Kentucky News - January 12, 2012

State:

• Non-trad conference to provide skills for adult students (Eastern Progress)
• EKU VETS wins SVA award for military journal (Eastern Progress)
• More men graduating from nursing program (Kentucky Kernel)
• Kentucky jumps in national education survey (The Courier-Journal)
• Federal change jeopardizes aid for thousands of community college students (The Courier-Journal)
• Hal Heiner leads effort to open Kentucky to charter schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Purdue to move to year-round academic system (The Courier-Journal)
• WKU Online Programs Receive National Top Ranking by U.S. News & World Report (SurfKY.com)
• NKU to change part-time MBA (Cincinnati.com)
• Ky. jumps in education survey (Cincinnati.com)
• Holliday employee for a day at MISD (Murray Ledger & Times)
• SOARS dates announched (Morehead State University News)
• WKCTC to host new fair detailing summer camps (The Paducah Sun)
• Students awe commissioner (The Paducah Sun)
• University Of Louisville Enacts Hiring Freeze (WLKY.com)
• At-risk students need innovative approaches that public charter schools bring, group says (cnl2)
• Midway College and University of Charleston announce plans for pharmacy program (The Lane Report)

National:

• A Rocky Appalachian Trail (Inside Higher Ed)
• Colleges Slower to Branch Out Abroad (The New York Times)
• The Value Gap (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Minority-Serving Institutions Are Key to Achieving College-Completion Goals, Report Says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• STEM Works initiative to expand to more school districts (Arkansas News)