Kentucky News - August 16, 2012

State:

• University of Kentucky opens $20.7 million research lab at Spindletop (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• EKU President Doug Whitlock announces retirement (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Good moves by Fayette school board on discrimination policy, property tax increase (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Higher education system needs some schooling (The Courier-Journal)
• Higher education booming in Morehead (The Morehead News)
• Whitlock to retire as EKU President (Business Lexington)
• UK opens renewable energy and energy storage research building (The Lane Report)
• EKU president to retire at end of academic year (The Lane Report)
• Higher education takes the spotlight at chamber luncheon (The News Enterprise)
• Officials stress education’s link with business (The Daily News)
• GOP Lawmakers Question ACT Exam (WBKO)

National:

• Dozens of Plagiarism Incidents Are Reported in Coursera's Free Online Courses (The Chronicle)
• Why Online Education Won't Replace College—Yet (The Chronicle)
• U.S. Opens a Door to a Dream for Young Illegal Immigrants (The Chronicle)
• Catholic College, Interfaith Identity (Inside Higher Education)
• Discussing 'The College Advantage' (Inside Higher Education)
• Coalition Aims to Link School Group and Romney (New York Times)
• Show and Tell for Teachers, Inspired by Reality TV (New York Times)
• A new way to evaluate teachers — by teachers (Washington Post)
• Being a minority at America’s best high school (Washington Post)
• Cost of day care exceeds college (Star Tribune)
• Number of University of California workers earning $1 million quadruples in five years (Sacramento Bee)