Two year colleges, tech schools could merge

A panel appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue to study streamlining Georgia’s education system has recommended moving two-year colleges out of the control of the Board of Regents to the Department of Technical and Adult Education which runs the state’s tech schools.Gordon is one of several two-year schools now offering a limited number of four year degrees which may exempt it from the change if it is implemented. Such a move could deal a severe blow to Gordon’s plans to become a full, four-year state college.The committee’s report has gone to Perdue but it is unclear if he will attempt to implement all or parts of it.More on this story from Harris Blackwood of the Gainesville Times: http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/article/13297/