Kentucky News - January 20, 2012

State:

• Eastern Ky officials upset over proposed college move, say coal funds better used elsewhere (The Republic)
• Plan to turn University of Pikeville into state university gets support from KY chamber of commerce (WOWKTV)
• Lawmakers pass legislative redistricting plan (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson to speak at U of L (Courier-Journal)
• Paul talks about changes to NCLB (Glasgow Daily Times)
• Kentucky jobless rate falls to 9.1 percent (Herald-Leader)
• Senate redistricting 'a display of arrogance, bullying' (Herald-Leader)
• Redistricting: Political games still being played (Richmond Register)
• Student aboard Costa Concordia prepares for return to EKU (Richmond Register)
• 'Inadequate': State will continue to tread water under proposed budget (Daily Independent)
• A partnership: Deal strengthens plans for Paintsville pharmacy school (Daily Independent)
• Complete text of governor's budget address (Morehead News)
• KSU Awarded $100,000 To Support Student Success (Kentucky State University News)
• Gov. Beshear recommends 6.4% education cut (The News)
• Kentucky high schooler presents medical research at world’s largest mathematics meeting (Lane Report)
• WKU's 26,000 sq. ft. Music Hall to open for spring semester (Lane Report)
• Eighth Annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky award winners announced (Lane Report)
• Potential Impact on Eastern (WEKU)
• Final Legislative Action on Boundaries (WEKU)
• Three education partnership projects at UK receive postsecondary education grants (Ky Forward)
• NKU’s Carol Cornell inducted into Ky. Small Business Development Center (Ky Forward)

National:

• Apple's Faculty: Colleges excited as their iTunes classes go live (Inside Higher Education)
• Apple's Higher Ed Play: Tech giant unveils iBooks 2, iBook Author, and upgraded iTunes U (Inside Higher Education)
• Eastern Promises (Inside Higher Education)
• Libraries: A Paper Wikipedia (Inside Higher Education)
• Too Many Hats? (Inside Higher Education)
• Panel Debates How to Measure Quality in Teacher Training (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Apple's New E-Textbook Platform Enters an Already Crowded Field (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Recipe for Start-Ups: Sabbaticals, Tenure Credit for Patents, and a Dash of 'Disorder' (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• A Sharper Mind, Middle Age and Beyond (New York Times)
• Common App 4.0 (New York Times)
• Government seeks help to stop teacher-led cheating (USA Today)
• Programs help foster youth achieve college success (USA Today)