Kentucky News - October 26, 2011

State:

• State budget cuts lead to increased tuition at U.S. colleges, universities (Business First of Louisville)
• WKU Regents get updates on end-of-year business (WKU Herald)
• Capilouto announces dorm plan (The Kentucky Kernel)
• $250,000 grant is awarded to universities to fund emergency preparedness research (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Presidential Search (The Northerner)
• UK president announces major building program (The Courier-Journal)
• UK plans $30 million dorm; long-term plan calls for 9,000 new beds (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Group asks UK to stop using coal-fired boilers for heat (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK trustees move forward with plan for panel to oversee athletics (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Judge blocks Conway's attempt to join lawsuit against for-profit college (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK Project to Test Algae's Hunger for Pollutants at Coal Fired Power Plant (Business First of Lexington)
• UK Dedicates Davis Marksbury Building (Business First of Lexington)
• UK Board of Trustees votes to name building for ninth president David Roselle (The Lane Report)
• UK among pharmacy programs chosen for NACDS Foundation community residency grants (The Lane Report)
• Indiana University to offer tuition break for summer classes (The Courier-Journal)
• College prices up again as states slash budgets (Messenger-Inquirer)

National:

• Common Core Accelerates Interest in Online PD (Education Week)
• A Shifting Burden (Inside Higher Ed)
• Rise in Sticker Price at Public Colleges Outpaces That at Private Colleges for 5th Year in a Row (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)