[ale] [OT] Merger of Southern Polytechnic State with Kennesaw State

Mon Nov 4 09:42:53 EST 2013

Hi

I remember being told many, many years ago that SPSU at one time was
under GT. Recombining with GT probably makes more sense since both
schools emphasize science, technology, and engineering.

It appears that the school that may be most affected long term maybe UGA
because KSU would become more like most flagship state universities with
degrees offered in all academic areas while UGA does not an. GT would
not be as affected because many states have a university (or major
campus) that emphasizes science and engineering.

Jay

On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 12:35 +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote: 

> Actually it was in the local news (WSB TV at least) yesterday.   They
> did interview some students from SPSU who weren’t in favor of it.
> However, it sounded more like it was a done deal than a “proposal”.
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> I think it is bad idea because by its very name SPSU has a different
> focus than KSU.   
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> Also in the news article the KSU President said it was a good idea
> because “they’re only 8 miles apart” which is:
> 
> a)     Misleading because it implies it is a straight shot from one to
> the other.
> 
> b)     Misses the fact that traffic in that supposed 8 miles is some
> of the worst in Atlanta.  
> 
> They say they’ll have a shuttle between the campuses but really trying
> to make it from one class to another on the same campus can be a bear
> and I can’t imagine with Atlanta traffic that it will make much sense
> for scheduling if you have engineering classes at the SPSU location
> but core classes at the KSU location.
> 
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> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Jonathan Meek
> Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 7:14 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] [OT] Merger of Southern Polytechnic State with Kennesaw
> State
> 
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> For those of you haven't heard, the Board of Regents is proposing a
> merger between Southern Polytechnic State University and Kennesaw
> State University in order to control budget costs to the University
> System of Georgia this past Friday. The merger will happen in Fall of
> 2015 should the plan be approved. 
> 
> Below is the news article announcing the merger: (link 1 at the end of
> the email)
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> 
> I am reaching out to the ale list because I feel this affects you guys
> as much as it does me, especially the ALE-NW group since we all meet
> at SPSU for our monthly meetings. I am drumming as much attention as I
> can to this because I haven't heard anything on the local news about
> it and hope that there will at least be a conversation before it goes
> for approval by the Board of Regents.  
> 
> 
> Personally, I believe this a horrible move given that SPSU serves such
> a unique popluation (us nerds). The SPSU staff wasn't notified about
> the proposal until the day before the merger was announced (link 2 at
> the end of the email). As well as it has been decided that the
> president of Kennesaw State University will be the new president of
> the merged schools which shall be called Kennesaw State. This feels
> like hostile takeover rather than merger.  
> 
> 
> I have added the change.org petition that students of SPSU have
> created in order to help get our voice heard on this issue (link 3 at
> the end of the email). If you have any questions or want to talk
> further about this news, feel free to email me off list.
> 
> 
> 
> link 1:
> http://www.spsu.edu/newsroom/news/Consolidation_initial_announcement.htm
> link 2:
> http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/23971909/article-SPSU-community-petitions-to-stop-merger?
> 
> 
> link 3:
> http://www.change.org/petitions/university-system-of-georgia-board-of-regents-stop-kennesaw-state-from-merging-with-southern-polytechnic-state
> 
> 
> Regards, 
> 
> 
> Jonathan
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