Kentucky News - October 15, 2012

State:

• Five privately developed dorms approved by UK Board of Trustees (Business First of Louisville)
• Faculty Senate memo criticizes Capilouto (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Trustees talk student housing, online learning at annual retreat (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Address centers on Murray State’s future (The News.org)
• OCTC continuing education classes to begin soon (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Murray State dedicates Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Heritage Hall dedication, reception held at Murray State (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Murray State campaign surpasses $71M (Murray Ledger & Times)
• WKCTC returning $137,324 in funding back to state (The Paducah Sun)
• EKU's math transition program showing results (The Richmond Register)
• EKU's Maywoods natural area becoming popular destination (The Richmond Register)
• University of Kentucky will soon have 2,900 dorm beds under construction (The Lane Report)
• University of Kentucky trustees adopt new institutional guiding principles (The Lane Report)
• UofL trustees authorize next step to seek hospital partner (The Lane Report)
• Testing practices not in compliance at adult education program, college commended for quick action (The Lane Report)
• New NKU president to share vision for future at chamber breakfast (The Lane Report)
• Growing Spalding University looks to expand campus (The Courier-Journal)
• Spalding University wants to convert Kosair Shrine Temple into medical rehab facility (The Courier-Journal)
• Indiana scholarship program cuts college visits (The Courier-Journal)
• UK president putting budget eggs in wrong baskets (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK Board of Trustees OKs plan for five more private-developer dorms (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Woodson Academy in Fayette County tries to close testing gap for black males (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• At annual retreat, University of Kentucky trustees discuss money and online education (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Morehead State makes contact with satellite (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Rich Copley: New leader of UK School of Music plans to help it continue to excel, grow (Lexington Herald-Leader)

National:

• Encouraging Pathways from Community College to Bachelor's Degree (Education Week)
• One Step at a Time (Inside Higher Ed)
• Blackboard's New Bag (Inside Higher Ed)
• College, Reinvented (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• As Tensions Mount Between Flagships and States, Data Can Be a Wedge or a Bridge (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Teaching for the Future: Girls learn how to program (USA Today)