Kentucky News - July 1, 2011

State:

• Louisville, Lexington to work together on jobs study (Courier-Journal)
• Editorial: Ramsey's paycheck (Courier-Journal)
• Afternoon update: Dennison elected secretary of WKU board of regents (Glasgow Daily Times)
• Lexington, Louisville to study economic partnership (Herald-Leader)
• Lexington attorney elected vice chairman of WKU board of regents (Herald-Leader)
• Pension board: beef up qualifications, accountability (Herald-Leader)
• Why are the kids coming home? (Richmond Register)
• Learning is excellent (Daily Independent)
• PIE IN SKY: State governments can’t deliver promised benefits (Paducah Sun)
• Lawmakers Respond to KRS Audit (WEKU)
• Weekly jobless claims fall to 428,000 (Business First of Louisville)
• BULLETIN: Louisville, Lexington to embark on joint advanced-manufacturing economic initiative (Lane Report)
• Beshear "Greatest Education Governor" (WEKU)
• Kentucky Mayors Announce Job Study (WEKU)
• Dr. Eli Capilouto Becomes the 12th President of the University of Kentucky (University of Kentucky News)
• Kentuckiana Dairy Exchange offers participants hands-on learning (UK AgNews)

National:

• Bringing Transparency to College Costs (Whitehouse.gov)
• Study: Gay professors face discrimination from students (USA Today)
• NEA names Beshear nation's top education governor (USA Today)
• NCES Releases Tuition Watch Lists (American Council on Education)
• What’s the Most Expensive College? The Least? Education Dept. Puts It All Online (New York Times)
• Budgets Half Empty, Glass Half Full (Inside Higher Ed)
• The Great Intern Debate (Inside Higher Ed)
• 'U.S. News' Plan to Rank Online Colleges Worries Some Officials (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• NCAA Reorganizes Its Investigative Unit (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Should Tenure Be Abolished? (TIME)
• Report: Tuition is soaring at two-year colleges (Pilot Online)
• College tuition data released for first time (Gant Daily)