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Myths about getting into University of Georgia: What matters. What doesn’t.
In writing about education policy for the AJC for 19 years, one question from readers has become more common: Why is it so hard to get into the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech? Two reasons: The...
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Georgia colleges ‘purge’ between 20,000 and 30,000 students a year over...
Hala Moddelmog is president of the Metro Atlanta Chamber. Alicia Philipp is president of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. In this column, they tackle a topic we discussed recently on the...
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If your child applied early to University of Georgia, watch this video....
If your children or students want to attend the University of Georgia, share this interview I did with David Graves, UGA’s senior associate director of admissions and author of the popular admissions...
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Do UGA and other colleges weight GPA more than test scores? Should they?
I’ve been skeptical of the claim by colleges they care more about grades than test scores, but the University of Georgia may turn me into a believer. UGA says its main criteria are the rigor of the...
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Dear High School Senior, Please apply to our college even though we’ll likely...
This morning my 17-year-old twins received more than a dozen emails from colleges around the country reminding them January application deadlines were approaching. The colleges ranged from Ivy League...
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Average college costs rose 77 percent in 10 years in Georgia. Why?
A new report by the state Department of Audits and Accounts Performance Audit Division finds Georgia families paying a marked higher price for a college education, in large part due to the slashes to...
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Georgia Tech draws record applicants, 31,400. Today, it admits first round in...
Georgia Tech released its early action decisions today, admitting 28 percent of its 15,715 applicants. The 4,380 admitted students boasted an average ACT score of 33 and SAT score of 1468 out of 1600....
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Opinion: Three bills in Legislature endanger Georgia’s colleges and universities
UPDATE: The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously late Thursday to table HB 51, the campus rape bill referenced in this essay. In this column, state Rep. David Dreyer, D-Atlanta, says three...
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Are AP classes worth it? Absolutely, say some Georgia educators
Kenneth S. Lawrence is the 2016 Muscogee County School District Teacher of the Year. Christine Hull is director of advanced learning and gifted programs for the district. In two essays below, they...
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Board of Regents: Georgia’s 28 public campuses will raise tuition by 2 percent
News on next year’s tuition from the Board of Regents: Today, the Board of Regents set tuition for the University System of Georgia for the 2017-2018 academic year. All 28 of the USG’s colleges and...
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Governor to sign 10 education bills Thursday including OSD-Lite
Update Thursday morning: Upon signing the OSD-Lite bill, Gov. Nathan Deal said: “Georgia remains committed to improving our state’s education system by increasing student access to high-performing...
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Can students get lost at big schools like UGA? Yes, but they will find their...
Many high school seniors considering colleges are intimidated by a large campus. In this essay, a recent University of Georgia graduate says there are challenges to sprawling schools — days when you...
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Georgia college students will now earn HOPE GPA boost in many science and...
Georgia Tech students long lamented they lost their HOPE Scholarships because their science and math classes were tougher than what many peers at other colleges were taking. Their contention: There...
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Georgia valedictorians and salutatorians will now get automatic acceptance to...
From Georgia Tech this morning: The Georgia Institute of Technology will offer automatic acceptance to all Georgia high school valedictorians and salutatorians under a new program that goes into effect...
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Fault for broken college dreams & soaring debt falls on families, schools and...
Jessica D. Johnson is founder of the Scholarship Academy, a nonprofit organization that helps low-income/first-generation families create college funding plans and increase their eligibility for...
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Georgia outpaces 2017 national average on ACT college admissions test
The state Department of Education just released 2017 ACT scores for Georgia students. The state’s average composite score on the college admissions test was 21.4, outpacing the national average of 21....
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Opinion: Georgia sanctions grade inflation by giving boost to STEM students...
I recently wrote about a new law in Georgia designed to help college students majoring in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — to retain their HOPE Scholarships, which require a 3.0 grade...
View ArticleWho got into University of Georgia today?
From the University of Georgia press office today: Nearly 15,000 students applied for early action admission to the University of Georgia’s Class of 2022, bringing record academic qualifications to the...
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Historian: We must make stronger case for college history classes
David Leinweber is an associate professor of history at Oxford College of Emory University. In this piece, he addresses the growing disillusionment with higher education, especially in terms of liberal...
View ArticleToday Georgia Tech announces first round of students admitted
My son was among the high school seniors sitting at their computers last year waiting to find out if they won early action admission into Georgia Tech. Today, 4,677 students are about to learn they...
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