Kentucky News - January 28, 2013

State:

• ‘College Still Pays’ for Kentuckians, says state Council on Postsecondary Education (KyForward)
• Agency: Higher priced higher ed leads to better jobs, salaries (Herald-Leader)
• Degree Demand in the Next Decade (WEKU)
• Report Says Higher Education Still Worthwhile Despite Rising Tuition (WEKU)
• Report: Despite Rising Costs, College Still Crucial Investment (WUKY)
• Agency: Higher ed leads to better jobs, salaries (WKYT)
• Council on Postsecondary issues ‘College Still Pays’ policy brief (WSON)
• Read | The CPE's College Still Pays Policy Brief (WFPL)
• Report: Rising Tuition Costs Aside, Higher Education Still Worthwhile (WFPL)
• Agency: Higher Ed Leads to Better Jobs, Salaries (WBKO)
• World Gifted and Talented conference coming to Louisville (Business First of Louisville)
• Hardin County High School students getting early college (WAVE3)
• Alcohol sales help bring officers back to Murray schools (WPSD Local 6)
• Conway says arming teachers isn't the answer but that schools need to ask for security help (CN2)
• Jobless rates down in 97 Kentucky counties (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky has rehired civil rights activist it laid off last summer (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Capilouto encourages UK alumni to contact reps (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• WKU’s police urge students to be smart (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Proposal would put ELV students in elementaries (The State-Journal)
• KSU aims to boost completion rates (The State-Journal)
• E'town Partnership Creates Educational Opportunities (WBKO)

National:

• Mainstreaming MOOCs (Inside Higher Ed)
• Not Getting What You Paid For (Inside Higher Ed)
• Report Calls for Block-Granting Pell (Inside Higher Ed)
• ITT Tech Expands Scholarships (Inside Higher Ed)
• Urban Districts Report Far-Reaching Changes for Common Core (Education Week)
• Desire2Learn Acquires Course-Suggestion Software Inspired by Netflix and Amazon (Chronicle of Higher Ed)