In January, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education (GPEE) released its Top Ten Issues to Watch 2023. The annual report identifies and offers recommendations on critical educational issues in Georgia and is based on extensive, nonpartisan research. The 2023…
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, there were about 10 million people working in STEM jobs in 2021 – and 11% more needed by 2031. To stay competitive, the U.S. and Georgia need to encourage more students to become…
New college and career academies will be established in Dooly and Monroe counties, Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week. That will bring the total across the state to 57, where the existing academies are already serving more than 45,00 high…
Over some 50 years, the Dual Degree Engineering Program at the Atlanta University Center Consortium has had a mission to graduate more Black engineers. A new $1.5 million investment gives that mission a boost by helping create a new national…
You hear about MBA programs all the time. What about an MEBUS? That stands for music and entertainment business program, and Kennesaw State University’s is one of the best in the world. Don’t just take it from us – Billboard…
The 2022-2023 U.S. News and World Report rankings of colleges and universities are out, and Georgia’s institutions of higher education have a lot to be proud of. The annual rankings show that students can get a first-class academic experience at…
The nursing shortage is a challenge for hospitals across Georgia and throughout the nation. According to Becker’s Hospital Review, Georgia ranks 45th in the nation for the number of active nurses per capita. That’s a shortfall of about 27,000 nurses.…
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter celebrated her 95th birthday on August 18 and three organizations teamed up to honor her birthday and her legacy of advocating to protect pollinator species like butterflies. The Georgia Public Library Service and the Georgia Farm…
The back-to-school season is upon us and that means shopping and school-supply drives. But last week representatives of the ATL Airport Chamber soared above the normal start-of-school events with the first ever Stuff the Plane School Supply Drive. About 275…
Calling it “a big win for Georgia’s HBCUs and for cybersecurity in Georgia and nationwide,” Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) celebrated the passage of his bipartisan legislation on July 27 that will expand cybersecurity training programs at the nation’s historically Black…
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