Kentucky News - January 16, 2013

State:

• U of L gets $6 million for scholarships, passes $750 million fund-raising milestone (Business First of Louisville)
• Danville school to get $4 million upgrade (Business First of Louisville)
• Spencerian College accused of violating consumer-protection laws (The Courier-Journal)
• Victims, suspect in Hazard, Kentucky school shooting identified (The Courier-Journal)
• University of Louisville receives $3 million gift (The Courier-Journal)
• 12-year-old critical after Hazard shooting; couple had recently broken up (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UofL passes $750 million in fundraising effort (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• WKU prof publishes book for teachers (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Six ACS students named district Governor’s Scholars (Bowling Green Daily News)
• University of Louisville passes $750 million in fundraising effort (The Paducah Sun)
• York named vice chairman of education committeee (Daily Independent)
• UofL gets $6 million for student scholarships; capital campaign passes $750 million milestone (The Lane Report)
• Education Group Continues Teacher Study (WBKO)
• Web Extra: WKU President Ransdell on Role of Athletics at University (WKYUFM)
• WKU President Discusses Higher Ed Funding, University Construction Costs, Tuition Hikes (WKYUFM)
• Tennessee Given New Higher Education Goal, Adviser (WKYUFM)
• UK Confucius Institute recognized internationally (The Kentucky Kernel)

National:

• Two Surrender After Kentucky Community College Shooting That Left At Least Two Dead (International Business Times)
• California State U. Will Experiment With Offering Credit for MOOCs (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Shootings Stun 2 Colleges (Inside Higher Ed)
• Hefty Fine in NYIT Partnership (Inside Higher Ed)
• Playing Different Games (Inside Higher Ed)
• As California Goes? (Inside Higher Ed)
• Gallup: Student Engagement Drops With Each Grade (Education Week)
• A Hidden Supply of High-Achieving, Low-Income Students in Non-Metro Areas (Education Week)