Kentucky News - August 17, 2012

State:

• Ky. jobless rate rises to 8.3 percent in July (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Incoming WKU student to tell story at state fair (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Students can get discounted TARC rides through library program (Courier-Journal)
• Owsley Brown Frazier philanthropy exceeds $500 million (Courier-Journal)
• U of L freshman class scores higher (Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky GOP lawmakers say ACT exam treats evolution as fact, ignores creationism (Courier-Journal)
• New school options coming to CPS (Cincinnati.com)
• Freshmen begin moving in at University of Kentucky (Herald-Leader)
• Ky. jobless rate ticks up to 8.3% in July (Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky Folklife Program moving to WKU (Herald-Leader)
• MSU, UK host Twilight Tobacco Tours (Murray Ledger-Times)
• EKU’s Whitlock announces his plans to retire (Richmond Register)
• Young immigrants may find college elusive (Kentucky Post)
• NKU, Xavier freshmen move in to new on-campus homes (Kentucky Post)
• Higher education booming in Morehead (Morehead News)
• Patrick named CAO of PSU branch campus (Morehead News)
• WKU remains with Higher One after settlement (WKU Herald)
• 'It's All About the Want': Young Artists Transformed at Governor's School for the Arts (WFPL)

National:

• Dusting Off GOD: A new science of religion says God has gotten a bad rap. (The Chronicle)
• Riding the MOOC Wave (Inside Higher Education)
• What’s a Board to Do? (Inside Higher Education)
• Health Care Costs Climb (Inside Higher Education)
• Milton Friedman -- Student Aid Progressive? (Inside Higher Education)
• Colleges' Health-Care Costs Rise Again, but at a Lower Rate, Survey Finds (The Chronicle)
• Jury Awards $4.5-Million to Former Student Leader Attacked on Anti-Gay Blog (The Chronicle)
• U. of Colorado to Set Aside Housing for Students With Concealed-Carry Permits (The Chronicle)
• For-Profit College Forces Out Arts Professor for Refusing to Adopt E-Textbook (The Chronicle)
• In University Holdings, Entry to History and Culture (New York Times)
• Student Paper Editors Quit at University of Georgia (New York Times)
• Compared To Nation, Missouri Higher Ed Holds Line On Tuition Hikes (University Business)
• Higher Ed Funding Formula Stirs Heated Debate in Las Vegas (University Business)
• Women's colleges struggle to keep identity and enrollment (Washington Post)
• The big business of charter schools (Washington Post)
• Do the math: Too much calculus? (Washington Post)