Kentucky News - March 27, 2012

State:

• Richards’ bill aids refugees’ opportunities for a diploma (Daily News)
• U of L surgery department named for Dr. Hiram C. Polk Jr. (The Courier-Journal)
• Politicians and university presidents talk basketball ahead of Final Four (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky provost is named chancellor at UMass Amherst (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Lawmakers take first steps in negotiating state budget bill (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Expand early-childhood education (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Proposal would reduce UK’s operating budget by nearly $20 million (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Presidents of UK and U of L, governor talk Final Four (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Former UK President Lee Todd helps cut down net in Atlanta (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Provost Subbaswamy chosen for chancellor position (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Lawyers react to WKU policy change (WKU Herald)
• Board talks budget and physical therapy delay (WKU Herald)
• Third NKU finalist comes from Cleveland State (Cincinnati.com)
• Despite more college grads, U.S. workforce needs even more (Cincinnati.com)
• Winters discusses budget proposal (Murray ledger & Times)
• NKU Presidential search committee reveals name of third finalist (Kypost.com)

National:

• Kentucky provost chosen to lead UMass Amherst (The Boston Globe)
• Not Quite Complete (Inside Higher Ed)
• Obama Relies on Debt Collectors Profiting From Student Loan Woe (Bloomberg.com)
• Outpacing IPEDS (Inside Higher Ed)
• Mississippi mulls waiving some out-of-state university tuition (Hattiesburg American)
• Lumina Foundation for Education report says Oklahoma, U.S. must ramp up college completion rates (NEWSOK.com)
• Number of U.S. Degree Holders Is Rising, Slowly, Toward Lumina's 'Big Goal' (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Campuses offer array of help to first-generation students (The State Journal)
• Despite more college grads, U.S. workforce needs even more (USA Today)