Kentucky News - April 16, 2012

State:

• Reader Letter | New scholarship helps battered women (The Courier-Journal)
• New exam to test Indiana students' critical thinking (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky News Review: Berea College teaches students how to make small farms profitable (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Revival will celebrate relationship Georgetown College has with displaced Bishop College alumni (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK expanding online course offerings (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• NKU president search narrows to two (Cincinnati.com)
• Dunn discusses lack of project funding (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Student one degree ahead of peers (The Paducah Sun)
• Spanish Immersion at Georgetown College gives students a leg up in global market (Business Lexington)
• Coal Scholarship, Dropout Bills Won’t Be Added to Special Session Agenda (WFPL.org)

National:

• Opening Up a Path to Four-Year Degrees (The New York Times)
• Report: State failing to adequately support preschool education (East Valley Tribune)
• Romney Vows to Shrink Education Department (Inside Highe Ed)
• How ‘early warning systems’ are keeping kids in school (The Washington Post)