Kentucky News - February 1, 2013

State:

• Kentucky Editorial Roundup: Degree usually worth the cost (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Applications accepted for university boards and Governor's Council on Postsecondary Education (Surfky)
• Spreading the word about test scores key for realistic expectations (The Paducah Sun)
• Online learning: Is it a viable alternative for you? (The Paducah Sun)
• Camden-Carroll Library awarded NEH collection (The Morehead News)
• BREAKING: Provost announces retirement (The Northerner)
• University welcomes Qingdao staff (The News)
• New, planned residence halls officially named (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Value-added grading scale system could be enacted this fall (WKU Herald)
• Kentucky education bills would address dropout age and college funding (The Courier-Journal)

National:

• For-Profit Art Academy Cited for Land-Use Violations (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• STEM Interest on Rise Among High Schoolers, Report Finds (Education Week)