Kentucky News - April 9, 2012

State:

• WKU 2012 spring enrollment up (News Democrat Leader)
• UK Agricultural Weather Center helps farmers (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Eastern students team up with prison to give Easter gifts to nursing home residents (The Eastern Progress)
• President furthers focus on outreach (The News.org)
• Legislature passes budget: 6.4 percent cut in education funding remains (The News.org)
• EKU conference focuses on diversity, immigration, health (The Richmond Register)
• Morehead State University: Mentoring program to aid disabled (Daily Independent)
• NKU to honor Scripps CEO and president (KyPost.com)
• Alcohol approval creates dilemma for Berea College (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Job odds better for college seniors (Lexington Herald-Leader)

National:

• Indian Universities May Be Told to Double Enrollments in 5 Years (Inside Higher Ed)
• Common-Core-Test Group Gives Higher Ed. Voting Rights (Education Week)
• UPDATE: Missouri lawmakers back tenure, school transfer bills (Columbia Missourian)
• Tuition Model Quietly Spreading (Inside Higher Ed)
• Trying to Find a Measure for How Well Colleges Do (The New York Times)
• Virginia’s new high school graduation requirement: One online course (The Washington Post)