Kentucky News - March 16, 2012

State:

• Appalachian university would have 'limited impact' (Daily News)
• Kentucky to receive $8.4M to help schools improve (Daily News)
• State to seek expansion of waivers (Daily News)
• Study critical of making University of Pikeville public (The Courier-Journal)
• Making UPike public would have minimal impact, study says (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U of L prof is named to advisory council on alcoholism (Business First of Louisville)
• City to buy, resell property from MSU (The Morehead News)
• Students prepare early for career (The Paducah Sun)
• MSU reopens branch in West Liberty (Daily Independent)
• Midway College reaches all-time enrollment record and surpasses goal set for academic year (The Lane Report)
• Kentucky part of pilot making free school meals easier (The Courier-Journal)
• Appalachian university would have 'limited impact' (Post Crescent.com)

National:

• State Funding Per Student Dropped in 2011 (Inside Higher Ed)
• 45 Years of Survey Data Show First-Year Students' Financial Concerns Are on the Rise (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Early Reading Skills Are Focus in More Than 100 Cities (Education Week)
• Survey finds teachers don't trust annual state skills tests (USA Today)