Kentucky News - February 23, 2012

State:

• Stumbo seeks spending records for Morehead State officials (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky Arts Council offers transportation grant to schools for arts education opportunities (The Lane Report)
• Jill Biden, labor secretary visit Lexington college (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• D.C. duo of Biden and Solis tout Obama job-training plan in Lexington (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Obama plan: Community colleges as economy engines (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky voices: Hard for students to trust Obama's college initiative (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Greg Stumbo seeks to review Morehead spending records (The Courier-Journal)
• WKU crowd encouraged to dream big (Daily News)
• House Education Committee discusses UPike (Appalachian News-Express KY)
• Keep dropout decision local (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Winters says education, health care bills passed (Murray Ledger-Times)
• Cooking class, speaker part of college outreach (The Paducah Sun)

National:

• Who Opposed Multiyear Athletics Aid? You Might Be Surprised (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Universities ask Pa. House to reject more aid cuts (Boston.com)
• Utah task force has ideas to help women become college grads (The Salt Lake Tribune)
• Shame Is Not the Solution (New York Times)
• Accreditors Caution American Colleges as They Create Academic Programs Abroad (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Graduates of For-Profits Lag Behind Their Peers in Earnings and Employment, Study Finds (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Despite Challenges, Iraq and U.S. Universities Agree to Work Toward More Partnerships (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Crackdown on For-Profits (Inside Higher Ed)
• Clogging the Drain (Inside Higher Ed)