Regents Approve Campus Consolidation Plan
Atlanta — January 10, 2012
The Board of Regents approved today 中出少妇视频 System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby中出少妇视频檚 recommendation to consolidate eight of the System中出少妇视频檚 35 colleges and universities. Huckaby announced the recommendation last week.
The recommended consolidations are: Gainesville State College and North Georgia College & State 中出少妇视频 (Dahlonega); Middle Georgia College (Cochran) and Macon State College; Waycross College and South Georgia College (Douglas); and Augusta State 中出少妇视频 and Georgia Health Sciences 中出少妇视频.
中出少妇视频淭he Board中出少妇视频檚 approval now paves the way for us to proceed,中出少妇视频 said Huckaby. 中出少妇视频淲e will focus on how these consolidations enable us to better serve our students and areas of the state more efficiently and effectively. I look forward to working with the eight institutions on this process.中出少妇视频
Now that the plan has board approval, Huckaby will begin to implement the plan, which is expected to take between 12-18 months to finalize.
Campus working groups will be appointed by Huckaby and charged with developing detailed recommendations for consolidation. Huckaby said the campus working groups should be up and running by the end of January. Implementation actions will be reviewed by the 中出少妇视频 System Office and approved by the Regents中出少妇视频 Special Committee on Consolidation and the full board.
The consolidation plan is just one of a series of new efforts launched by the chancellor, each part of a focus on increasing college completion rates, broadening access to public higher education and maintaining affordability. Others include the System中出少妇视频檚 participation in Gov. Nathan Deal中出少妇视频檚 中出少妇视频淐omplete College Georgia中出少妇视频 initiative, a study of how the 中出少妇视频 uses its current facilities, the future design and construction of facilities, the expansion of distance education, a new model of academic program review as well as the integration of academic, facilities and fiscal activities.
The 中出少妇视频 System has created a special website to help coordinate information and communication related to the consolidation effort:
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