Kentucky News - May 24, 2012

State:

• Consultants stress need for partner for U of L Hospital in final report (Business First of Louisville)
• Wild Fig Bookstore to donate books to middle schools (Examiner.com)
• Four Eastern Kentuckians honored for contributions to education (The Lane Report)
• Alltech’s Lyons challenges Kentucky universities to create jobs in state (The Lane Report)
• Coffey named director of UK Research and Education Center (The Lane Report)
• PNC donates $500,000 to Science Center for planned early childhood exhibit (The Courier-Journal)
• Report: University Hospital needs a partner (The Courier-Journal)
• Alltech announces job-creation competition (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Right people key to success of Paducah engineering education (The Paducah Sun)
• WKU offering human resources training (Daily News)
• Helmsley Charitable Trust grants $6.3 million to UofL for neurosurgery research (The Lane Report)
• Summit on Energy Security Being Held This Week (WBKO)

National:

• Federal Consumer Loan Watchdog Investigates For-Profit Colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Colorado, New Mexico renew tuition reciprocity agreement (The Coloradoan)
• Flap Over Visas Could Harm U.S.-China Exchanges, Chinese Official Warns (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Education and Income Levels Are Key Predictors of Civic Involvement, Report Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Romney's Higher Ed Platform (Inside Higher Ed)