USG Institutions: www.bizjournals.com The 100 Most Influential Atlantans for 2015 http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2015/06/19/the-100-most-influential-atlantans-of-2015.html#g38 Hank Huckaby Chancellor, University System of Georgia G.P. “Bud” Peterson, President, Georgia Tech; Mark Becker, President, Georgia State University; Daniel Papp, President, Kennesaw State University www.bizjournals.com Most Influential Atlantans speak http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/print-edition/2015/06/19/most-influential-atlantans-speak.html Mark Meltzer Atlanta Business Chronicle Each year, Atlanta Business Chronicle names its 100 […]

University System News: www.northwestgeorgianews.com GUEST COLUMN: Georgia college opportunities lifted the ceiling off my dreams http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/opinion/columns/guest-column-georgia-college-opportunities-lifted-the-ceiling-off-my/article_fe059112-163d-11e5-b2e8-6fb2a29e63e0.html Candice Coulter After graduation I was headed back to my hometown Detroit, but my mom had heard about this new college. We came to Georgia Gwinnett College for a tour, and I fell in love with its vision and […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Georgia agency releases education report card http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/georgia-agency-releases-education-report-card/nmjRs/ Ty Tagami The Georgia Governor’s Office of Student Achievement has published graduation rates, student retention rates, teacher quality and other educational “report card” measures on its website. The 2013-14 data include elementary and high school test scores, and more obscure metrics: the percentage of […]

University System News: www.ajc.com Ga. Supreme Court to hear tuition case for undocumented immigrants http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/ga-supreme-court-to-hear-tuition-case-for-undocume/nmfKD/ The Georgia Supreme Court agreed this week agreed to hear oral arguments in a case involving in-state tuition at Georgia’s public colleges for certain immigrant students. The case involves a lawsuit filed against the state’s Board of Regents by a […]

University System News: www.northwestgeorgianews.com Deal: Georgia nets low rates, earns top marks for bonds http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/associated_press/news/politics/deal-georgia-nets-low-rates-earns-top-marks-for-bonds/article_3cf11434-0fa2-11e5-b1d1-13faa1d9fb21.html Gov. Nathan Deal announced today that Georgia has maintained its AAA bond rating and sold $1.28 billion in three different series of general obligation bonds to fund capital projects throughout the state, which range from construction on new university buildings […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]