Education

Education, Features

Higher Goals for Higher Education

Susan Percy,

Steve Wrigley, chancellor of the University System of Georgia, is a familiar presence in higher education – he served as interim chancellor and executive vice chancellor of administration before the Board of Regents tapped him for the top job, effective…
Education, Features

2017 Higher Education Directory

Christy Simo,

Georgia’s institutions of higher education – 28 public colleges serving 321,551 students, 22 public technical colleges with 133,455 students, and 25 private colleges and universities – are continuing to evolve to meet the changing needs of incoming students and the…
Education, Features

Ready to Lead

Ellen Berman,

Want to learn the fundamentals of successful business management? You could read a book. Take a tutorial. Glean what works through trial and error. Or you could earn your master’s of business administration degree. An MBA is an esteemed credential,…
Education, Features

Within Reach

Anna Bentley,

There’s something different about this year’s graduating seniors. Walking across high school graduation stages in Douglas, Dodge, Rabun and Bartow counties are 17 exceptional students – the first graduating class of the Realizing Educational Achievement Can Happen (REACH) program, a…
Business Industry, Education, Features

High-Tech Career Prep

Ellen Berman,

There is probably no Georgia public academic program that is making as much progress in bringing cutting-edge career preparation closer to prospective students than the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). Its 22 colleges and 85 campuses offer 600 associate…
Education, Features

Four for the Future

Jennifer Hafer, K.K. Snyder,

To create and implement positive changes leading to long-term success, communities throughout Georgia often need resources that aren’t available locally. In many cases they turn to one of the units of the University of Georgia’s Public Service and Outreach (PSO)…
Education, Features

Unconventional Learning

Karen Kirkpatrick,

We all know about mainstream universities and colleges, but there’s a whole world out there of specialized education that can help train you for a career. Think higher education options in Georgia range from technical colleges to state universities or…
Education, Features, People

Gate of Opportunity

Karen Kirkpatrick,

Private college and affordable to all aren’t generally phrases that appear in the same paragraph, much less the same sentence. But that’s the mission at Berry College in Rome, where a tradition of students working on campus while going to…