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Credit: Tom Story, ASU Thinking like big businesses may be the key driving force in transforming the nation’s colleges and universities, according to researchers at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan organization. The group’s study, titled "The Next Generation University," says bold leadership and fresh ideas based on growth models will set the best universities apart from the rest. The study focuses on six public universities in the U.S. that are excelling in the areas of enrollment, f

Credit: University of Georgia While the Obama administration looks to expand financial aid opportunities to students of gay or unmarried parents, questions remain as to whether recent changes will further hurt the ability of many students to get the most aid for college. The U.S. Department of Education recently announced new rules regarding the Free Application for Student Aid form for 2014-2015 to encompass students from unrepresented families. No longer will dependent students classify thei

Credit: http://commons.wikimedia.org To see how sequestration will directly hurt American families, look no further than public schools. At 17 percent of the federal non-discretionary funding budget, according to Congressional Budget Office figures, education will be hit with deep cuts to key programs. Specifically, in Georgia, school districts will lose an estimated $50 million in education grants and more than $10 million in Head Start funding. With no remedy, policy analysts worry that upco

Credit: Gage Skidmore Not long after House members were sworn in last week, Georgia Representative Rob Woodall (R) introduced his first bill to establish the FairTax. House Republican, along with a record number of 53 other co-sponsors, are setting their sights on getting H.R. 25 passed during the 113th U.S. Congress. “The momentum is building for fundamental tax reform and it’s fueled by the American people,” said Woodall in a press statement. The goal of the FairTax is to replace various ta

With the retirement of Ron Paul in 2013, the former Texas congressman leaves behind an ideological legacy that several are lining up to continue. One point Paul advocated for was a motion to "audit the fed," legislation he introduced in the 112th Congress as HR 459. In one of his first acts in the new Congress, Georgia US Rep Paul Broun, a congressman in his fourth term, introduced legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, HR 24. The text in Broun's legislation is identical to Paul's HR 459, wh

Credit: Flickr/Governor Rick Perry Last week, the Superior Court of Fulton County temporarily suspended an abortion ban in Georgia that would have made pre-viability abortions illegal. The law would have criminalized most abortions starting at twenty weeks of pregnancy. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Georgia challenged the ban on behalf of three obstetrician-gynecologists who have patients in need of such medical care. According to the ACLU, the Georgia abortion ban

Credit: Flickr/Governor Rick Perry Last week, the Superior Court of Fulton County temporarily suspended an abortion ban in Georgia that would have made pre-viability abortions illegal. The law would have criminalized most abortions starting at twenty weeks of pregnancy. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Georgia challenged the ban on behalf of three obstetrician-gynecologists who have patients in need of such medical care. According to the ACLU, the Georgia abortion ban

There are numerous issues that are at the forefront of our daily political dialogue: Iran, the Fiscal Cliff, Gay Marriage ... we could go on forever. Rarely, however, do we take a step back from the play-by-play to really understand why we are talking about them in the first place. Why has Iran become a place of contention? What does the "fiscal cliff" even mean? When and why did the government begin regulating marriage? It is questions like this that IVN will ask in more frequency. As we move

There are numerous issues that are at the forefront of our daily political dialogue: Iran, the Fiscal Cliff, Gay Marriage ... we could go on forever. Rarely, however, do we take a step back from the play-by-play to really understand why we are talking about them in the first place. Why has Iran become a place of contention? What does the "fiscal cliff" even mean? When and why did the government begin regulating marriage? It is questions like this that IVN will ask in more frequency. As we move

Wikimedia Commons As lawmakers on Capitol Hill debate over the impending fiscal cliff, Georgia’s governor, Nathan Deal (R), announced in late November that his office would undergo a major strategic defense initiative to jump start economic development near the state’s military bases. The Governor’s Defense Initiative would spur job creation in and around the state’s various military bases, even as Congress and the Obama administration weigh the effect that the automatic $500 billion cuts woul