Kentucky News - February 22, 2012

State:

• Kentucky Tonight (#1911) University of Pikeville (KET)
• Stumbo too harsh on UPike dissent (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Campaign to turn Pikeville University public moves to legislature (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK dorms should enhance city design (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Key lawmaker urges Morehead State grads to oppose UPike proposal (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• House panel offers compromise on school dropout bill (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK trustees give go-ahead for privately developed dorm (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Affirmative-action appeal could alter university landscapes (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Patton makes pitch for public university (Messenger-Inquirier)
• New Summer Scholarship Program Established at WKU (WKYUFM)
• WKU announces new summer scholarship program (SurfKY)
• Panel looks at impact of Governor's budget to UK (WKYT)
• Patton makes personal appeal for public university (Appleton Post Crescent)
• Patton tells lawmakers that U. of Pikeville becoming public is the right answer to Eastern Ky.'s problems (cnl2)
• Private company will build and manage UK dorm (The Courier-Journal)
• Patton urges lawmakers to put University of Pikeville in public system (The Courier-Journal)
• Program wants celebs to help reduce student dropout rate (The Courier-Journal)
• University moves forward with residence hall plan (Daily News)
• House panel passes bill to raise dropout age (Daily News)
• Patton makes personal appeal for public university (Daily News)
• Officials offer details on new tests (Daily News)
• Program Pays Tuition While Students Work, Train For Career (WLKY)
• Edward Halperin steps down as UofL Dean of School of Medicine (The Lane Report)
• BREAKING: UK Trustees OK building new 600-bed dorm, first step in planned $500M residence hall program (The Lane Report)
• Bowling Green Independent Schools Using New Educational Social Networking Tool (WBKO)
• New housing plans making room for more connections (The Northerner)
• Board of Trustees approves private housing agreement (The Kentucky Kernel)
• University of Louisville students gather at the Capitol in opposition of mountaintop removal (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Former Gov. Paul Patton asks lawmakers to create new public university to serve Appalachia (The Republic)
• Pro and Con of UPike Joining State System (KET)

National:

• House passes bill making college transfer easier (Evansville Courier & Press)
• Virtual charter schools plan cut (Hattiesburg American)
• American Colleges' Missteps Raise Questions About Overseas Partnerships (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Race-Conscious Admissions at U. of Texas (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Report Tracks Differential Tuition at Public Colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Report says Md. must do more to help poor, minority students complete college (Baltimore Sun)
• Counting Justices (Inside Higher Ed)
• Santorum Says Obama Is Waging 'War' on For-Profits (Inside Higher Ed)
• U. of Utah Changes Admissions Policy for Older Students (Inside Higher Ed)
• Smaller Servings for Libraries (Inside Higher Ed)
• College funding formula is a matter of degrees, chancellor says (Review Journal)
• Colleges Worry That Court Could Make Diversity Harder to Maintain (New York Times)
• Justices Take Up Race as a Factor in College Entry (New York Times)
• Colleges deferring more students (USA Today)