Kentucky News - July 25, 2012

State:

• Fleming school district under investigation (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Parks offering parking for U of L home football games (Courier-Journal)
• Longtime U of L dental school professor William Mansfield dies (Courier-Journal)
• Former Breathitt schools chief pleads guilty in vote-buying case (Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky expands social media presence (Herald-Leader)
• University president: Kentucky needs tax reform now (Lane Report)
• Travel or education: Where are our priorities? (Business First of Louisville)
• New Alternative Ed Teaching Techniques (WEKU)
• Kentucky Club for Growth Releases Legislative Scorecard (WEKU)

National:

• The Online Student (Inside Higher Education)
• New Breed of Law Degree (Inside Higher Education)
• Slippery Slope for the NCAA? (Inside Higher Education)
• Financial Aid's Future (Inside Higher Education)
• Students or Employees? (Inside Higher Education)
• Consumer Advocates Urge Congress to Make the Private Student-Loan Market More Borrower-Friendly (The Chronicle)
• Lawmakers Plan Bill to Improve Oversight of Student-Visa System (The Chronicle)
• College Leaders and Labor Organizers Spar Over Possible Graduate Student Unionization (The Chronicle)
• Berkeley to Join the Free Online Learning Partnership EdX (New York Times)
• What’s missing from congressional hearing on teachers (Washington Post)
• Merit pay and ‘loss aversion:’ Nonsense studies (Washington Post)