Copyright(c) 2004-2009 by the Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press. All rights reserved. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=Education Articles modified in the 'Education' section of the New Georgia Encyclopedia within the last 30 days. en-us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST 10080 64 71 http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Categories.jsp?path=Education http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/graphics/logo_circle.gif http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-853 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:55:06 EDT <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-853"><img src="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-1770_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </a>Since its founding in 1935, Armstrong Atlantic State University has evolved from a junior college supported by the city of <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1056">Savannah</a> into a four-year unit of the <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1415">University System of Georgia</a>. It now offers a full undergraduate curriculum as well as several graduate programs. Within the university system, Armstrong has been designated a Regional Health Professions Education Center.... http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2538 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:51:02 EDT <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2538"><img src="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-2632_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </a>The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum was dedicated in <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2207">Atlanta</a> on October 1, 1986. It is one of ten presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. It ranks with the National Park Service location in <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3280">Plains</a> as the indispensable site in Georgia for biographical background on the thirty-ninth president of the United States, <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-676">Jimmy Carter</a> (1977-81), and first lady <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2535">Rosalynn Carter</a>... http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1422 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:22:05 EDT <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1422"><img src="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-7141_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </a>Clayton State University (CSU) opened in 1969 in Morrow as Clayton Junior College, a unit of the <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1415">University System of Georgia</a>. Harry S. Downs, a university system administrator, became the founding president and served through 1993. The Board of Regents elevated the institution to baccalaureate status in 1986 and adopted the present name in 2005. ... http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1436 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:35:06 EDT <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1436"><img src="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/media_content/m-2702_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </a>The College of Coastal Georgia (CCG) is a public four-year college located in <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-850">Brunswick</a>, with a satellite campus in <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1272">Camden County</a>. One of the thirty-six colleges and universities in the <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1415">University System of Georgia</a>, the college is governed by the policies of the Board of Regents. From 1972 until 2008 it was also one of four institutions in the University System of Georgia that included a division administered by the <a href="http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-3292">Technical College System of Georgia</a>. In 2008 the college began the transition from a two-year to a four-year institution, changing its name from Coastal Georgia Community College to the College of Coastal Georgia and transferring its technical division to other institutions. During fall semester 2008, approximately 3,000 students attended the college....