Kentucky News - January 24, 2012

State:

• Postsecondary ed council receiving $720K grant
  • Cincinnati.com
  • Herald-Dispatch
  • Herald-Leader
  • I4U News
  • LEX18
  • News-Enterprise
  • WBKO
  • WCHSTV
  • WHOITV
  • WSMV
• KY CPE Gets $720,000 Grant to Bolster College Readiness
  • Lane Report
  • SurfKY
• Kentucky CPE gets $720,000 grant to bolster college readiness initiatives
  • WSON
• University of Kentucky Launches "Empowered" – Interactive Energy Monitoring System (Business Lexington)
• UK: Gatton MBA programs hold open house on Jan. 25 for prospective students (The Lane Report)
• High tech studies come to rural Kentucky (Kypost.com)
• Officials work to prevent student confinement (Kypost.com)
• Old library renovations slated to begin Monday (The State Journal)
• Cherry picking and charter schools (The Richmond Register)
• Model Laboratory School: Hong Kong exchange program gives students 'unique cultural experience' (The Richmond Register)
• Proposal to make UPike a state school meets some opposition in Eastern Ky. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky education ranks 14th in survey (Daily News)
• Merlene Davis: With a higher education, most dreams are possible (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Endowment board seeks applications (The Paducah Sun)
• Across the University 1/18/2012 (The Northerner)
• Diddle Arena the focus of Army ROTC grant (WKU Herald)
• SGA continues work on safe rides program (WKU Herald)
• WKUPD officer saves student from choking (WKU Herald)
• WKU students find opportunities teaching in the classroom (WKU Herald)
• WKU changes admission requirements (WKU Herald)
• WKU could lose $5 million in funding (WKU Herald)
• Student Government secures DC internships for UK students, providing stipends (The Kentucky Kernel)
• WKU Officials say no Hiring Freeze will be Implemented (WKYU)
• 3 Educators Chosen For Teacher Hall Of Fame (LEX18.com)
• Kentucky governor's budget proposal cuts education and public services, but gives Noah's Ark theme park $43 million tax break (God Discussion.com)

National:

• The Forgotten Middle Class (Inside Higher Ed)
• College students face stiff competition for financial aid (USA Today)
• A Controversial Credential (Inside Higher Ed)
• Kentucky Cuts Education; Preserves Tax Breaks For Creationist Theme Park (Forbes.com)
• Bills advance for Va. active-duty military students (Hampton Roads)
• After Hardship and Homelessness, National Science Fair Honors (New York Times)
• Tenured Professor Departs Stanford U., Hoping to Teach 500,000 Students at Online Start-Up (The Chronicle)
• Senator Targets For-Profit Colleges' Reliance on Federal Money and Aggressive Recruiting of Veterans (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• What Chief Executives Earn at For-Profit Colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Colleges Can Take 4 Steps to Assure Quality, Group Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Higher Ed Groups Back Guidelines for Student Learning (Inside Higher Ed)