Kentucky News - January 18, 2011

• UK sparks conversation for improving campus: New intiative allows students, faculty and staff to offer input (Kentucky Kernel)
• WKU reduces electricity use more than 30 percent over break (WKU Herald)
• Unique KSU course reignites debate over slavery and secession (The State Journal)
• Young musicians to compete Saturday at Murray State (Paducah Sun)
• KSU course to delve into Kentucky history (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Fayette students help cut district energy costs (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• NKU preserves professors' sabbatical projects (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• $3.9 million grant to inspire students at Shawnee, Moore and Fern Creek high schools to go to college (The Courier-Journal)
• Overhauled schools get $1.3 million each in federal aid (The Courier-Journal)
• CU nursing students spend winter break helping others (News-Journal)
• KSU course delves into Kentucky history (Daily News)
• Grants to help at-risk Louisville high schoolers attend college (Business First of Louisville)
• Report: First two years of college show small gains (USA Today)
• Training the Education Legislators (Inside Higher Ed)
• Knowing graduation rates affects college decision (Education Week)
• The growth of for-profits (Inside Higher Ed)
• Are undergraduates actually learning anything? (The Chronicle of Higher Education)