Kentucky News - May 14, 2012

State:

• WKU Students Move Out (WBKO)
• WKU Holds Three Commencement Ceremonies (WBKO)
• Kentucky selected to help develop policies for education funding, flexibility for earning high school credits (The Lane Report)
• UofL trustees approve budget; tuition to rise 6 percent (The Lane Report)
• Important employment law considerations when hiring interns and graduatesPosted on May 9, 2012 (Business Lexington)
• 2012 college grads enter improving job market (KyPost.com)
• Adkins leads his final ACTC graduation (Daily Independent)
• AdvanceKentucky (Daily Independent)
• District to get $96K for Middle College (Richmond Register)
• Grads urged to chase dreams (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Dad, daughter among WKU’s graduating class (Daily News)
• WKU nursing program looking at expansion (Daily News)
• Local WKU campus holds first graduation (The News Enterprise)
• Deans 'Gift of WKU Grads: First Year Alumni Dues (SurfKy)
• Beshear, Daniels honored at Bellarmine commencement (WLKY)
• Beshear and Daniels receive honorary degrees (WDRB)
• Innovative UK center studies, promotes work-life balance across state (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Fayette superintendent developing plan for holding back pupils (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Family Scholar program helps single mothers reach special day (and a few fathers, too) (The Courier-Journal)
• Bellarmine holds record graduation (The Courier-Journal)
• University of Louisville has first graduates from sign language program (The Courier-Journal)
• CPE senior associate receives Friend of KACTE award (SurfKY)
• KACTE Conference Focuses on Changes to Teacher Education (University of Louisville)

National:

• Ivy League school janitor graduates with honors (Seattle Pi)
• For stressed college students, a doggone good way to relax (USA Today)
• Students lament debts as loan battle gains steam in Congress (USA Today)
• A Generation Hobbled by the Soaring Cost of College (The New York Times)
• Can Universities Manage Risks to Academic Freedom in Foreign Outposts? (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Vice President Biden Weighs in on Student Loan Issue (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)
• Purdue Kicks Off Global Online-Education Project (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Ohio Moves to Make Historically Black College a Land-Grant University (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)