Kentucky News - April 30, 2012

State:

• New buildings open for aquaculture, childcare (The State Journal)
• KSU officials balancing $8M deficit (The State Journal)
• SSC awarded NASA Aerospace Education Specialist certificate (Morehead State University News)
• Students help make shelter more secure (The Morehead News)
• Regents approve 4 percent tuition hike (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Centre College spends $100M on improvements (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Off-campus dorms pitched for University of Louisville (The Courier-Journal)
• New academic programs OK’d at WKU (Daily News)
• WKU Officials to Recommend 4.8 % Tuition Increase (WKYUFM)
• WKU students have shot at downtown business (Daily News)

National:

• Common Core standards drive wedge in education circles (USA Today)
• Obama Signs Order to Limit Aggressive College Recruiting of Veterans (The New York Times)
• Credit Hour (Still) Rules (Inside Higher Ed)
• Tech prep aims for job skills (The Marion Star)
• New Diplomas Will Not Lower Standards, Regents Chancellor Says (The New York Times)
• More College Grads Could Mean Billions for U.S. (Pew States)