{"196411":{"#nid":"196411","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Joins ACC Universities to Advocate Federal Support","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EToday in Washington, D.C., representatives from Georgia Tech and other universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) will jointly appeal to members of Congress and the federal government on issues of importance to students, including financial aid and federal funding for research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough a series of briefings and events over two days, the group will cite examples and statistics to illustrate the profound impact Congress can have on higher education, particularly the 270,190 students enrolled in ACC universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe need for sustained research funding from federal agencies is among the highest advocacy priorities. Research programs have proven to positively impact retention, academic performance and graduation rates among students. In fiscal year 2012, federal research funding (about 70 percent of the Institute\u2019s total research expenditures) helped support 2,600 graduate students, nearly 350 postdoctoral researchers and more than 3,000 research and academic faculty members.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, the group will urge lawmakers to maintain the health of student loan programs through low interest rates, and maintain funding for work-study programs and Pell Grants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech participants in the advocacy trip include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMichael Kirka, Graduate Student Government President\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEran Mordel, Undergraduate Student Government President\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlycia Edwards, Georgia Tech student\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBill Schafer, Vice President of Student Affairs\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFatimot Ladipo, Assistant Director of Federal Relations\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAtlantic Coast Conference universities participating include:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EBoston College\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EClemson University\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EFlorida State University\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ENorth Carolina State University\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Maryland\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Miami\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of North Carolina\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Notre Dame\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Pittsburgh\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EUniversity of Virginia\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EVirginia Tech\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EWake Forest University\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Group amplifies importance of financial aid and federal research funding"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERepresentatives from Georgia Tech and other universities in the ACC will jointly appeal to members of Congress and the federal government on issues of importance to students, including financial aid and federal funding for research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27213","created_gmt":"2013-03-04 10:27:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:44","author":"Teri Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-03-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"151171":{"id":"151171","type":"image","title":"Capitol Building - Washington DC","body":null,"created":"1449178848","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:40:48","changed":"1475894784","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:24","alt":"Capitol Building - Washington DC","file":{"fid":"195187","name":"capitol_dc.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":181105,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/capitol_dc_0.jpg?itok=QYkB9UaA"}}},"media_ids":["151171"],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"60321","name":"federal aid"},{"id":"60311","name":"federal research"},{"id":"1411","name":"financial aid"},{"id":"10231","name":"Washington D.C."}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tnagel@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETeri Nagel, Office of Government and Community Relations\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-7656\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}