Kentucky News - May 10, 2012

State:

• New testing could mean lower scores in KY schools (WDRB)
• Louisville effort aims to help Latinos get college degrees (The Courier-Journal)
• UK gets $880,520 federal grant to work on nuclear energy technology (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Murray State to hold commencement on Saturday (Daily News)
• Miss Kentucky motivates kids for tests (Daily News)
• Social Work Program reaffirmed (Morehead State University News)
• PLA holds graduation (Morehead State University News)
• CPE releases expanded enrollment report (Morehead State University News)
• Audit finds problems in tuition plan (The Paducah Sun)
• Murray to open basketball practice facility in January (The Paducah Sun)
• Cats to host 2013 SEC Softball Tourney in new complex (The Kentucky Kernel)

National:

• School-Standards Pushback (The Wall Street Journal)
• Iowa governor announces science, technology hubs (Muscatine Journal)
• Colleges Offer Incoming Freshmen a Summer 'Bridge' (Education Week)
• Some Students Need to Fail (Inside Higher Ed)
• CFPB's First For-Profit Salvo (Inside Higher Ed)
• Textbook Alternative (Inside Higher Ed)
• Minority Students’ Higher-Education Performance Lags in Georgia (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Groups Team Up to Turn Free Online Courses Into Cheap College Credit (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Learning a New Language on Location (The New York Times)