Kentucky News - January 10, 2012

State:

• Redistricting talks open legislative session (Paducah Sun)
• U of L Hospital again denied merger approval (Business First of Louisville)
• School district outlines funding request to legislators (The Richmond Register)
• 1st year feedback on Ohio's $70m education grant (Cincinnati.com)
• Beshear again rejects U of L hospital merger (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Bill in Kentucky legislature would tie teacher evaluations to student performance (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University Hospital merger again rejected by Gov. Steve Beshear (The Courier-Journal)
• South Heights has 'a procedure we teach for everything we do' (Courier Press)
• Gov. Beshear makes statement regarding University Hospital’s revised merger proposal (The Lane Report)
• Western Kentucky University announces 10-year contract with Coca-Cola (The Lane Report)
• UK professor receives $200,000 Innovative Research Grant from the Arthritis Foundation (The Lane Report)
• Beshear says UofL Hospital in good financial shape, can thrive without merger (cnl2)

National:

• 'U.S. News' Sizes Up Online-Degree Programs, Without Specifying Which Is No. 1 (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Ohio school doubles early decision numbers by promoting value (The Washington Post)
• Virtual College Counseling for $100 an Hour (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)