Board of Regents

The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia supervises and regulates the activities of the thirty-two institutions of the University System. Of particular interest and concern to homeschoolers is the fact that the Board of Regents specifies a "college preparatory curriculum" as a requirement for admission, and other admissions requirements. On March 7, 1997, the Board issued a new policy that has a great impact on what homeschoolers must do to gain admission to a USG institution.

HEIR has analyzed the policy and prepared a report about it:
Analysis of Inequities in the Requirements for Admission to the University System of Georgia

A section about the Board of Regents was included in the presentation HEIR gave at the 1997 Harvest Home Fair.

The Board is established in the GA Constitution:

The Board and its staff may be contacted via these links::

Members of the Board of Regents (Five at-large and one per U.S. Congressional District)

Board of Regents' Central Office Staff (incl. Chancellor and the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs)

Below are links to the Board's publications describing their vision, their mission, their operational policies, and their requirements for the USG institutions.

About the Board of Regents

Policy Manual (complete, on-line)

Vision Statement

Guiding Principles for Strategic Action

Strategic Planning Policy Directives

Mission Development and Review Policy Directive

Pre-School-College (P-16) Policy Directive

College Preparatory Curriculum

Policy Directive on Admissions

University System of Georgia

Last updated 10/08/2001

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