Kentucky News - January 18, 2012

State:

• Ky. House Education Committee Oks dropout bill (Daily News)
• Bill would require school technology regulations (Daily News)
• Proposal to raise Kentucky's dropout age approved by House panel (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• K-12 schools' funding would revert to 2008 levels; colleges take another hit (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Utah announces presidency finalists (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Beshear proposes $3.5 million in bonds for Lexington to begin Rupp project (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Blue and Gold spirit running high at MSU (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Committee approves dropout bill (The Paducah Sun)
• Beshear's budget cuts per-student funding to 2008 level (The State Journal)
• House committee approves dropout bill (The Courier-Journal)
• Allen Cowan hired to help form vision for Museum Plaza site (The Courier-Journal)
• First lady Jane Beshear urges Kentucky legislature to raise dropout age to 18 (The Republic)
• Governor wants to spend $778M on variety of construction projects, including schools (The Republic)
• Take three -- raising the dropout age to 18 clears House education committee (cnl2)
• First lady Jane Beshear urges Kentucky legislature to raise dropout age to 18 (Daily Journal)
• Governor's Proposed Budget Would Authorize UK to Spend up to $375 Million and Includes $3.5 Million for Downtown (Business Lexington)

National:

• Programs help foster youth achieve college success (USA Today)
• House bill would expand grants to college students (Hampton Roads)
• Class of 2011 earning more than Class of 2010 (Baltimore Sun)
• Robo-Learning and Making Science Fun (New York Times)
• California Leads Nation in Unaccredited Schools, and Enforcement Is Lax (New York Times)
• 5 Colleges to Test Bulk-Purchasing of e-Textbooks in Bid to Rein In Costs (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Despite advances in education, state sill lags in student achievement (Arkansas News)
• Nixon proposes $106 million cut from Missouri higher ed (Kansas City.com)
• Decrease in per-student funding spells trouble for state (Las Vegas Sun)
• Illinois Attorney General Will Sue For-Profit College (Inside Higher Ed)
• Enrollment Up in Professional Science Master's Programs (Inside Higher Ed)