Enrollment is up at the state's 35 colleges and universities, says Chancellor Erroll Davis. Nearly 300,000 students signed up for classes in fall 2007. That's 10,000 more than enrolled for 2006. Also up, says Davis is minority enrollment and graduation rates.
However, not all Davis had to say was rosy.
In his annual State of the System address, Davis told the 18-member Board of Regents, that politics needs to get out of the way of recruiting and training medical students.
"While we have been debating over the last two years where doctors should be trained,Georgia has slipped in physicians per capita. we have to move forward with a comprehensive statewide plan to meet these needs and we must forward without delay."Davis also called for increased accountability in managing the system's 5-and a half billion dollar budget in light of recent reports of employee abuse of state issued credit cards.
Finally, Chancellor Davis says he'd like to faculty salaries increase.
"In order to strengthen the quality of faculty and staff, we simply have to pay people at market rates. We cannot wish for, we cannot hope for, we cannot expect to get world class outcomes without competitive salaries."
