University System News: Inside HigherEd State Cuts Grow Deep By Kery Murakami Seemingly daily lately, officials in states around the country have announced the need to make major cuts that could hit colleges and universities. And Thursday was no exception, as California governor Gavin Newsom said the state would have to cut higher education by $1.7 billion […]

University System News: Savannah CEO Georgia Southern and Ogeechee Tech Create Accelerated Pathway for Student Success Staff Report Georgia Southern University signed a memorandum of understanding with Ogeechee Technical College to provide an automatic admission pathway for local students. The agreement creates an Accelerated Transfer Program that allows students who have been denied admission to […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia Board of Regents approves employee furlough plan for state colleges By Eric Stirgus The Georgia Board of Regents approved a plan Thursday that gives University System of Georgia leaders authority to potentially furlough employees, with those earning higher salaries taking larger cuts. Most University System of Georgia employees […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia colleges plan furloughs as lawmakers get bad news on economy By James Salzer and Eric Stirgus Having just listened to details of the $1 billion fall in state revenue collections last month, House Appropriations Chairman Terry England closed the first legislative meeting since mid-March by stating the obvious. […]

University System News: CBS46 Georgia colleges and universities forced to make budget cuts Adam Murphy All is quiet on the Georgia Tech campus in downtown Atlanta on Thursday, but mandatory budget cuts are sure to create some noise. “I know some classes have already been cut for the summer,” Georgia Tech student Tal said. Tal […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia Board of Regents votes not to raise pay for college leaders By Eric Stirgus The Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday not to raise the salaries of the University System of Georgia’s 26 presidents and its chancellor as the system works on a plan to cut its budget […]

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution AJC On Campus: The latest on Georgia college reopening plans By Eric Stirgus Will they reopen their campuses this fall semester? The leaders of Georgia’s colleges and universities are having internal discussions with campus administrators to determine what they should do as the coronavirus pandemic continues and if there is an uptick […]

University System News: The Augusta Chronicle Augusta University Health uses new filter to calm dangerous immune response in COVID-19 patients By Tom Corwin Augusta University is using a unique dialysis filter to take out components of a dangerous inflammatory response in COVID-19 patients in hopes of keeping them from going into organ failure. Dr. Azeem […]

University System News: Albany Herald Georgia Governor Brian Kemp offers congratulations to Governor’s Honors finalists From staff reports Gov. Brian Kemp congratulated the 2020 Governor’s Honors Program finalists recently. In an effort to place the health and safety of students and instructors as highest priority, the 2020 Governor’s Honors Program originally scheduled for June 14-July […]

University System News: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Georgia university system leader says layoffs may be necessary By Eric Stirgus Layoffs and furloughs may be necessary to meet the state’s new budget requirements, the University System of Georgia Chancellor wrote in a letter Friday to faculty and staff. Gov. Brian Kemp’s budget office and state legislative leaders […]