Academics
Georgia Southern was reclassified as a doctoral/research institution in April 2005 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Academic standards at the university have increased dramatically in the last decade. For the 2009 fall semester, the average SAT score for incoming freshman was more than 1106, an increase of 119 points.
In fall 2011, Georgia Southern announced that its student body consists of 20,212 students including 2,687 graduate students. Students come from 49 U.S. states (all but North Dakota) and 101 different nations.
Georgia Southern University consists of eight colleges: The College of Business Administration, The College of Education, The College of Health and Human Sciences, The Allen E. Paulson College of Science and Technology, The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, The College of Information Technology, The Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, and the Jack N. Averitt College of Graduate Studies.
Read more about this topic: Georgia Southern University
Famous quotes containing the word academics:
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)