History was made in Cobb County Monday as Joyette Holmes was sworn into office by Brian Kemp, making her Cobb County’s first black district attorney. Holmes, formerly Cobb’s chief magistrate judge, succeeds Vic Reynolds, who is now the director of the GBI. She said that he plans on running for re-election in 2020, when Reynolds’ term is up. Enjoying support from both sides of the aisle, her odds of winning that race and her own four year term are RISING…
Georgia approves three-year bachelor’s degree
Georgia is joining a handful of other states in trying out a new three-year bachelor’s degree program meant to get students into the job market faster. The University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents has approved the Bachelor of Applied Science, which cuts down on electives and only requires 90 credit hours instead of the traditional 120. It remains to be seen how successful these new degrees will be, but another option for students, and one that could help stave off the “enrollment cliff” has Georgia colleges and their students RISING…
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