{"231201":{"#nid":"231201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Obama Cites Georgia Tech\u2019s OMS CS as Future Model of College Affordability","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.omscs.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EOnline Master of Science in Computer Science\u003C\/a\u003E (OMS CS) earned its highest endorsement to date as President Barack Obama cited the program as a nationwide model for controlling the rising costs of higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E****\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/photos-and-video\/video\/2013\/08\/22\/president-obama-speaks-college-affordability\u0022\u003EWatch the full speech here.\u003C\/a\u003E President Obama mentions Georgia Tech at 32:24 mark****\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe College of Computing, in collaboration with \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.udacity.com\u0022\u003EUdacity\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.att.com\u0022\u003EAT\u0026amp;T\u003C\/a\u003E, will offer the degree through the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) delivery format beginning in January 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EObama opened a two-day presidential bus trip on Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y. in part to outline a new federal education plan focused on college affordability. As part of his plan, the president sought to tie federal aid directly to the costs of going to college as well as to student performance at the nation\u2019s colleges and universities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech was among a handful of institutes of higher learning mentioned in Obama\u2019s speech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESpecifically, Obama cited Georgia Tech as \u201ca national leader in computer science\u201d and praised the institute for offering an online master\u0027s degree in computer science \u201cat a fraction of the cost of a traditional class.\u201d He stated further that the coursework promises to maintain Georgia Tech\u2019s rigorous standards while \u201cproducing engineers who are just as good.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gatech.edu\/newsroom\/release.html?nid=231091\u0022\u003EPresident G.P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson\u003C\/a\u003E said schools must provide more affordable educational opportunities for students through technology-assisted education. For Georgia Tech, its OMS CS also helps \u201caddress the nation\u2019s growing shortage of qualified workers in STEM fields and provide promising career opportunities to thousands of students.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cAs one of the leading technological universities in the U.S., Georgia Tech is committed to helping students maximize the value of their educational investment,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cTo this end, we\u2019re implementing measures to help improve college completion rates, control costs, continuously improve quality, and offer online education for lifelong learning.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMS CS) earned its highest endorsement to date as President Barack Obama cited the program as a nationwide model for controlling the rising costs of higher education.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27556","created_gmt":"2013-08-22 16:19:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:14:46","author":"Michaelanne Dye","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-08-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-08-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"}],"categories":[{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"},{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"72181","name":"OMS CS; MOOC; Online Master\u0027s Degree; Computer Science Master\u0027s; Udacity; AT\u0026T; Zvi Galil; Sebastian Thrun; Charles Isbell; President Barack Obama"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}