The U.S. News and World Report released its annual rankings of Best Colleges and out of thousands of schools, several Georgia colleges and universities cracked the top 50 in their categories. Each year, the report looks at nearly 1,500 institutions and names the top schools in the National Universities category and National Liberal Arts Colleges as well as schools broken down by regionals. On the list of National Universities, Emory University tied for No. 24 with Georgia Tech not far behind tied at No. 33.
Mar. 10—A Dalton Republican's bill that would have allowed young immigrants who have been granted a reprieve from deportation to pay in-state tuition at Georgia colleges and universities did not meet a key deadline at the statehouse, in part due to opposition from his county's GOP. Rep. Kasey Carpenter's bill to allow the immigrants to be eligible for in-state tuition at some Georgia colleges .