Championing Academic Quality in the 性视界APP

Academic Affairs promotes and ensures academic quality in the University of System of Georgia. The various departments within Academic Affairs work closely with USG institutions to ensure that the citizens of Georgia can pursue further studies from a rich variety of high-quality academic programs -- undergraduate, graduate, and professional -- to meet their interests and lifelong career needs. Through the creation of policies and collaborative work, Academic Affairs advises and provides leadership on all academic-related areas to the members of the System. Academic Affairs promotes excellence in the classroom, drives innovation in delivery and pedagogy, and supports quality instruction and curriculum across the state. With key responsibility for academic and student affairs policy and guidance, as well as opportunity to advance innovation and excellence in key areas, the office supports collaborative activities on campuses that advance the System's core mission.

Meet Dr. Costas Spirou

Dr. Costas Spirou currently serves as Interim Chief Academic Officer for the 性视界APP (USG). Working closely with the USG’s 26 public colleges and universities, he oversees the system’s academic enterprise, which includes academic innovation, student affairs and enrollment management, student access and success initiatives, faculty development, academic collaborative programs, distance education, academic libraries, the Georgia Film Academy, the Georgia Public Library Service, and the Georgia Archives. Spirou was previously Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Georgia College & State University where he holds a faculty appointment in the College of Arts and Sciences.

In 2017, Dr. Spirou was named a Fellow by the American Council of Education and spent the 2017-2018 academic year in the Office of the Provost at Georgia Tech. His research interests and scholarship center on public policy and mayoral leadership, economic development and higher education, urban affairs and governance. He has also written about downtown revival, the politics of stadiums and convention centers, and urban tourism. Dr. Spirou has authored or co-authored six books, most recently, Anchoring Innovation Districts: The Entrepreneurial University and Urban Change (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021); The Many Futures of Work: Rethinking Expectations and Breaking Molds (Temple University Press, ed. 2021); and Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago (Cornell University Press, 2016). He is editor of the Johns Hopkins University Press “Higher Education and the City” book series and holds a PhD from Loyola University Chicago.

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