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State turns to two-year colleges to house enrollment boom
The University System of Georgia expects to enroll between 400,000 and 450,000 students within the next decade and has to find space for the nearly 100,000 additional students.
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Real Estate Bust Opens Doors For Parties At Vacant Houses
Some of the most elegant addresses in all of Atlanta are found in this wealthy enclave.
15 hrs ago | CIOL
Wipro creates new job opportunities in US
ATLANTA, USA: Wipro Technologies, the global IT services business of Wipro Limited today announced the expansion of its Atlanta development center.
The Journal of Commerce Online
Sunteck Appoints Vice President of LTL Operations and Sales
November 20, 2009 Boca Raton, Fla. Sunteck Transport Group, a non-asset based provider of transportation services, has named Chris Castellaw as vice president of LTL operations and sales.
That's the word from the director of Georgia State University's Economic Forecasting Center... That's the word from the director of Georgia State University's Economic Forecasting Center.
Bernhardt to be 2010 ACVB chairman
Georgia State University marketing professor Ken Bernhardt has been named the 2010 chairman of the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Longtime pro-choice activist Errin Vuley killed in crash
Errin Vuley, a longtime activist for women's causes, was killed Tuesday morning in a multi-car crash in DeKalb County.
University enrollment in GA spikes 7%
A record 301,892 students enrolled this fall in the University System of Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities, according to Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr.'s report to the Board of Regents on Wednesday.
Center: Ga. Economic Slump Continues
Georgia's jobless rate hit its highest ever recorded in June -- 10.1 percent. The Georgia Department of Labor said Wednesday, July 15, that the seasonally adjusted unemployed rate for June was five-tenths of a percentage point above a revised 9.6 percent in May.
Governor Perdue Announces Executive Appointments
ATLANTA a ' Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following executive appointments.
The University System Board of Regents, which oversees the state's 35 public colleges and universities, unanimously approved a $100-per-semester hike in University of Georgia student fees Tuesday.
Head of Canal Insurance to retire; John Pollock named president, CEO
Charles M. "Chuck" Timmons Jr., president and chief executive officer of Greenville-based Canal Insurance Co., has announced his retirement after 37 years of service with the company.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta: accessible, but not very romantic
Atlanta may be an easy city to reach from anywhere in the world, but don't expect romance when you get here, according to the nation's meeting planners Metropoll, an every two-year survey of meeting planner attitudes about 40 U.S. and Canadian convention cities, gave Georgia's capital top marks for accessibility, friendliness, and hotel and dining ...
Ga. State University To Expand Faculty
Georgia State University is starting a new initiative to attract 100 new faculty members in the next five years to help build the university's research programs.
Upheaval primes money managers
Greener pastures: Dorsey Farr, from left, Michael Wolf and Wes French hope to capitalize on upheaval in the market caused by the fallout of the financial markets.
More than a year after Delta Air Lines closed its acquisition of Northwest Airlines, it has yet to solve one of the most vexing issues in the merger - whether flight attendants and ground workers will unionize.
Another Palm Beach Snowbird Takes the Ponzi Plunge
If there was graffiti in Palm Beach, it would look like this. a Do they still put you in jail for a Ponzi scheme of less than $25 million? Or is that the kind of crime that just gets you laughed out of a Palm Beach country club? Ask Tony Young, the investor who in Palm Beach was a next-door neighbor to Bernie Madoff and is now suspected of bilking ...
2009 Golden Shoe Award Winners
PEDS awarded 8 Golden Shoes to pedestrian-friendly projects, people and places. On November 10, PEDS - the region's advocate for pedestrians - presented Golden Shoe Awards to people, projects and places that have contributed significantly this year to making metro Atlanta communities more walkable.
So much for the Dems' big tent
Thinking Right's weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic: a- Soldiers killed at Fort Hood died on the battlefield, killed by an enemy combatant who, astonishingly, managed to evade detection despite obvious clues.
After-School All-Stars Summer 2007 Field Trips
Every Monday and Wednesday morning during the summer and after breakfast, the children were engaged in reading clinics taught by graduate students from the College of Education at Georgia State University.
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