Kentucky News - January 27, 2012

State:

• CPE President Says Higher Tuition Won’t Make Up for Budget Cuts (WFPL.org)
• Kentucky lawmakers warned of tuition hikes under budget cuts (The Courier-Journal)
• Contract awarded to study feasibility and impact of a state-owned University of Pikeville (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• State awards contract to study University of Pikeville issue (The Courier-Journal)
• Pikeville move could affect WKU budget (WKU Herald)
• State must broaden its tax base (Messenger-Inquirer)
• College readiness attracts students, families (The Paducah Sun)
• Obama to target rising college tuition costs (Kypost.com)
• Kentucky voices: UK must advance alternative energies (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Education Abroad becomes broader with renovated Resource Center (The Kentucky Kernel)
• President of ACTC Retiring in June (WSAZ.com)
• UK's new operating rooms prepped and ready (Business Lexington)
• Region's first robotic hybrid operating room to open at UK Chandler Hospital (The Lane Report)

National:

• Community colleges welcome Obama's challenge (USA Today)
• President Obama: 'Higher education can't be a luxury - it is an economic imperative' (Ann Arbor.com)
• Obama College Aid Proposal Puts a Focus on Affordability (The New York Times)
• Group Seeking to Rank Teacher-Preparation Programs Sues U. of Wisconsin for Data (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Part-time students outnumber full-timers at two year colleges (Arkansas News)
• Funding In IOUs (Inside Higher Ed)