Kentucky News - May 21, 2012

State:

• Pikeville names grad to replace Patton (The Paducah Sun)
• College expands online classes (Herald-Leader)
• UPike announces who next president will be (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Degrees and credentials climb in 2011-12 (Morehead State University News)
• Gatton Academy at WKU Ranks Number 1 (WBKO)
• WKU Nursing School Plans Expansion (WBKO)
• Indiana Tech opens second Kentucky campus (Business First of Louisville)
• Rewiring the Job Market (The Lane Report)
• WKU nursing school plans expansion (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Kentucky high school named best in the nation by Newsweek (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Editorial: UK's money hunt goes far East; Ky. families hit again with tuition hike (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Dave Adkisson: Kentucky must change how it taxes and spends (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Editorial: Don't squander opportunity for town-gown planning (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Nursing program to expand thanks to new building (WKU Herald)
• Evansville School ranks in the top ten in the nation (KAIT)
• Area schools rank high in top 1,000 list (WTOP)

National:

• America's best high schools: 1,000 that make the grade (MSN)
• State Department Directive Could Disrupt Teaching Activities of Campus-Based Confucius Institutes (Inside Higher Ed)
• Quest for College Accountability Produces Demand for Yet More Student Data (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Michigan Senate OKs bill ending new teacher pensions (Lansing State Journal)
• Mo. lawmakers approve college transfer legislation (News Tribune)
• Report: Full-Time Virtual Ed. Lacking Accountability (Education Week)
• Highest-Paid Public-College Presidents, 2011 Fiscal Year (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Virtual Philosophy (Inside Higher Ed)