Kentucky News - November 29, 2012

State:

• Higher education cause for celebration (Daily Independent)
• Paving Work at Entrance of WKU South Campus Thursday (WBKO)
• U of L to ACC: Louisville bankers weigh in (Business First of Louisville)
• Ramsey calls ACC move in 'best interest of the University of Louisville' (Business First of Louisville)
• Howard Fineman: U of L’s move to ACC good for all (Business First of Louisville)
• Ramsey sees ACC being a 'super conference' (Business First of Louisville)
• University of Louisville becomes part of ACC (The Lane Report)
• With college costs sky high, more opt for community college (CincySchoolZone)
• Dr. Edna O. Schack wins M.E.S.A. Award (Morehead State University News)
• EKU arts center board fails to decide who has authority to fire executive director (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Finnish author Pasi Sahlberg wins Grawemeyer education award (The Courier-Journal)
• WKU testing ‘smart’ meters (Bowling Green Daily News)
• WKU officials keeping eye on conference situation (Bowling Green Daily News)
• NKU reviewing online trend, no plans to join at this time (The Northerner)
• Student success based on preparation, motivation in all class types (The Northerner)

National:

• On Students' Paths to College, Some Detours Are Desirable (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Apprenticeships Make a Comeback in the United States (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Admissions Report Reflects a Decade of ‘Unparalleled Uncertainty’ (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• As Minority Students' Completion Rates Lag, a New Report Asks Why (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Private-College Group Launches New Salvo on Education Department's 'Financial Responsibility' Test (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• To MOOC or Not to MOOC? (Inside Higher Ed)
• Conference Merry-Go-Round: Louisville to the Atlantic Coast (Inside Higher Ed)
• Wielding 'Power Users' (Inside Higher Ed)
• The (Needless?) Frenzy (Inside Higher Ed)
• Finalists announced in district-level Race to the Top competition (The Hechinger Report)
• Testing Consortium Crafts College-Readiness Definition (Education Week)
• Survey: U.S. higher education must change to remain globally competitive (The Hechinger Report)