Kentucky News - March 6, 2012

State:

• Tornado hit UK Agriculture extension building in Morgan County (The Kentucky Kernel)
• UK organizations hold supply drives on campus (The Kentucky Kernel)
• House considers scholarships for mountain students (Daily News)
• Still too low (Daily Independent)
• UK implants new type of artificial heart in 20-year-old (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky House budget would ax cost-of-living increases for state retirees (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Stumbo proposes compromise that would not make UPike a public school (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Ky Voices: For-profit colleges essential in training work force (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Compromise Deal on Educational Opportunities (WKYUFM)
• University of Kentucky’s heart goes out to neighbors (The Lane Report)
• UofL Physicians in top 10 health care stories of 2012; leaders named People to Watch (The Lane Report)
• UofL degree in public health / urban planning to support community health effort (The Lane Report)
• Norton, Ford hire Metro College graduates through advisory program (Business First of Louisville)
• MSU aids in 'Disaster Relief' (Morehead State University News)
• Area schools cutting teaching positions (WSPD Local 6)

National:

• Student Loan Delinquency Reached $85 Billion in Third Quarter (Bloomberg)
• Senior Obama Administration Official Sees Major Role for Career, Technical Education (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)
• Cuts Ahead (Inside Higher Ed)
• Education speaker: Give educators alternate pathways to certification (Des Moines Register)
• State university staffs could lose tuition break (Daily Herald)