Kentucky News - February 8, 2012

State:

• Ky. Voices: KCTCS, black churches preach power of a college degree (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK students participate in rally for higher education (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Study shows some majors pay off more than others (The Kentucky Kernel)
• School of Dentistry helps give away free dental care (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Students fight for more funding at the capitol (The Northerner)
• On-campus childcare benefits student parents (The Northerner)
• Univ. takes new approach to pedestrian safety (The Northerner)
• Students rally against postsecondary budget cuts (Daily News)
• A look at what’s going on in the field of education (Daily News)
• Mayor appoints EKU professor to be Lexington's first planning commissioner (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Hundreds of students rally against Ky. higher education cuts (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Tony Bennett | Good news for Indiana: Graduation rates up (The Courier-Journal)
• College students protest cuts (The State Journal)
• Search for new ACTC president to begin soon (Daily Independent)
• Gateway and Ninth Street Baptist Church team up for recruiting fair Feb. 12 (The Lane Report)
• Students protest higher ed budget cuts (Messenger-Inquirer)
• An online class with training wheels (Daily News)
• Students rally against postsecondary budget cuts (The Chillicothe Gazette)
• Students shed shoes to deliver message to legislators (WDRB.com)
• HCC reaches out to African-American students for Super Sunday (SurfKY.com)
• For-profit college bill passes House, heads to Senate (Bluegrass Politics)

National:

• New Programs: Leadership, Environmental Engineering, Business, Health, Physical Therapy (Inside Higher Ed)
• $60-Million in Federal Earmarks Go to Colleges That Employed Relatives of Lawmakers (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Student debt pushing more people toward bankruptcy, lawyers say (Los Angeles Times)
• Vet School Surge (Inside Higher Ed)
• More Colorado graduates than ever not ready for college (The Denver Post)
• Malloy calls for tougher standards for teacher education (Connecticut Post)
• Malloy wants only B+ students in teaching programs (Connecticut Post)
• State integration task force adopts plan to close achievement gap (Star Tribune)
• A Policy Wonk Brings Data on College Costs to the Table (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• White House and Universities Pledge Greater Effort to Retain Science Students (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)