Center: Transportation benefits tracked here
Georgia is one of just 13 states that measure the benefits of their transportation spending, according to the Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Foundation.
Under Gov. Sonny Perdue the state hired the consulting group McKinsey to draft a plan showing Georgia’s transportation needs, like commuting, freight delivery and economic development, and how they were served by its spending. That research also showed that metro Atlanta could lose 230,000 potential jobs over the next 30 years if it did not invest more in transportation projects and better planning. ARIEL HART
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Texas educator to lead North Georgia College
The State Board of Regents selected Bonita Jacobs, an administrator at the University of North Texas, to be the next president of North Georgia College & State University. She begins July 1.
Jacobs is the executive director of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students at the Texas college.
She replaces David Potter, who is retiring. LAURA DIAMOND
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Five Georgia colleges with engineering programs have formed a new consortium to promote the profession and work on the challenges they face, officials announced Wednesday.
The founding members of the Georgia Consortium of Engineering Schools are: Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern University, Mercer University, Southern Polytechnic State University and University of Georgia.
The group's first meeting will be May 23 at Southern Poly. LAURA DIAMOND
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