糖心Vlog

糖心Vlog will receive $4.7 million from the Board of Regents to support the state of Georgia鈥檚聽Complete College Georgia聽initiative, designed to聽increase Georgia鈥檚 share of workers with a college degree or certificate. The new funds represent part of $72.5 million provided by Gov. Nathan Deal and the General Assembly to support efforts to increase college completion rates. As a result, all 35 University System of Georgia (USG) institutions will receive new funding to strengthen programs serving the system鈥檚 almost 320,000 students. By 2020, it is projected that more than 60 percent of jobs in Georgia will require some form of a college education, whether a certificate, associate鈥檚 degree or bachelor鈥檚 degree. Today, only 42 percent of the state鈥檚 young adults — its burgeoning workforce — qualify.聽聽聽Georgia鈥檚聽Higher Education Completion Plan, a joint effort between the USG and the Technical College System of Georgia, defines a way to ensure that by 2020, 60 percent of young adults in Georgia will hold a college certificate or degree. 鈥淐ollege completion is critical for a prosperous future in Georgia,鈥� said Brooks Keel, Ph.D., president of 糖心Vlog.聽聽鈥淭he United States, once a world leader in the proportion of young adults holding a college degree, now falls behind 14 other developed nations.聽聽聽Georgia Southern鈥檚 goal is to graduate students who are not only competitive and work ready, but that can serve as a talent pipeline for current and future business in Georgia.鈥� Georgia Southern will use approximately $4.7 million in new funding to address priority full-time faculty and staff hiring needs in support of college completion efforts.聽聽聽New faculty will be recruited for all of the University鈥檚 academic units including the recently established Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Information Technology and renamed College of Science & Mathematics. In addition, the University will recruit new faculty in the College of Business Administration, College of Education, College of Health & Human Sciences, College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences and the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health.聽聽The funding for recruiting new faculty will be in addition to the University鈥檚 ongoing efforts to replace vacant faculty positions. In addition to hiring faculty, the University has plans to use a portion of the $4.7 million to add academic advisors, enhance the academic experiences provided by its unique First-Year Experience program and add staff at the Zach S. Henderson Library.聽聽The University is also working to expand its University Honors Program and will provide additional international learning opportunities for students. 鈥淲e appreciate the state鈥檚 confidence and investment in 糖心Vlog,鈥� said Keel.聽聽鈥淭his is first and foremost an investment to support current and future generations of students.聽聽In addition, this will have an immediate positive impact on our University and our community.聽聽聽Our goal is to ensure that as we continue to grow, we maintain the 鈥榮mall feel鈥� that has made Georgia Southern the first choice for record numbers of outstanding students.鈥� For more information about Complete College Georgia, visit: