Kentucky News - February 8, 2013

State:

• Kentucky House approves university construction projects (Kypost)
• UofL School of Medicine takes a stand for Solidarity Day (The Lane Report)
• Legislation filed to give UK authority to proceed with BBNunited projects (The Lane Report)
• Bill would expand scholarship program to Kentucky's 34 coal counties (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Former Kentucky education commissioner to lead think tank at UK (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Lexington is ranked the 24th most literate city in the country (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• MSU would like to see more students enrolled at Henderson satellite campus (Courier Press)
• HCC offering program for gifted and talented (Kentucky New Era News)
• House sends Senate the university projects bill with Commonwealth Stadium (CN2)
• Proposals increase 15.8 percent (The News)
• Survey seeks input on provost (The Kentucky Kernel)

National:

• States Move Ahead to Implement Common Core (Education Week)
• Dispensing Computers (Inside Higher Ed)
• U.S. Supreme Court Is Urged to Rule on Michigan Affirmative-Action Case (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• U. of Phoenix Reboots Advertising and Rebrands in the Process (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• American Council on Education Recommends 5 MOOCs for Credit (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)