Georgia Board of Regents

The Georgia Board of Regents was created in 1931 and is part of the state's government. The Board has oversight over the University System of Georgia, meaning that it has authority over all of its state-owned institutions of higher education. The board also controls the funding for the institutions. In fiscal year 2003, the Board dispensed $1,697,287,628 of funding, authorized by the Georgia General Assembly.

The board oversees 34 schools: four research universities, two regional universities, 13 state universities, two state colleges, and 13 two-year colleges. In fiscal 2003, there were 10,626 faculty positions and 241,878 students.

Controversies

The board has been criticized in the past on several points, such as shortchanging smaller schools, ignoring opinions of faculty and students, forcing almost all schools to change name in 1996, and for forcing the system from quarters to semesters in 1998. Tuition has been the strongest and most persistent complaint, however as in most U.S. states, the blame for that lies mostly with failures in the state legislature.

Sources

• http://www.usg.edu/admin/regents
• http://www.usg.edu/inst
• http://www.usg.edu/pubs/annual_fin_rep/2003/afr2003_cons_pdf.pdf

External links

• Board of Regents website