University of Georgia will no longer be the biggest college in Georgia


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ATLANTA -- The University of Georgia will no longer be the biggest school in the state following a merger of two Atlanta colleges set in motion Tuesday.

The Board of Regents also voted unanimously to finalize a consolidation begun last year of two Cobb County schools, Kennesaw State University and Southern Polytechnic University.

The new development came with no discussion when the board accepted the staff recommendation to merge Georgia State University with Georgia Perimeter College to form a 54,000-student school that will be the largest in the University System of Georgia. It will eclipse UGA’s 35,000 enrollment.

Georgia State President Mark Becker said the combined school won’t automatically have a greater call on state resources because of its size under the state’s new, graduation-rate appropriations.

“The funding formula in the old days was based on how many students you enrolled, but it also meant you had to pay the bills for supporting all those additional students,â€￾ he said. “The funding formula going forward is going to be based on our recent graduates, so it’s incumbent upon us to take students, whether they start at a perimeter campus or downtown, is to get them through to completion.


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While they are playing, they better watch out for Kennesaw State. They are growing by the minute. I wouldn't be surprised if they hit 30-40k in the next couple of years. They are going to get a lot of new students once that football program gets up and running.
 
There are some (or many) at Southern Polytechnic are not happy about the merger.
 
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