Kentucky News - March 21, 2012

State:

• Nutrition pilot program to help serve students (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Midway College president resigns after 10 years on the job (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Pay for university presidents growing faster than faculty salaries in Kentucky (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Report finds no issue with lobbying by KCTCS (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• House panel votes to raise entrance age for schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Campus works together to help after tornadoes (The Northerner)
• Budget cuts dependent on Senate decision (The Northerner)
• Board approves metro plan to improve drainage at U of L (The Louisville Cardinal)
• UK College of Design to Bring World-Class Speakers for 'Rethinking Design' Symposium (Business Lexington)
• Bellarmine offers region’s first graduate degree in taxation, set to launch this fall (The Lane Report)

National:

• Attorneys General Take Aim at For-Profit Colleges' Institutional Loan Programs (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Tough Budget for Loans and Pell (Inside Higher Ed)
• State runs out of financial aid for college students (Chicago Tribune)
• UMBC’s quiet revolution in teaching science is earning school extra credit (The Washington Post)
• Colorado House backs bill that suggests holding back students who can't read (The Denver Post)
• Oklahoma House member calls for investigation into nonprofit's ties to Education Department (NewsOk)
• A Boom Time for Education Start-Ups (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Community Colleges Should Urge Women to Pursue Science and Math Careers, Report Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)