Kentucky News - December 17, 2012

State:

• Graduates take part in commencement ceremonies Friday night (WKU Herald)
• Regents form committee to review Dunn’s contract (The News)
• MSU Regents form committee for Dunn contract review (Murray Ledger & Times)
• 'Meet MSU Days' announced (Morehead State University News)
• Timetable for Dunn’s contract outlined (The Paducah Sun)
• EKU recognizes 1,323 degree candidates at fall commencement (The Richmond Register)
• Louisville Free Public Library, U of L create college stop (Business First of Louisville)
• Kentucky education leaders discuss raising dropout age (Business First of Louisville)
• Over 1300 Graduate During WKU December Commencements (WBKO)
• Reader Letter | True costs of higher education (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky. Voices: Bigger education not always better (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Writing program at Eastern Kentucky University going public with guest authors (Lexington Herald-Leader)

National:

• States Nervous About New Common Core School Standards (Pew States)
• Who Can Still Afford State U ? (Wall Street Journal)
• Students Who Struggle Early Rarely Catch Up, Study Says (Education Week)
• Limits of Performance-Based Grants (Inside Higher Ed)
• Finding the ‘Next Generation’ (Inside Higher Ed)
• Low-Cost Option for Working Adults (Inside Higher Ed)
• Measuring Success in New Ways (Inside Higher Ed)
• New Platform Lets Professors Set Prices for Their Online Courses (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Board Members Say College Costs Too Much, but Not at Their Institution (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• For Whom Is College Being Reinvented? (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)