Kentucky News - November 30, 2012

State:

• UK, EKU show how Ky. can tap a gold mine of energy savings (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Lobbyist outlines measures affecting schools (Messenger-Inquirer)
• EKU Arts Center revenue $250,000 ahead of expenses (The Richmond Register)
• Abramson visits Corbin (The Times Tribune)
• Legislators talk local education funding (The State Journal)
• Midway College names Dr. John P. Marsden as its 10th president (The Lane Report)
• Division I boost means money for NKU (Business First of Louisville)
• Top 5: Louisville-area Independent Schools (Business First of Louisville)

National:

• Standardized Testing Costs States $1.7 Billion a Year, Study Says (Education Week)
• Perry announces fast-track tech school plan (San Antonio Express-News)
• States post grads' pay by college and degree (USA Today)
• A $10,000 Platform (Inside Higher Ed)
• Khan Academy Founder Proposes a New Type of College (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• New Scholarship Helps Student-Veterans Who Say For-Profit Colleges Victimized Them (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)