Kentucky News - February 13, 2012

State:

• Council on Postsecondary Education elects leaders, approves projects and programs (The Lane Report)
• In a bind on campus (The State Journal)
• Program gets students through high school in 2 years (The State Journal)
• Dropout-age bills advance, but key issues still uncertain (Daily News)
• 12 Air Force ROTC cadets selected for flight positions (The Kentucky Kernel)
• University gifts bigger than ever - but with strings attached (Cincinnati.com)
• OCTC adjusts tuition, testing (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Fair touts college education (The Paducah Sun)
• States shake up adult education to help low-skilled workers (The Paducah Sun)
• Super Sunday Event Encourages African Americans To Go To College (WBKO)
• Evaluating educators: 3 area districts field-testing parts of system (Daily Independent)
• On-base schools under review for cuts in Kentucky (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky, Indiana get waiver on education law (The Courier-Journal)
• Westport Middle School turns to Montessori teaching to help with restructuring (The Courier-Journal)
• Education agencies 'blitz' church in after between services (The Courier-Journal)
• UK programs help first-generation college students (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• States with the highest percentages of students eligible for free-and-reduced lunches as of 2009-2010 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• New standardized test could lower test scores (WDRB.com)

National:

• States Shake Up Adult Education to Help Low-Skilled Workers (Education Week)
• Draft Rules Would Ease Student-Loan Burdens for Some (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Preview: Obama's 2013 Budget (Inside Higher Ed)
• Breaking Virtual Ground (Inside Higher Ed)
• Missouri Senate endorses college transfer credit bill (Columbia Missourian)
• ID House approves bill on early college graduation (Idaho Statesman)
• Bill to tweak online class requirement approved (Idaho Statesman)
• Bill would give Colorado college students more degree options (Colorado Independent)
• President to Seek $8-Billion for Job-Training Partnerships Involving Community Colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• College Is Increasingly Out of Reach for the Poor, Studies Find (New York Times)
• Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the Laptops (New York Times)
• Universities are bringing Occupy into the classroom (USA Today)