Kentucky News - February 3, 2011

• Bill to raise dropout age clears House panel (The Courier-Journal)
• Bill would promote Kentucky school innovations (The Courier-Journal)
• Beshear sees improving economy (Daily News)
• New resource helps high school students make best college choice (Central Kentucky News Journal)
• Bellarmine gets funding for growth from Gheens Foundation (Business First of Louisville)
• Superintendent Stu Silberman to Retire from Fayette Schools (Business First of Lexington)
• UK offers voluntary retirement incentives for some faculty (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• WKU-Owensboro set to revive bachelor's in nursing program (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Shelton supports raising dropout age for students (Messenger-Inquirer)
• College is what a student makes of the opportunity, and rankings make little difference (The Paducah Sun)
• Gen Eds to require less credit, more thinking (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Utah colleges provide 'degrees to nowhere,' state senator says (Deseret News)
• Harvard report questions value of 'college for all' (Education Week)
• Online courseware's existential moment (Inside Higher Ed)
• High enrollers (Inside Higher Ed)
• Slight rise in donations to colleges seen in 2010 (New York Times)
• States can reap rewards by supporting research (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• College enrollments continue to climb, while graduation rates hold steady (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Can new online rankings really measure colleges' brand strength? Unlikely, experts say (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)