Kentucky News - May 2, 2012

State:

• Our Lady of Providence to replace books with iPads (Courier-Journal)
• GHS first in state to pass program (Glasgow Daily Times)
• Fayette schools need goals for students, staff improvement, superintendent says (Herald-Leader)
• MSU’s YNL program sets national enrollment record (Murray Ledger-Times)
• MSUCorps hosts Build-A-Bed event (Morehead News)
• SGA passes resolution in favor of transgender students (WKU Herald)
• Student, SIFE to develop aquaponics project (WKU Herald)
• Students given chance to design library space (WKU Herald)
• Glasgow High School Getting Ready To Open An Academy of Engineering (WBKO)
• Stumbo, Paul keynote UPike graduations (Floyd County Times)

National:

• Harvard and M.I.T. Team Up to Offer Free Online Courses (New York Times)
• Common Core standards drive wedge in education circles (USA Today)
• Watch Your Mouth (Inside Higher Education)
• Humanities Ph.D. in 4 Years (Inside Higher Education)
• Harvard Joins the Fray (Inside Higher Education)
• Taking a Stand (Inside Higher Education)
• Andrew Delbanco's 'College' (Inside Higher Education)
• Brown U. to Pay Its Hometown $31.5-Million to Help Close Budget Gap (The Chronicle)
• Next Generation of Online-Learning Systems Faces Barriers to Adoption (The Chronicle)
• Review of Student Writing in the Quantitative Disciplines (The Chronicle)
• Social Media Rules Limit New York Student-Teacher Contact (New York Times)
• Prestigious law school reduces admissions, marks new trend (USA Today)
• Colleges fight fraud with more coursework (USA Today)
• Admissions 101: Should lawyers sanitize high school transcripts? (Washington Post)
• Colbert hilarious on ‘don’t say gay’ in school bill (Washington Post)