Kentucky News - January 19, 2012

State:

• Capilouto concerned over possible $19-million loss in state funding (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Beshear budget could survive largely intact (Courier-Journal)
• SGA organizes rally in response to possible tuition hikes (The Kentucky Kernel)
• UK provost a finalist for top University of Utah job (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Movement aims to prevent cervical cancer, via vaccine (The Kentucky Kernel)
• New dorm could replace Haggin Field (The Kentucky Kernel)
• The Hive unifies A&S department (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Attendance policies vary across campus (The Eastern Progress)
• Kentucky’s ‘fiscal reality’ brings budget cuts (The Eastern Progress)
• Bidding for construction of new upper-classmen dorm opens Jan. 25 (The Eastern Progress)
• WKU Regents to discuss academic programs, university budget (WKU Herald)
• Mixup prevents campus alert system from being activated during storm (WKU Herald)
• President Ramsey receives 25 percent pay increase (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Downtown TIF zones encourage U of L to invest (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Editorial | Severe austerity (The Courier-Journal)
• Winters: Senate moves on important bills (Murray Ledger & Times)
• MSU would lose $2.8 million in Beshear budget (Morehead State University)
• MSU leadership program represented at Kansas City (The Paducah Sun)
• Board position remains vacant (The Richmond Register)
• Kenton County Schools to launch innovation academies (Kypost.com)
• U of L determining tuition increase amid budget cuts (Business First of Louisville)
• House passes bill to allow ads on school buses (Daily News)

National:

• The Board of Regents name two finalists for next president of U. (Deseret News)
• Report Shows 43,000 Americans Pursue Degrees Elsewhere (Inside Higher Ed)
• Pulling for Better E-Textbook Prices (Inside Higher Ed)
• Proposal raises dropout age to 18 (Delaware Online)
• Chancellor vows to squeeze costs, tech schools to close campuses (Augusta.com)
• Upward Bound Advocates Call for ‘Corrections’ to Report on Program’s Outcomes (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• With NSF Support, Research Moves Into Science Labs of 2-Year Colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)