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Professors from several Georgia universities rallied Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta against state policies on COVID-19 and tenure. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Opinion: In campus COVID battles, veteran professors lead the charge
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Former Dekalb County DA J. Tom Morgan now teaches law at a university in North Carolina. He says the Board of Regents is acting in ways that will deter top faculty from working at Georgia public colleges.
Former DeKalb DA turned professor: College degree only as good as faculty backing it.
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Fulton County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney plans to lift the mask mandate a month after the district’s young students become eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
Fulton County Schools to drop mask mandate after next vaccine rollout
Clayton County Schools will begin offering staff Pfizer booster shots on Monday. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Clayton County Schools to offer COVID-19 booster shots to staff
The Gwinnett County Board of Education meets in the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Service Center.
Gwinnett school board meeting ends after mask protest in audience
On Oct. 12, Georgia Tech professor Carol Senf (center) joined faculty from several Georgia universities on the Tech campus to protest changes to the post-tenure review process. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
UGA professor: In gutting tenure, Regents endanger reputation, research funding of...
Emory University President Gregory Fenves speaks at a lectern in front of an image of some of its medical students at a program on Oct. 20, 2021 to kick off the public phase of its $4 billion fundraising campaign. (Eric Stirgus/eric.stirgus@ajc.com.)
Emory: $4 billion fundraising drive to support scholarships, research
Atlanta Public Schools is offering hiring incentives to recruit teachers for its expanding virtual programs. BOB ANDRES /AJC FILE PHOTO
Atlanta Public Schools offers $3,000 bonus to recruit virtual teachers
Spelman College students Rimothy Miracle Bennett, 19, a junior, and Jahni Lane-Foster, 18, a freshman, help at a table to collect complaints about student housing conditions and other issues at Atlanta's historically Black colleges. The complaints included mold and mildew in rooms and washers and dryers that don't work. (Eric Stirgus/eric.stirgus@ajc.com)
Clark Atlanta student: I love my university, but we deserve better treatment
A Georgia State professor says "The Chair" on Netflix captures the power of African American professors to use parable to reach students and help them see themselves in the classroom and the world. Actress Nana Mensah plays professor Yaz McKay.
Opinion: Black professor in ‘The Chair’ is woke. And that awakens her students
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