Kentucky News - April 6, 2012

State:

• We’re glad UK won, but chaos was shameful (Bowling Green Daily News)
• U of L planning research park near Belknap Campus (Courier-Journal)
• Former poet laureate to give free reading at U of L (Courier-Journal)
• Ky. educators want funding foundation (Glasgow Daily Times)
• At UK, Clarence Thomas talks about his upbringing, Supreme Court (Herald-Leader)
• Ky. employment picture better but not really bright (Herald-Leader)
• Crook says mentoring matters (Murray Ledger-Times)
• Texting, tweeting lingo creeping into schoolwork (Cincinnati.com)
• Kentucky students compete in career skills (Kentucky Post)
• UofL trustees agree to lease land as part of Belknap development (Lane Report)
• Enrollment numbers delay budget worries (WKU Herald)
• DUC makes adjustments to renovations (WKU Herald)
• Search fails for new WKU associate VP position (WKU Herald)
• WKU wins Tree Campus USA award (WKU Herald)
• KSU To Host 13th Annual Conference On African Studies (KSU News)
• Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visits UK (Kentucky Kernel)
• Student loan debt at UK lower than national level (Kentucky Kernel)
• Keeneland opens Friday with College Scholarship Day (Kentucky Kernel)
• Week to educate campus on how to use social media wisely (Kentucky Kernel)
• Psychology enrollment surpasses other majors including education (Eastern Progress)
• U of L plans $7.5 million expansion of Schnellenberger complex (Business First of Louisville)
• P-20 DATA COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH BRIEF SHOWS MURRAY STATE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Roundabout Murray)

National:

• Athletes deserve an education (Sun Herald)
• Colleges use lacrosse to recapture suburban students (USA Today)
• Anti-bias policies drive some religious groups off campuses (USA Today)
• Chancellor Asks California Community College to Hold Off on 2-Tier Tuition Plan (New York Times)
• Don't Touch My Textbook (Inside Higher Ed.)
• The MITx Factor (Inside Higher Ed.)
• Pentagon Alters Tuition Assistance (Inside Higher Ed.)
• Rules to Measure Quality of Teaching-Training Programs Slowly Take Shape (The Chronicle)
• 3 Major Publishers Sue Open-Education Textbook Start-Up (The Chronicle)
• Rise in E-Book Readership Is Good News for Reading Over All, Report Says (The Chronicle)