Kentucky News - March 19, 2012

State:

• Students get scholarships as they GEAR UP for higher ed (Daily News)
• Webcast Videos Available on Common Core Standards Conference (SurfKY) 
• Kentucky education stats as compiled in new report (Cincinnati.com)
• Ohio overhauls education with eye on college prep (Cincinnati.com)
• Technology helps nursing students prepare (The Paducah Sun)
• U.S. gains in graduation rate (The Paducah Sun)
• Teen includes life experience in education (The Paducah Sun)
• One-On-One: Gary Ransdell (The Lane Report)
• Man behind UK’s business school and WKU’s academy is ‘investing’ fruits of seven decades of success into education (The Lane Report)
• Churches push for college in education summit (The Courier-Journal)
• Ex-professor sues University of Louisville for lost job (The Courier-Journal)
• Robot class aims to help at-risk youth (The Courier-Journal)
• Tom Eblen: Solving UK puzzle with no-brainer solutions (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK president Eli Capilouto energized by people he meets (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Webster: UPike or not, keep the checks coming (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Ky. Voices: Revised UPike bill isn't perfect, but it's good enough — for now (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• WKU and our downtown can work together (Daily News)
• Reader Letter | Improve schools with the 'seven habits' (The Courier-Journal)

National:

• Cuts Threaten Access to College Placement Tests (New York Times)
• Delay likely for proposal to allow higher fees for costlier degrees (The Seattle Times)
• College textbook costs spur bill (St. Cloud Times)
• Colleges may have to wait to enact tuition variances (The Olympia)
• Rural Community Colleges Battle Financial Squeeze (New York Times)
• More colleges join age of assessing student learning (Arizona Daily Star)