KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated PressStudentsGeorgia Governor Approves Carrying Concealed Guns on CampusATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Thursday allowing people with permits to carry concealed handguns on Georgia’s public college campuses, despite the objections of state university leaders and his own veto of a campus-carry measure last year. Deal shocked fellow Republicans with the tone of last year’s veto message, which referenced opposition to guns […]May 4, 2017StudentsGeorgia Debates Bill at Odds with U.S. Rules on Campus AssaultATLANTA — A panel of Georgia lawmakers has approved a bill requiring college officials and employees to report sexual violence and other crimes to law enforcement, clashing with existing federal guidance laying out specific requirements under civil rights law. The bill also would bar schools from taking any disciplinary steps such as suspending a student […]February 2, 2017StudentsGa. Attorney General Sam Olens Seeking Kennesaw State PresidencyATLANTA ― Attorney General Sam Olens will interview this week to become president of Kennesaw State University, according to Georgia’s top higher education official. University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby said in a letter sent Monday to students and faculty of Georgia’s third-largest university that a committee of the university system’s governing Board of […]October 3, 2016HBCUsGeorgia Governor Calls for Follow-up Bills to Campus CarryATLANTA ― Days after Georgia lawmakers approved a bill lifting a weapons ban on the state’s public college campuses, on Monday Republican Gov. Nathan Deal called for the General Assembly to address opponents’ concerns. Deal;s office released a statement asking for fixes and indicated that he could refuse to sign the so-called “campus carry” without […]March 14, 2016StudentsTakeover Triggers Debate Over Georgia State University Radio StationThe staff at Georgia State University’s student-run radio station has a go-to April Fool’s joke. They dream up a buyer for the university’s FCC license—a New Age station or maybe talk radio.June 1, 2014Faculty & StaffUniversity of Georgia Employees Want Gender Identity ProtectionsFaculty members at Georgia’s largest university say they want discrimination against employees for gender identity banned more explicitly.May 5, 2014StudentsGeorgia Officials Approve Tuition IncreasesTuition is going up for Georgia students at all 31 state colleges and universities under a budget plan approved Tuesday by the state Board of Regents, including the largest increase of $372 more per semester for Georgia Tech undergraduates.April 15, 2014StudentsGeorgia Could Become Biggest Test of Private DormsGeorgia is on course to become one of the nation’s largest experiments in privatized college dorms, but it’s unclear whether the changes will lower students’ bills at a time when university costs are soaring.April 6, 2014Page 1 of 1
