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The University System of Georgia (USG) is the organization

Organization

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al body that includes 35 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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of Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

. The System is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents

Georgia Board of Regents

The Georgia Board of Regents oversees the University System of Georgia as part of the state government of Georgia in the United States. The University System of Georgia is composed of all state public institutions of higher education.-History:...

. It sets goals and dictates general policy

Policy

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to education

Education

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al institutions as well as administering Public Library Service of the state which includes 58 public library systems. The USG also dispenses public funds (allocated by the state's legislature

Georgia General Assembly

The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, being composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate....

) to the institutions but not the lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship

HOPE Scholarship

The HOPE Scholarship Program created in 1993 under the supervision of Georgia Governor Zell Miller, is a merit-based higher education scholarship that is funded entirely by revenue from the Georgia Lottery and is administered by the Georgia Student Finance Commission...

. The USG is the fourth largest university system in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

by total student enrollment, with 311,442 students in 35 public institutions. The three larger systems are the University System of Ohio

University System of Ohio

The University System of Ohio is the public university system of the state of Ohio. Legally unified under Governor Ted Strickland in 2007, the University System of Ohio is governed by the Ohio Board of Regents....

, State University of New York

State University of New York

The State University of New York, abbreviated SUNY , is a system of public institutions of higher education in New York, United States. It is the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States, with a total enrollment of 465,000 students, plus...

, and California State University

California State University

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History

The University System of Georgia was created with the passage of the Reorganization Act of 1931 by the Georgia General Assembly

Georgia General Assembly

The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, being composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate....

in 1931. The Reorganization Act created a Board of Regents to oversee the state's colleges and universities and the 26 boards of trustees that had provided oversight over the various institutions before passage of the act. The Board of Regents officially took office on January 1, 1932, and consisted of eleven members to be appointed by the Governor of Georgia pending approval from the Georgia Senate

Georgia Senate

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. The Governor held an ex officio position on the Board. The regents were to elect a chairman and select a secretary One regent was appointed from each of Georgia's ten congressional districts

Georgia's congressional districts

After the 2000 Census, the State of Georgia was divided into 13 Congressional Districts, increasing from 11 due to reapportionment. The state was redistricted again in 2005, although the number of districts has remained thirteen....

and the eleventh member was chosen at large.

Governor Richard Russell, Jr.'s

Richard Russell, Jr.

Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician from the southeastern state of Georgia. He served as state governor from 1931 to 1933 and United States senator from 1933 to 1971....

, initial appointees included Cason Callaway, Martha Berry

Martha Berry

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, Richard Russell, Sr.

Richard Russell, Sr.

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(the governor's father), George C. Woodruff

George Cecil Woodruff

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, W.D. Anderson, Earle Cocke, Sr. and Philip Weltner. Anderson was elected chairman, Weltner vice-chairman and Cocke was appointed as the secretary/treasurer. Prior to the Reorganization Act, Georgia university chief executives held the title of chancellor; however, after the Act, University heads were given the title of president and a new chancellor position was created. The USG chancellor was selected and overseen by the board. At the request of the regents, Charles Snelling

Charles Melton Snelling

Charles Mercer Snelling was the Chancellor of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia from 1925 to 1932 and the first Chancellor of the University System of Georgia...

, the presiding head of the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...

(UGA), stepped down from his position at UGA to become the initial chancellor of the entire system.

The 1932 Annual Report for the Board stated outstanding debts of $1,074,415. Over the next few years the USG endeavored to transform the state's institutions of higher learning, reorganizing schools, merging and closing others and transforming course offerings and curriculum.

List of institutions

Institution	Location	Founded	USG Designation	President	Enrollment (Fall 2010)	Budget (FY 2011)
Total Total -Mathematics:Total, the summation of a set of numbers Total function, a type of partial function in mathematics* Total order, a common total relation in mathematics* Total relation, a type of binary relation in mathematics-Business and enterprise:...					311,442
Georgia Health Sciences University	Augusta	1828	Research University	Ricardo Azziz	2,927	$653,534,600
Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...	Atlanta	1885	Research University	G. P. "Bud" Peterson	20,721	$1,096,344,600
Georgia State University Georgia State University Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...	Atlanta	1913	Research University	Mark P. Becker	31,533	$654,750,400
University of Georgia University of Georgia The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...	Athens	1785	Research University	Michael F. Adams	34,677	$1,149,539,800
Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University is a national public university located on a campus in Statesboro, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1906, it is part of the University System of Georgia and is the largest center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia offering 117 academic majors in a comprehensive...	Statesboro	1906	Regional University	Brooks A. Keel	19,691	$279,184,200
Valdosta State University Valdosta State University Valdosta State University, also referred to as VSU, or Valdosta State, is an American public university and is one of the two regional universities in the University System of Georgia. Valdosta State is located on a campus at the heart of the city of Valdosta...	Valdosta	1906	Regional University	Louis H. Levy (Interim)	12,898	$190,057,400
Albany State University Albany State University Albany State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university located in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is one of three HBCU's in the University System of Georgia.-History:-Establishment:...	Albany	1903	State University	Everette J. Freeman	4,653	$69,999,200
Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong Atlantic State University, also referred to as Armstrong Atlantic, Armstrong, or simply AASU, is a four-year public university part of the University System of Georgia. It is located on a campus in suburban Savannah, Georgia, United States...	Savannah	1935	State University	Linda M. Bleicken	7,682	$90,339,800
Augusta State University Augusta State University Augusta State University is a public university located in Augusta, Georgia, United States and is the oldest institution in the state of Georgia ....	Augusta	1785	State University	William A. Bloodworth	6,919	$82,941,700
Clayton State University Clayton State University Clayton State University is a public university in Morrow, Georgia, with 6,785 students. Clayton State University is a part of the University System of Georgia....	Morrow	1969	State University	Thomas J. "Tim" Hines	6,604	$85,091,200
Columbus State University Columbus State University Columbus State University is a public institution of higher learning located in Columbus, Georgia. Founded as Columbus College in 1958, the university was established and is administered by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, and is fully accredited by the Commission on...	Columbus	1958	State University	Timothy S. Mescon	8,298	$103,430,600
Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University is a historically black university located in Fort Valley, Georgia. It is also a unit of the University System of Georgia and a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund...	Fort Valley	1895	State University	Larry Rivers	3,728	$78,714,600
Georgia College & State University Georgia College & State University Georgia College & State University is a public liberal arts university in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, with approximately 7,000 students...	Milledgeville	1889	State University	Stas Preczewski (Interim)	6,737	$111,217,500
Georgia Southwestern State University Georgia Southwestern State University Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia, is a school in the University System of Georgia.-The College of Arts and Sciences:The College of Arts and Sciences at GSW offers undergraduate degrees in art Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Georgia, is a school in the...	Americus	1906	State University	Kendall Blanchard	3,037	$39,497,400
Kennesaw State University Kennesaw State University Kennesaw State University, also referred to as KSU, Kennesaw, or Kennesaw State, is a public, coeducational, comprehensive university that is part of the University System of Georgia. The university's main campus is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, United States, approximately north of Atlanta...	Kennesaw	1963	State University	Daniel S. Papp	23,452	$303,761,900
North Georgia College & State University	Dahlonega	1873	State University	Bonita Jacobs	5,912	$84,442,100
Savannah State University Savannah State University Savannah State University is a four-year, state-supported, historically black university located in Savannah, Georgia. Savannah State holds the distinction as the oldest public historically black university in Georgia...	Savannah	1890	State University	Cheryl D. Dozier (Interim)	4,080	$76,627,100
Southern Polytechnic State University Southern Polytechnic State University Southern Polytechnic State University is a public, co-educational state university located in Marietta, Georgia, USA just northwest of Atlanta...	Marietta	1948	State University	Lisa A. Rossbacher	5,514	$74,296,900
University of West Georgia University of West Georgia The University of West Georgia is a comprehensive doctoral-granting university in Carrollton, Georgia, approximately 45 miles west of Atlanta, Georgia. The University is built on 645 acres including a recent land gift of 246 acres from the city of Carrollton in 2003...	Carrollton	1906	State University	Beheruz Sethna	11,283	$149,297,000
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is a State College of the University System of Georgia. Located in Tifton, Georgia, ABAC offers baccalaureate and associate degrees...	Tifton	1908	Four-Year State College	David C. Bridges	3,284	$37,208,100
Atlanta Metropolitan College Atlanta Metropolitan College Atlanta Metropolitan College is a State College in the University System of Georgia.Located along the Metropolitan Parkway corridor in southwest Atlanta, Atlanta Metropolitan College is now a four-year urban, commuter campus providing an affordable education to students who primarily come from...	Atlanta	1974	Four-Year State College	Gary McGaha	3,037	$29,435,400
College of Coastal Georgia	Brunswick	1961	Four-Year State College	Valerie A. Hepburn	3,438	$38,639,200
Dalton State College Dalton State College Dalton State College, also referred to as DSC or Dalton State, is one of eight state colleges in the University System of Georgia; it is also one of four University System units with a Technical Division supervised by the separate Technical College System of Georgia...	Dalton	1963	Four-Year State College	John O. Schwenn	5,988	$46,953,500
Darton College Darton College Darton College is now a four-year state college unit of the University System of Georgia, located in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, U.S. The college has 84 two-year transfer and career associate degrees and 49 certificate programs.- History :...	Albany	1963	Four-Year State College	Peter J. Sireno	5,879	$41,137,600
East Georgia College East Georgia College East Georgia College is a state college of the University System of Georgia. Located in the rural city of Swainsboro, the college serves Emanuel, Bulloch, and surrounding counties throughout east-central and southeast Georgia.-History:...	Swainsboro	1973	Four-Year State College	John B. Black	3,063	$22,457,700
Gainesville State College Gainesville State College Gainesville State College is a state college of the University System of Georgia serving northeast Georgia since 1964. The Gainesville State College Gainesville Campus, located 45 miles northeast of Atlanta and six miles southwest of downtown Gainesville in Oakwood, is on Georgia State Route 53...	Gainesville	1964	Four-Year State College	Martha T. Nesbitt	8,883	$68,301,000
Georgia Gwinnett College	Lawrenceville	2005	Four-Year State College	Daniel J. Kaufman	5,380	$65,106,000
Georgia Highlands College Georgia Highlands College Georgia Highlands College, commonly known as Georgia Highlands, is a two-year community college associate degree-granting unit of the University System of Georgia, and located in Rome, Georgia, USA; with satellite campuses in Heritage Hall, Rome, Georgia; Cartersville, Georgia; Marietta, GA;...	Rome	1970	Four-Year State College	J. Randy Pierce	5,235	$37,239,900
Georgia Perimeter College Georgia Perimeter College Georgia Perimeter College is a two-year associate degree-granting unit of the University System of Georgia. In May 2011, the state Board of Regents approved two bachelor's programs: a Bachelor of Arts in Sign Language Interpreting and a Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics...	Decatur	1964	Four-Year State College	Anthony B. Tricoli	25,113	$159,008,600
Gordon College Gordon College (Georgia) Gordon College, a four-year state college in the University System of Georgia, is located in Barnesville, Georgia. Gordon's college year is made up of three 15-week academic semesters: fall, spring, and summer. Enrollment at Gordon College for the 2010 fall semester is around 4,500 students, with...	Barnesville	1852	Four-Year State College	Shelley C. Nickel (interim)	5,009	$45,906,000
Macon State College Macon State College Macon State College, formerly Macon College and Macon Junior College, is a four-year, residential, baccalaureate degree institution of the University System of Georgia located in Macon, Georgia with a satellite campus in Warner Robins, Georgia, as well as the Robins Resident Center, located on...	Macon	1965	Four-Year State College	Jeffery S. Allbritten	6,232	$54,824,800
Middle Georgia College Middle Georgia College Middle Georgia College is a publicly supported, residential,charter unit of the University System of Georgia, in the city Cochran in the U.S. state of Georgia. Founded in 1884, the school is the oldest two-year college in the United States. It is currently being transformed into a 4 year college...	Cochran	1884	Four-Year State College	W. Michael Stoy	3,496	$49,665,800
South Georgia College South Georgia College South Georgia College is a two-year, state-supported, residential junior college located in Douglas, Georgia, United States.-Affiliation/Accreditation:...	Douglas	1906	Four-Year State College	Virginia M. Carson	2,214	$24,561,300
Bainbridge College Bainbridge College Bainbridge College is a 2-year, Community College in the University System of Georgia. For more than 30 years, Bainbridge College has provided higher education to the residents of southwest Georgia...	Bainbridge	1970	Two-Year College	Richard A. Carvajal	3,736	$32,713,200
Waycross College Waycross College Waycross College, a two-year unit of the University System of Georgia, exists to provide programs of higher education for citizens of the immediate and surrounding communities...	Waycross	1976	Two-Year College	Mary Ellen Wilson (Interim)	1,109	$9,661,000
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Skidaway Institute of Oceanography The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is an internationally renowned marine science research institute located on the northern end of Skidaway Island near Savannah, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1968, it is part of the University System of Georgia as an independent research unit...	Savannah	1968	Independent Research Unit	James G. Sanders		$6,605,000

This institution is in the process of transitioning from two-year college status to four-year college status.

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