Kentucky News - October 25, 2011

State:

• Board of Regents approves bond sale for improvements at DUC (The Daily News)
• Hospital merger stance softens (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky athletes among those seeking share of NCAA revenue (Business First of Louisville)
• Moyer to step down as U of L business school dean to take sabbatical (The Lane Report)
• Cheryl Stevens named Dean of Western Kentucky University's Ogden College (The Lane Report)
• Many Kentuckians struggling through tough economic conditions, UK survey finds (The Lane Report)
• University of Louisville adds health industry option to MBA degree (The Lane Report)
• Getting low-income students into college goal of grant (Floyd County Times)

National:

• Ron Paul Wants to End Student Loans (Inside Higher Ed)
• Law schools pressed to tell the truth on job placement, debt (USA Today)
• College Readiness Is Lacking, City Reports Show (New York Times)
• University Programs Raise Crop of New Farmers (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• The U.S. Should Adopt Income-Based Loans Now (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Four-year schools courting community college graduates (Baltimore Sun)
• Nearly 10,800 Oregonians have passed career-readiness tests (OregonLive)
• Raise Teacher Ed. Standards, State School Boards Group Says (Education Week)