Kentucky News - February 28, 2012

State:

• Student hopes to graduate for WKU more than 40 years after beginning degree (WKU Herald)
• WKU to give $500,000 in student research grants (WKU Herald)
• Charter schools answer to public education fight (Daily News)
• More eastern Ky. students getting free lunch (Daily News)
• WKU aggressively fights critical tweets (The Courier-Journal)
• WKU aggressively fights Twitter criticism (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• NKU President James Votruba to make final scheduled presentation to KY legislature this morning (The Lane Report)
• The president urges governors to make education more affordable (WBKO)
• WKU Twitter Controversy (WBKO)

National:

• Kentucky: Building a Bumpy Road From K-12 Through College (Education Week)
• Panel Considers Proposals to Ensure Quality of Teacher-Training Programs (The Chronicle of Highe Ed)
• More States Utilize Performance Funding for Higher Education: Student success at community colleges and elsewhere is tied to funding, but academics are wary (Chicago Tribune)
• A Third of Students Transfer Before Graduating, and Many Head Toward Community Colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Invisible Transfer Students (Inside Higher Ed)
• Obama to governors: Spend more on education (USA Today)