Georgia Board of Regents

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The Georgia Board of Regents oversees the University System of Georgia as part of the state government of Georgia in the United States. The University System of Georgia is composed of all state public institutions of higher education.

Contents 1 History 2 Governing authority 3 Organization 4 Controversies 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

The Board was organized on January 1, 1932, to create centralized control over all member institutions.^[1]

[edit] Governing authority

The Board oversees 35 schools: four research universities, two regional universities, 13 state universities, seven state colleges, and nine two-year colleges. In fiscal 2003, there were 10,626 faculty positions and 241,878 students.^{[citation needed]} Those numbers grew to 35,000 and 253,000, respectively, in 2006.^[2]

Funding of all member institutions is controlled by the Board. In fiscal year 2003, the Board dispensed $1,697,287,628 of funding, authorized by the Georgia General Assembly. In 2006, the budget grew to $5 billion.^[2]

[edit] Organization

On September 13, 2006, Erroll B. Davis, Jr. became the 11th Chancellor of the Board of Regents.^[2] Davis stepped down as the chairman of Alliant Energy Corporation to accept the chancellorship.^[2] He previously served as CEO and president of that company as well. Previous chancellors include Charles Melton Snelling,^[3] Steadman Vincent Sanford^[4] and Harmon White Caldwell.^[5].

[edit] Controversies

The Board has been criticized in the past on several points, such as shortchanging smaller schools,^{[citation needed]} ignoring opinions of faculty and students,^{[citation needed]} forcing almost all schools to change name in 1996,^{[citation needed]} and for forcing the system from quarters to semesters in 1998

[edit] See also

• University System of Georgia
• Student Advisory Council of Georgia

[edit] Notes

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[edit] References

• Reed, Thomas Walter (ca. 1949). "History of the University of Georgia". University of Georgia. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/reed/. Retrieved 2007-03-20. 
• Fincher, Cameron (2003). Historical Development of the University System of Georgia: 1932-2002 (2nd Ed. ed.). Athens, Georgia: Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia. ISBN 1-880647-06-0. 

[edit] External links

• Board of Regents website
• Student Advisory Council

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