Kentucky News - August 6, 2012

State:

• Former EKU president Hanly Funderburk dead at 81 (Bowling Green Daily News)
• 'Won't Back Down' highlights parent trigger law for schools (Courier-Journal)
• Ohio school chief quits (Cincinnati.com)
• VP debate at Centre to cover foreign, domestic (Herald-Leader)
• CCPS Releases AP and ACT Scores (Surfky)
• Elite colleges transform online higher education (Herald-Leader)
• Murray State professors author financial accounting textbook (Lane Report)
• UofL, UK to partner on statewide alcohol awareness (Lane Report)
• UK to Host Carbon Capture Workshop (WEKU)
• Preparation for a 'Green' Lab at UK (WEKU)

National:

• Competing With Competency: Competency-based online program at Kentucky's community colleges
• You Get What You Pay For (Inside Higher Education)
• Yesterday's News (Inside Higher Education)
• Pass-Fail Option for Professors (Inside Higher Education)
• The Pay's Not Always Great,but Academe Has Its Benefits (The Chronicle)
• Colorado Institution Will Go Ahead With New Tuition Rate for Illegal Immigrants (The Chronicle)
• Collaborative Research Is Becoming More Popular, NSF Report Says (The Chronicle)
• Struggling for Students’ Readiness (New York Times)
• 10 most inaccurate school reform axioms (Washington Post)