Kentucky News - March 8, 2011

• CPE says tax credits can lower education costs (Columbia Magazine)
• Budget cuts would take funding and jobs from public education in Rowan County (The Morehead News)
• Governor, House leaders reject Williams plan to balance Medicaid on the backs of Kentucky's school children (Governor Steve Beshear's Communications Office)
• Students prepare for academic competition (Richmond Register)
• No budget fix; House, Senate leaders to try again Tuesday (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Deep budget cuts not necessary (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to visit Kentucky Friday (The Courier-Journal)
• JCPS board sets qualities sought in new superintendent (The Courier-Journal)
• Humana, U of L doctors resume talks (The Courier-Journal)
• Grad rates here better than state’s (The Daily News)
• U. of Kentucky’s Technology Leadership Center will be run from Iowa (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• For-profit colleges and Cal grants (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Virtual education boom hits the states (Stateline)
• Declaring financial exigency could be a positive step for colleges, report says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)