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Columns::September 4, 2001

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Entering M.B.A. class brings strong credentials to campus
The 58 new M.B.A.s who arrived this fall brought with them a strong set of credentials, including a record-high Graduate Management Admission Test score. The profile of the incoming class includes the following stats: average age of 28 years, with five years of work experience, 659 average score on the GMAT, and a 3.3 average grade point average. Overall, the incoming class is 31 percent women, with a minority student enrollment of 13 percent. International students comprise 21 percent of the class.
“Given the competitive environment, this is the third year in a row that we’ve done very well in recruiting women to the program, and this has been one of our best years for minority enrollment,” says Anne Cooper, director of M.B.A. admissions.
Mentors sought for partnership
The Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach formally launched a partnership Aug. 29 with the Clarke County Mentor Program. The purpose of the partnership is to increase the number of UGA faculty, staff and student mentors as well as to advance two major initiatives already in place: the College of Education’s partnership with the Clarke County School District and UGA’s minority recruitment efforts. Currently, there are 128 students and 56 faculty or staff members in the program.
“The mentor program provides children with academic support and positive role models who can help them stay in school,” says Art Dunning, vice president for public service and outreach and associate provost. “It’s important for as many UGA faculty, staff and students as possible to become mentors to help improve the students’ educational opportunities and, over time, start reducing the high school drop-out rate. We are encouraging everyone to make the time to help bring the vast resources of the university to benefit area school children.”
Anyone interested in joining the program can contact Mentor Program Coordinator Trudy Bradley at the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce at 549-6800 or at ccmentorprogram@netscape.net. The next training session is Sept. 11.

Telecommunications prof receives grant
A UGA telecommunications professor has received a grant to study the First Amendment issues surrounding the Internet and cable modems. William Lee will use the $8,000 grant from the Magness Institute at the National Cable Television Center and Museum for a study entitled “Cable Modem Service and the First Amendment.”
“The Internet is regarded by the Supreme Court as a highly protected form of expression, but government policy for cable modem service is unsettled,” says Lee. “This research will examine the First Amendment’s applicability to the blend of cable-Internet services provided by the cable industry.”
This study is a continuation of Lee’s research on the controversy surrounding the recent conflicting rulings in Florida and Oregon regarding “open access,” the practice of allowing independent Internet service providers to use, or “piggy-back” onto, the network systems created by the cable industry. When ISPs have access to these systems the cable modem service provider no longer has complete control over the content that is going out over its own network.
“Government open access policies may deter investment in broadband facilities, which would keep the consumer from being able to connect to the Internet at high speeds and may affect the content that the consumer is able to obtain,” Lee says. “Perhaps the easiest way to think about the First Amendment issues is to consider the right and ability of a company to control how its facilities are used by others, such as unaffiliated ISPs.”

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