Kentucky News - February 4, 2013

State:

• Bob King | The verdict: college still pays (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky. Voices: Higher education still a sound investment (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Jamie P. Merisotis | Education beyond high school will decide Kentucky's economic future (The Courier-Journal)
• Community Challenge | Don't let Kentucky education gains stall (The Courier-Journal)
• Ivy Tech to go after student debtors' tax refunds (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky budget remains pinched (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky students participate in robotics competition at WKU (WKU Herald)
• University search for provost on schedule (The News)
• Board forms committee to review contract (The News)
• Kentucky’s First Lady at local Kroger (The Northerner)
• Academy teaches vital craft (Bowling Green Daily News)
• LEGO competition about skills, core values (Bowling Green Daily News)
• IN OUR SCHOOLS: Is Kasich school funding enough? (Cincinnati.com)
• Survey: Kentucky parents favor increasing high school dropout age (The Lane Report)
• OUR VIEW: We must embrace WKU President Randsdell's vision (Glasgow Daily Times)
• JCTC opens center to help students who want to run small businesses (Business First of Louisville)

National:

• MOOC Mess (Inside Higher Ed)
• Free Course, Inexpensive Exam (Inside Higher Ed)
• Community Colleges Make Case for Greater Public Investment(Education Week)
• Transfer Students to get boost in finishing AA degrees (South Florida Times)
• Pressure Mounts in Some States Against Common Core (Education Week)