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UGA President Faces Pay Cut

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Published March 19, 2010 at 5:17 p.m.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) University of Georgia President Michael Adams says budget cuts next year could include pay reductions for top administrators, including himself ... The University System of Georgia is making cuts worth hundreds of millions of dollars this year as the state reduces its budget to cope with lower revenues ... ``I think at some point anything's on the table,'' he said at a news conference Thursday. Some legislators and student leaders have called on the University System of Georgia

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Students Protest Proposed Cuts

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Published March 3, 2010 at 3:40 p.m.
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(WSB Radio State Capitol Bureau) -- A couple dozen students from across the state rallied at the state capitol in protest of proposed cuts to the state's colleges and universities ... University System Chancellor Errol Davis told legislative budget writers many of the $600 million in cuts will result in layoffs of thousands of faculty, a reduction in pay for others, and the elimination of entire degree programs ... He reassured lawmakers that a proposal by the University of Georgia to eliminate

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Lawmakers Look at College Cuts

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Published March 3, 2010 at 5:37 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia lawmakers are expected Wednesday to review proposed cuts from the state's 35 colleges and universities that would mean laying off 4,000 faculty and staff and eliminating dozens of programs ... The University System of Georgia released a plan earlier this week that included closing satellite campuses, shortening library and student center hours and capping enrollment at campuses. Lawmakers asked university system officials to plan for $300 million in additional cuts, on top

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Georgia Universities Detail Budget Plan

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Published March 1, 2010 at 10:25 p.m.

University System of Georgia officials say a state plan to chop$300 million from their budget could result in 4,000 layoffs anddozens of program eliminations ...

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Georgia Colleges Get Stimulus $$$

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Published Sept. 11, 2009 at 6:44 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia colleges are getting more than $27 million in federal stimulus money for energy and conservation projects ... The projects range from installing control systems to gauge how energy is being used in a building to upgrading the heating and air conditioning systems to make them more efficient ... University System of Georgia officials say the list of projects will save $6 million in utilities costs annually and conserve energy ... More than 25 of the state's colleges and

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Georgia Tech Inauguration Day

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Published Sept. 3, 2009 at 7:20 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Tech is holding an inauguration for the campus' new president ... The ceremony for G.P. ``Bud'' Peterson to be installed as the Atlanta university's leader will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Georgia Tech's Alexander Memorial Coliseum. Gov. Sonny Perdue and University System of Georgia Chancellor Erroll Davis are expected to attend ... Peterson took office in April, succeeding G. Wayne Clough, who left last year to run the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C ... The

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Money: Ga. Colleges Prep for Furloughs, Layoffs

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Published Aug. 11, 2009 at 2:44 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia colleges are bracing for furloughs and layoffs as state officials prepare to cut millions from higher education spending in the newest round of budget reductions ... Plans submitted to the University System of Georgia by the state's 35 colleges and universities show campuses are looking to slash already thin staffs, order fewer new books and magazines for libraries, delay building repairs and increase class sizes ... State officials already are withholding 5 percent of

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Merging College Systems?

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Published June 1, 2009 at 9:56 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) A group organized by Gov. Sonny Perdue is recommending that the state's community colleges merge with the technical college system ... The state's eight community colleges are part of the University System of Georgia, while the 33 technical colleges have their own governing board. The proposal would create the first comprehensive community college system in the state's history ... It's an idea that's been discussed by lawmakers and educators previously but has never garnered enough

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