Kentucky News - April 10, 2012

State:

• Consumer Alert: Fake GED Tests
  • Kentucky News Network
  • WHAS
• Free GED and National Career Readiness Certificate Testing through the end of June (WMSK)
• Beware fake GED tests (Bluegrass Institute)
• Fake Websites Offering GEDs (WKMS)
• Consumer alert issued for fake GED tests
  • Courier-Journal
  • LEX18
  • SurfKY
  • WTVQ
• Consumer Alert: Beware of fake GED exams (WDRB)
• Websites offer fake GED tests (NKYSpot)
• State Warns Consumers About Fake GED Tests (WEKU)
• Clark middle schools to participate in GEAR UP Kentucky (Central KY News)
• GED classes offered free at Marion center(The Crittenden Press Online)
• Beshear Approves Alternative Diploma Bill, Legislative Budget (WFPL)
• Two Education Bills Signed Into Law by Beshear, Other Measures Still On Hold (WKYUFM.org)
• MSU’s Clark chemistry laboratory dedicated (Murray Ledger & Times)

National:

• Military's Post-9/11 bill helps veterans go back to school (al.com)
• Innovations in Higher Education? Hah! (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Out-of-state tuition waiver signed (Clarion Ledger)
• The Other Debt Crisis (Inside Higher Ed)
• Community college programs help fill skills gap in U.S. (USA Today)
• A President Surveys the Future of Liberal-Arts Colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Over 20 Years, State Support for Public Higher Education Fell More Than 25 Percent (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Winning often means less student fees, taxpayer money spent on athletics (USA Today)
• Report Analyzes Decline in State Support for Higher Education (Inside Higher Ed)