Georgia State University has enrolled the largest freshman classes in its history this fall at the university’s downtown campus and the five campuses of Georgia State’s Perimeter College. At the Atlanta Campus, more than 4,600 first-year students enrolled at the university, an increase of 700 students compared to the fall semester of 2017. The class […]
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Collective Impact as Means to Create Change: A Cautionary Tale
By Glenn Landers Director, Health Systems, Georgia Health Policy Center Cutting poverty. Improving high school graduation rates. Reducing health disparities. Progress towards these ambitious goals can be slow, as the work towards achieving large-scale social impact is complex. Seven years ago, the publication of John Kania and Mark Kramer’s influential paper defining “collective impact,” the […]
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Business Plan Competition Shines Spotlight on Atlanta’s Entrepreneurial Community
By Isabelle Monlouis The Atlanta metropolitan area is one of the broadest and most diverse entrepreneurial markets in the nation. Among other 2018 accolades, The ATL has been named the top city for startups that isn’t New York or San Francisco, 4th in the U.S. for the greatest average number of female-owned businesses and a […]
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The Rise in Single Family Rental Homes in the Sunbelt Metropolis has Implications for Fair Housing
By Dan Immergluck In the wake of the U.S. foreclosure crisis, there has been a large increase – on the order of 50 percent – in single-family rental homes, or SFRs, across the country. As millions of families lost their homes to foreclosure, many of those homes were eventually purchased by investors – small and […]
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Building on Communities’ Strengths to Achieve Better Health and Well-Being in Rural Georgia
By Tanisa Foxworth Adimu About 60 million people living in the United States live in rural communities, with nearly 1.8 million living in rural Georgia, according to the 2010 census. Rural America is not monolithic and includes a wide variety of locales, from densely populated small towns to neighborhoods on the border of urban areas […]
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Georgia Charter School Students Are More Likely To Graduate High School, Enroll and Persist In College, Study Finds
Attending a Georgia start-up charter high school increases the likelihood of graduation, and those students are more likely to enroll and persist in college, according to a recent study by Georgia State University’s Center for State and Local Finance. Researchers Peter Bluestone and Nicholas Warner used Georgia’s Academic and Workforce Analysis and Research Data System, or GA AWARDS, information to analyze whether […]
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Co-Chief Operating Officer Of SunTrust Banks, Inc. Elected Chair Of World Affairs Council Of Atlanta
By Claire Morton, World Affairs Council of Atlanta Hugh S. (Beau) Cummins III, co-chief operating officer of SunTrust Banks, Inc., has been elected chair of the World Affairs Council of Atlanta for a two-year term. “The World Affairs Council of Atlanta plays a critical role by providing a venue for businesses, academia and the broader […]
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Bringing Wall Street to Main Street: SEC Invites Atlanta Investors to Georgia State Law for an Interactive Town Hall on June 13
By Nicole G. Iannarone, Associate Clinical Professor and Director, Investor Advocacy Clinic, Georgia State University College of Law With most Americans now responsible for their retirements, it is more critical than ever that investors learn as much as they can about safe investing. In Georgia State University College of Law’s Investor Advocacy Clinic, students help […]
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Assessing the Jobs and Skills Mismatch in Georgia
By Peter Bluestone There is a growing concern among some employers in Georgia that there is a mismatch in the skills and credentials required for employment and those job seekers possess. The belief is that there is an undersupply of students who obtain degrees or certificates that confer skills and competencies that are in demand […]
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High Risk, High Return? Perhaps Not: Cracking the Beta Anomaly of the Stock Market
By Scott Murray If you invest in high-risk stocks, you should expect, on average and in the long run, higher returns than if you invest in low-risk stocks, right? That’s what financial economic theory tells us, but when we looked at data on stock returns from 1963-2012, we found that portfolios containing high-risk stocks generate […]
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How Historical Disease Detectives Are Solving Mysteries of the 1918 Flu
One hundred years ago, a novel pandemic influenza virus spread rapidly around the world. It killed about 1 to 2 percent of the human population, primarily young and often healthy adults. The centennial of the 1918 pandemic is a good time to take stock of how far the world has come since this historic health […]
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The Money Follows the Person Program Aids Quality of Life for Georgians With Disabilities
By Kristi Fuller, Georgia Health Policy Center As a single mother of two young girls, Michelle found herself in a nursing facility after suffering from a brain-stem stroke which led to loss of speech and quadriplegia. “No one belongs in a nursing facility,” Michelle* said, “especially not at 34 years old. These are good people […]
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Welfare Reform Needs Reforming to Move Georgia Families Out of Poverty
By Fred Brooks In 1996, the federal government radically reformed welfare, including cash aid now called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), with the goals of reducing poverty and “helping needy families achieve self-sufficiency.” Reform policies are one thing, but actual change is another. In 2016, I conducted a study in Georgia with a sample […]
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How Georgia is Improving Affordable Housing as a Platform for Health
By Jimmy Dills, Georgia Health Policy Center Access to quality, affordable housing is critical for supporting good health. For individuals and families with tight budgets, high housing costs can lead to tough choices between making rent and going to the doctor, between keeping the lights on and buying healthy food, or even between being part […]
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Delta Student Success Center Provides Growth Opportunities for Robinson College of Business Students
The new Delta Student Success Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business unites three college units focused on ensuring students develop business communication skills, access experiential learning opportunities and connect with businesses for internships and jobs. On the 12th floor of 55 Park Place NE overlooking Woodruff Park, the Delta Student […]
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A Revolution in Legal Services: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Law
By Anne Tucker Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the law are dominating legal headlines, a trend at least a year in the making. The facts and foci are different, but the message is clear: a revolution in legal services is underway. At the heart of the revolution are advancements in automated content review through AI to […]
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Leveraging Data To Improve the Lives Of Georgians With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia
By Angie Snyder and Jane Branscomb, Georgia Health Policy Center Georgia is home to one of the nation’s largest populations of individuals with sickle cell disease, with more than 7,000 individuals living with the disease in almost every county in Georgia. While treatments have improved over the years and new ones are emerging from drug […]
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Georgia Predicted to Add Jobs, Personal Income Growth Anticipated for 2018
The continuing stock market bull run, corporate tax law changes, and other national and international factors will continue to support growth in metro Atlanta and Georgia’s large corporate activities sector, according to the latest report from the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The forecast, released Feb. 28, […]
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Georgia State’s Tax Clinic Gives Georgia’s Low-Income Taxpayers a Fresh Start
By W. Edward Afield, Director, Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law Often overlooked in broader conversations about improving access to justice is the importance of improving access for taxpayers to a just administration of federal tax laws. Given the tax code’s complexity, and […]
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Addressing the Research Complexities of the 21st Century: The Next Generation Program
By Mary Beth Walker, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation It might seem unusual for a sociologist to work alongside an economist, or for a lawyer to work with public health researchers. But it’s not unusual for Georgia State University. It’s one of our great strengths. Through the Next Generation Program we are bringing […]
