Kentucky News - January 29, 2013

State:

• Education Pays (Daily Independent)
• Records shine light on WKCTC dismissals (The Paducah Sun)
• Ky. School Boards Insurance Trust to end in June (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Some worry privatization could end UK's effort to use locally grown food (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Governor's School for Entrepreneurs to welcome its first class in June (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Herald-Leader wins Kentucky Press Association's top award (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• JCTC to open small-business and entrepreneurship center (Business First of Louisville)
• University of Kentucky | 3 self-financed buildings are a vote for our future (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky State University | Graduation will be made more attainable (The Courier-Journal)
• College students develop apps to help kids master algebra (The Courier-Journal)
• KSU preparing for change (The State Journal)
• Charter schools aren't right for Kentucky (The State Journal)
• Final VP Student Affairs candidate talks with NKU (The Northerner)
• Board of Regents approves Petrino's contract (WKU Herald)
• Regents Notebook: Beginning-of-year updates bring Regents up to speed (WKU Herald)
• WKU seeking to improve walkability near campus (WKU Herald)
• WKU “re-gifts” 20 acres to Hardin County Schools (WKU Herald)
• New classes announced at OCTC (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Learning curve: Universities seeing increased enrollment among older students in wake of tough economy (Business First of Louisville)
• Health care industry particularly attractive to returning students (Business First of Louisville)
• The Medical Center - WKU Health Sciences Complex Taking Shape (WBKO)
• Now competing with pension system for dollars, UofL's Ramsey once backed shorting the system (CN2)
• WKU Provost Wants School to Offer Classes "On Demand" (WKYUFM)
• WKU Faculty Regent: Increased Spending on Athletics, Petrino Contract "Very Troubling" (WKYUFM)
• WKU Regents approve transfer of acreage to Hardin Schools (Columbia Magazine)

National:

• Revolution Hits the Universities (The New York Times)
• Teachers flip for 'flipped learning' class model (USA Today)
• Study: Nearly half are overqualified for their jobs (USA Today)
• The Object Formerly Known as the Textbook (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Pay Nothing? Easier Said Than Done (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Millions of Graduates Hold Jobs That Don't Require a College Degree, Report Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Education Dept.’s Guidance on Disabled Athletes Could Lead to Changes in College Sports (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• How Much Admission Misreporting? (Inside Higher Ed)
• We Need More Than STEM (Inside Higher Ed)
• Grand Canyon's DREAMers (Inside Higher Ed)
• The College Grad/Employment Mismatch (Inside Higher Ed)