Kentucky News - March 23, 2011

• Accelerated nursing program provides 'extra push' toward diversity (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
• Boosting college enrollment and graduation rates in Maryland (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
• UK panel interviewing presidential candidates (The Daily News)
• Advanced-study program to add more students, second teacher, summer session (The Courier-Journal)
• District intends to raise standards for earning diplomas, launch career-readiness program for nontraditional classes (The Courier-Journal)
• Free GED testing offered through June 30 (The Courier-Journal)
• Three candidates interviewed so far by committee seeking next UK president (The Courier-Journal)
• First Lady to speak on raising Kentucky's dropout age to 18 (The Courier-Journal)
• UK presidential search committee starts narrowing the field (The Lexington Herald-Leader)
• First lady Jane Beshear asks state Senate to consider dropout bill (The Lexington Herald-Leader)
• State Senate unlikely to agree to House compromise on Medicaid budget (The Lexington Herald-Leader)
• MSU clubs plan facelift for Girl Scout cabin (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Senate taking no action on dropout age (The Paducah Sun)
• Community college tuition relief a welcome decision (The Paducah Sun)
• Enrollment prediction errors mean 5 teacher position cuts (The State Journal)