Kentucky News - February 2, 2012

State:

• Project Read helps student turn the page (The Richmond Register)
• GE Foundation gives $18M to improve education (Cincinnati.com)
• University of Kentucky: Pharmacy faculty and student to receive prestigious awards (The Lane Report)
• New program ‘connects the dots’ between freshmen, graduation (The Eastern Progress)
• EKU Craft Center (The Eastern Progress)
• Iraq war sees end, student vets transition to new beginnings (The Eastern Progress)
• Mayor signs TRiO proclamation (The News.org)
• Kentucky ag students prepare for industry test this month (Farm World Online)
• Education budget cuts would delay overhaul of curriculum and testing (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• For-profit college regulatory bill proceeds to House (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• House bill seeks better oversight of for-profit colleges (The Courier-Journal)
• House panel backs bill to give school districts flexibility on some regulations (The Courier-Journal)
• KSU hands out free tickets to 'Red Tails' (The State Journal)
• Murray student selected for state council (The Paducah Sun)
• MSU to open Veterans Resource Center (Morehead State University News)
• Education: States should do more to reach students (Messenger-Inquirer)

National:

• Community colleges a strong alternative for career changers (The Denver Post)
• Big Data's Arrival (Inside Higher Ed)
• Official: White House Path on College Affordability Not Fully Mapped Out (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)
• No Money Down! (Inside Higher Ed)
• Make It Mandatory? (Inside Higher Ed)
• Teaching Teachers (Inside Higher Ed)
• N.J. school test results show low-income urban students continue to struggle (New Jersey Newsroom)
• Utah is working on free online textbooks (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Community college students with associate's degree fare well at University of Wyoming (The Republic)
• Multiyear Study of Community-College Practices Asks: What Helps Students Graduate? (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• 'Change.edu' and the Problem With For-Profits (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Gov. Rick Scott will reject tuition increase (Miami Herald)