Kentucky News - May 30, 2012

State:

• University of Louisville hit by flooding, storm (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Beshear authorizes $4 million for scholarships (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Lightning causes apartment fire, displacing University of Louisville students (Courier-Journal)
• Gov. Steve Beshear authorizes coal funds for college tuition (Courier-Journal)
• NKU earns national recognition for ongoing green efforts (Cincinnati.com)
• Beshear approves $4.3 million for college scholarships in nine Eastern Ky. counties (Herald-Leader)
• Madison County notes: State Special Olympics to be at EKU for 18th straight year (Herald-Leader)
• Gary Houchens: Law allows school innovation but does little to offer choice (Herald-Leader)
• UK roundtable meeting addresses workforce challenges (Lane Report)
• Smith named executive director of Innovation and Commercialization Center at EKU (Lane Report)
• Manpower lists 10 most difficult jobs to fill (Business First of Louisville)
• U of L Professors Receive Grant for Spinal Cord Research (WEKU)
• Beshear Creates Coal Scholarship Program (WEKU)
• Beshear Signs Bills Supporting Education (WEKU)

National:

• Asians and Affirmative Action (Inside Higher Education)
• A Big Tent Society: A scholarly organization for those who study the Koran (Inside Higher Education)
• The Future of Undergraduate Teaching (The Chronicle)
• Is Facebook Worth The Trouble? (The Chronicle)
• Wasting Time Is New Divide in Digital Era (New York Times)
• Waivers for 8 More States From ‘No Child Left Behind’ (New York Times)
• After service, veterans go on to college (USA Today)
• High-stakes testing protests spreading (Washington Post)