Kentucky News - January 5, 2012

State:

• Pam Miller named chair of Council on Postsecondary Education (The Lane Report)
• Ex-mayor of Lexington becomes head of state education council (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Gov. Beshear, college leaders meet to discuss Pikeville's future (The Courier-Journal)
• Teachers make grade through certification (The Courier-Journal)
• Science is the focus in pilot class (The Courier-Journal)
• School to soon offer adult Latin class (The Paducah Sun)
• Greenup teachers, students endorse new math approach (Daily Independent)
• UK to help survey horse population in Kentucky (Kypost.com)
• UK soil scientists increase wheat yields through better use of nitrogen (The Lane Report)
• Proposal would use coal severance tax revenue to make University of Pikeville state school (The Republic)
• 7 education groups weigh in on Ky. school funding (The Courier-Journal)
• Semonin to house offices at U of L’s Shelby Campus (Business First)
• ACTC's wind turbine smooth in generating electricity (Daily Independent)
• Education coalition speaks its mind in Frankfort (Daily Independent)
• Faculty member charters new veterinary technology specialty (The Morehead News)
• UK proposes N. Ky. art trail (NKY.com)
• Coalition: State support for Kentucky's public schools has fallen (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• The Kentucky Arts council awards grants for school programs (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky education groups fight funding cuts (The Courier-Journal)
• Embracing the three E's (Business Lexington)
• UK Historic Preservation studio proposes Art Trail for Northern Kentucky (The Lane Report)
• Education groups lobby for funds (Messenger-Inquirer)

National:

• Confucius Says ... (Inside Higher Ed)
• Online School Helps Grown-Ups Finish College (NPR)
• Teachers Resist High-Tech Push in Idaho Schools (The New York Times)
• The Kentucky Advantage (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• While Tuition Revenue Climbs, Discounts Do Too, Moody's Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Lawmaker: 8 Georgia college campuses could merge into 4 (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.com)
• Georgetown Study Sheds Light on College Majors and Employability (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)
• For-Profit College Students Face Higher Debt, More Unemployment, Report Finds (Huffington Post.com)