Kentucky News - February 27, 2012

• Bob King | Kentucky effort to improve education is focus of national conference (The Courier-Journal)
• Boyd leaders oppose UPike proposal (Daily Independent)
• Kentucky still trails neighbors in education attainment (Daily News)
• EKU Provost first male presidentof women's Catholic university (The Richmond Register)
• Louisville's University Hospital ER on the brink of overload from uninsured (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky. needs comprehensive early-childhood system (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Editorial | Slow on Pikeville (The Courier-Journal)
• Single-religion studies grow at colleges in Kentucky, Indiana (The Courier-Journal)
• UK President Comments on Budget (WKYUFM)

• Fountain of Youth (Inside Higher Ed)
• Santorum's Attacks on Higher Ed (Inside Higher Ed)
• 'Innovation Campuses' (Inside Higher Ed)
• Conservatives remain critical of common core (Tulsa Today)
• Bill would reward graduates who stay (Charleston Daily Mail)
• Community Colleges Are Invited to Apply for $500-Million in Job- Training Grants (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)