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The University System of Georgia (USG) is the organizational body that includes 30 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. The System is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents. It sets goals and dictates general policy to educational institutions as well as administering Public Library Service of the state which includes 58 public library systems. The USG also dispenses public funds (allocated by the state's legislature) to the institutions but not the lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship. The USG is the fifth largest university system in the United States by total student enrollment, with 318,027 students in 30 public institutions. The four larger systems are the University System of Ohio, State University of New York, California State University, and the State University System of Florida. USG institutions are divided into four categories depending on their mission statements. The categories include research universities, state universities, state colleges and regional universities. The System is home to four research universities; Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Georgia, Augusta University and Georgia State University. The University of Georgia is the state and system's flagship university and also the state's oldest and largest institution of higher learning.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.usg.edu/news/release/statement_on_uga_president_mike_adams )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://medicalpartnership.usg.edu/education/graduate_medical_education )〕 University of North Georgia is the state's designated military school. There are three historically black schools housed within the USG; Fort Valley State University, Albany State University and Savannah State University. In 2012, the 30 USG institutions had a $14.1 Billion Economic Impact on the state of Georgia. Georgia Tech in Atlanta and UGA had the largest impacts on their regional economies: $2.6 billion and 20,869 jobs at Georgia Tech and $2.2 billion and 22,196 jobs at UGA. Georgia State University in Atlanta had a $1.6 billion economic impact with 13,736 jobs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=State’s 31 Public Colleges and Universities Have a $14.1 Billion Economic Impact - Newsroom - University System of Georgia )〕 ==History== The University System of Georgia was created with the passage of the Reorganization Act of 1931 by the Georgia General Assembly in 1931. The Reorganization Act created a Board of Regents to oversee the state's colleges and universities and the 26 boards of trustees that had provided oversight over the various institutions before passage of the act. The Board of Regents officially took office on January 1, 1932, and consisted of eleven members to be appointed by the Governor of Georgia pending approval from the Georgia Senate. The Governor held an ''ex officio'' position on the Board. The regents were to elect a chairman and select a secretary One regent was appointed from each of Georgia's ten congressional districts and the eleventh member was chosen at large.〔 Governor initial appointees included Cason Jewell Callaway, Sr. Richard Russell, Jr.'s(1894-1961), Martha Berry, Richard Russell, Sr. (the governor's father), George C. Woodruff, William Dickson Anderson, Sr. (1873-1957), Egbert Erle Cocke, Sr. (1895-1977) and Philip Robert Weltner, Sr. (1887-1981). Anderson was elected chairman, Weltner vice-chairman and Cocke was appointed as the secretary/treasurer. Prior to the Reorganization Act, Georgia university chief executives held the title of chancellor; however, after the Act, University heads were given the title of president and a new chancellor position was created. The USG chancellor was selected and overseen by the board. At the request of the regents, Charles Snelling, the presiding head of the University of Georgia (UGA), stepped down from his position at UGA to become the initial chancellor of the entire system.〔 The 1932 Annual Report for the Board stated outstanding debts of $1,074,415.〔 Over the next few years the USG endeavored to transform the state's institutions of higher learning, reorganizing schools, merging and closing others and transforming course offerings and curriculum. In 2013, eight institutions were merged into four. *Gainesville State College merged with North Georgia College and State University merged to form University of North Georgia. *Augusta State University merged with Georgia Health Sciences University to form Georgia Regents University. GRU was renamed in 2015 as Augusta University.〔http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/so-long-georgia-regents-hello-augusta-university/nnfgk/〕 *Waycross College merged with South Georgia College to form South Georgia State College. *Macon State College merged with Middle Georgia College to form Middle Georgia State College. *In addition, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography was merged into the University of Georgia. In 2013, the Board of Regents voted to approve a proposal to consolidate Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic State University, effective January 2015. The merged university retained the name Kennesaw State University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University System of Georgia )〕 In 2015, the Board of Regents voted to approve a proposal to consolidate Georgia State University and Georgia Perimeter College under the name Georgia State University, to take effect in early 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=University System of Georgia )〕 Later that year, they approved the renaming of Middle Georgia State College as Middle Georgia State University, to take effect in July 2015. The Board of Regents also voted to consolidate historically black @Albany State University and Darton State College. In 2015, the Georgia Institute of Technology was ranked #1 and the University of Georgia #33 as the smartest public colleges in America 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「University System of Georgia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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