Georgia State University, an enterprising public research university in the heart of Atlanta, is a national leader in graduating students from diverse backgrounds. Its location in downtown Atlanta provides its more than 32,000 students with unsurpassed connections to the city’s business, government, nonprofit and cultural communities as well as opportunities in an environment of varied ideas, cultures, ages, lifestyles and experiences. Atlanta, home to more than a dozen headquarters of Fortune 500 companies, provides Georgia State’s faculty with an urban laboratory, enabling them to draw creative inspiration and address critical societal issues locally and in cities around the world.
Georgia State has a university-wide commitment to student advising and attention to student progress to graduation. The university is nationally recognized as a leader in creating innovative approaches that foster the success of students from all academic, socio-economic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. Georgia State is one of a handful of large institutions nationwide using new technology to track students from the moment they arrive on campus until they graduate to ensure progress. With the university’s early warning tracking system, struggling students get the intervention they need to get back on track, improve or change their academic path. Georgia State is among the most diverse universities in the nation and is a recognized leader in graduating students from diverse socio-economic, racial and ethnic backgrounds.
The university’s 10-yearstrategic plan, introduced in 2011, aims to enhance research and discovery, in part by implementing a five–year hiring initiative to build scholarly strength around interdisciplinary research themes. It also focuses on efforts to make the university a leader in undergraduate student success and puts renewed emphasis on improving graduate education. The plan emphasizes the university’s commitment to addressing issues and problems confronting cities around the globe, and establishes as a priority the institution’s initiatives to extend its global involvement and influence.
Georgia State, founded in 1913 and celebrating its centennial in 2013, is central to the revitalization of downtown Atlanta, expanding its campus and building a more robust student residential community. More than 4,000 students now live in residence halls on a campus that once served commuting students exclusively. Its efforts to enhance student life and campus involvement included the introduction of a Division 1 football program in 2010 and membership in the Sun Belt athletic conference of the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision in 2013.
The university offers 55undergraduate and graduate degree programs in more than 250 fields of study in its eight academic colleges and schools, the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Law and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. Its recently established Honors College attracts students with outstanding academic credentials.
佐治亚州立大学是一所位于亚特兰大市中心、富有进取精神的公立研究型大学，在帮助多元背景学生完成学业方面处于全国领先地位。该校坐落于亚特兰大市中心，为超过32,000名学生提供了与当地商业、政府、非营利组织及文化团体无与伦比的联系机会，同时也在多元思想、文化、年龄层次、生活方式和经验值的环境中创造发展机遇。亚特兰大作为十余家财富500强企业总部所在地，为佐治亚州立大学的教职人员提供了一个城市实验室，使他们能够从中汲取创新灵感，并解决当地乃至全球各城市面临的关键社会问题。佐治亚州立大学全校上下致力于学生辅导工作，密切关注学生学业进展直至毕业。该校因开创性地采用多种创新方法，助力来自不同学术、社会经济、种族和民族背景的学生取得成功而享誉全美。作为全国少数几所运用新技术全程追踪学生从入学到毕业全过程的大型高校之一，佐治亚州立大学确保每位学子学业稳步推进。通过学校的早期预警追踪系统，学业困难的学生能及时获得针对性干预，从而重回正轨、提升成绩或调整学术方向。佐治亚州立大学是美国校园多样性最突出的高校之一，在帮助不同社会经济地位、种族和民族背景的学生完成学业方面处于公认的领先地位。该大学于2011年推出的十年战略规划旨在加强研究与探索，部分措施包括实施为期五年的招聘计划，围绕跨学科研究主题构建学术实力。规划还着重推动大学成为本科生培养的领军者，并重新强调改善研究生教育。该战略强调大学致力于解决全球城市面临的各种挑战，并将扩大学校的全球参与度和影响力列为优先发展事项。乔治亚州立大学创立于1913年，2013年正值其百年校庆，该校在亚特兰大市中心复兴计划中扮演核心角色，通过扩建校园和建设更具活力的学生住宿社区推动区域发展。如今已有超过4000名学生入住校内宿舍，而这里曾仅服务于走读学生。为提升学生校园生活品质与参与度，该校2010年增设了美国大学体育协会一级橄榄球项目，并于2013年加入太阳带体育联盟，成为NCAA橄榄球碗分区成员。该大学下设八大学院，包括安德鲁·杨政策研究学院、伯丁·F·刘易斯护理与健康职业学院、文理学院、教育学院、法学院以及J·麦克·罗宾逊商学院，提供55个本科及研究生学位项目，涵盖250多个研究领域。新近成立的荣誉学院专门招收学术成绩优异的学生。