Kentucky News - January 8, 2013

State:

• U of L MBA program gets ink in WSJ (Business First of Louisville)
• Franklin-Simpson Schools Looking to Increase Safety (WBKO)
• UK music therapy program hums with excitement (Business Lexington)
• Crowded agenda awaits lawmakers work as 2013 General Assembly gets under way (The Paducah Sun)
• Armed deputies on duty in schools in Ky. county (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Legislative Agenda: How to revamp Kentucky's taxes (WKYT)
• Gov. Steve Beshear Prepared to Call Special Legislative Session to Tackle List of Issues (WFPL)
• HCS hosting two events focused on students' futures (The News Enterprise)
• Growing together (Bowling Green Daily News)

National:

• Lawmakers Gear Up for Action on K-12 Issues (Education Week)
• Consortium Releases Technology Guidelines for Common-Core Tests (Education Week)
• Do Veterans Graduate? (Inside Higher Ed)
• Growth for Online Learning (Inside Higher Ed)
• Efforts to Assign More Doctor-Training Slots to Shortage Areas Have Failed, Study Finds (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Veterans Tell Elite Colleges: 'We Belong' (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• eCornell Offers a MOOC That Steers Students to a For-Credit Follow-Up (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Online Enrollments Grow Again, Though Many Colleges Are Undecided on MOOCs (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)