OK, you’ve set up your dorm room, bought your books and figured out where the library is. What next? Two experts explain to freshmen how to get the most out of college and not waste their time or their parents’ money. In a guest column, the head of a teacher’s organization discusses the importance of ethics training in the wake of the Atlanta cheating scandal. Readers sound off on new brain research confirming that teens are driven to take risks and are more apt to do so when peers are watching.

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U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, here during a House Energy and Commerce hearing in May, said on the social media platform X: "(My granddaughters are safe, and I thank you for your well-wishes and prayers during this time." (Nathan Posner for the AJC)

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University System of Georgia Chancellor Sonny Perdue said joining neighboring states to form a new accreditation agency will “keep Georgia’s universities among the best in the nation." (Jason Getz/AJC)

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