Hall County is one of Georgia’s fastest-growing counties for high school graduates, according to census data between 2007 and 2011, but the higher education numbers aren’t as high. College enrollment in Northeast Georgia is not where it should be, University of North Georgia President Bonita Jacobs said Tuesday at a meeting of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce’s South Hall Business Coalition. Jacobs, speaking at the Continuing Education Auditorium on the Gainesville campus, said the university, which recently formed from the consolidation of North Georgia College & State University and Gainesville State College, wants to meet that need.
UNG president: Region needs more students

