed to a new-school approach to tracking students’ progress. “The goal of trying to keep students in school and to graduate […]

University System News: www.georgiastatesignal.com No tuition hikes next year No tuition hikes next year By: Sean Keenan | News Editor The Signal If you’ve just been paying a mere $3,423.34 in tuition for 12 course hours each semester, you’re in luck. You’ll be offered the same rate next year. After years of bumping up public […]

University System News: www.myajc.com A day after gun vote, House OK’s Tasers for Georgia colleges, too http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/a-day-after-gun-vote-house-oks-tasers-for-georgia-/nqWp8/ By Kristina Torres – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A day after the state House passed “campus carry” to let Georgia college students have guns on campus, the chamber backed a bill to let them carry Tasers and stun guns […]

University System News: www.thebrunswicknews.com Bill allowing guns on college campuses clears House http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/state_news/bill-allowing-guns-on-college-campuses-clears-house/article_cb826fe1-17de-5fe6-9e48-480f761f9f12.html?_dc=138311537215.48618 Associated Press ATLANTA — Anyone licensed to carry a gun in Georgia could carry concealed handguns on public college campuses under a bill passed Monday by the Georgia House. Athletic facilities and student housing, including sorority and fraternity houses, would be exempt. […]

University System News: www.gwinnettdailypost.com University System freezes tuition for 2016-17 http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/education/university-system-freezes-tuition-for/article_65722031-1b22-5175-bf4e-2da92513b9d0.html By Keith Farner A year after tuition at state colleges and universities rose between 2.5 percent and nine percent, the University System of Georgia announced this week that there will be no tuition increase for the 2016-17 academic year. The announcement applies to all […]

University System News: www.macon.com No tuition increase for Georgia’s public colleges next year http://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article60682646.html The Associated Press ATLANTA The cost of an education at Georgia’s 29 public colleges won’t be going up this fall. The Board of Regents announced Tuesday that it has decided not to increase tuition for the 2016-2017 school year. Hank Huckaby, […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia House passes ‘campus carry’ bill legalizing guns at colleges http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-house-passes-campus-carry-bill-legalizing-/nqWGs/ Kristina Torres, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The state House voted Monday to legalize carrying concealed guns on Georgia’s college campuses. State Rep. Rick Jasperse, R-Jasper, led the charge for House Bill 859, a piece of legislation he has informally dubbed the […]