Kentucky News - July 18, 2012

• U of L law overpromised $2.4M worth of scholarships over three years (The Courier-Journal)
• Harvard report ranks Kentucky high in academic improvement (The Courier-Journal)
• Assistant principals ready to start at JCPS elementary schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Ind. panel hears complaints about school transfers (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky. balancing budgets on students' backs (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• New book shares history of E. Kentucky's Frontier nursing school (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Jessamine County: GED recipients honored (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• COE Dean Dr. Gunn adds additional duties (Morehead State University)
• Dr. Phillips named to new post (Morehead State University)
• Professor suing KSU over firing (The State Journal)
• Students get down to business (The State Journal)
• Rising student loan debt causes growing concern (Daily Independent)
• Obama proposes $1B for science, math teachers (Kypost)
• UofL nursing program will prepare graduates to care for critically ill babies (The Lane Report)
• Low grades for Kentucky's higher education system 'disappointing' but eye-opening, leaders say (CNl2 Pure Politics)

• College Degrees, Designed by the Numbers (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• A Rare Agreement (Inside Higher Ed)
• More Than Half of States Now Have NCLB Waivers (Education Week)
• College grads increase, but not enough, report says (Kansas City)
• Some vets feeling shorted by the Army College Fund (USA Today)
• Universities Reshaping Education on the Web (The New York Times)