Kentucky News - May 17, 2011

• Council on Postsecondary Education plans 24th Annual African American Juniors/Seniors Conference (Council on Postsecondary Education)
• Kentucky colleges seek to recruit African-Americans (BET)
• Kentucky colleges seek to recruit African-Americans (African American Education Initiative Network)
• Kentucky colleges graduate 62,700—Up 11% from last year (Examiner)
• Kentucky public & independent colleges graduate all-time high 62,700 in 2010-11, up 11% (Lane Report)
• More people getting job-related diplomas in Kentucky (Herald-Leader)
• Group says education degrees up this year (WKYT)
• Postsecondary Degrees Increase in Kentucky (WKMS)
• More Kentuckians are furthering their education (WKDP)
• More people getting job-related diplomas in Kentucky (Herald Leader)
• Kentucky public & independent colleges graduate all-time high 62,700 in 2010-11, up 11% (The Lane Report)
• Education group says degrees up 11% this year
  • Eyewitness News 9
  • FOX 17
  • FOX 19
  • Herald Leader
  • Kentucky Post
  • KFVS
  • LEX18
  • News Channel 5
  • News Enterprise
  • State Journal
  • USA Today
  • WCPO
  • WEHT
  • West Kentucky Star
  • WGTK
  • WKRN
  • WUKY
• MSU Young Authors Camp set for June 6-10 (Murray Ledger & Times)
• New ECTC Laboratory at Fort Knox facilitates expansion of college classes (Elizabethtown Community and Technical College)
• South central Ky. program keeps 18-year-olds in foster care to finish high school education (The Republic)
• High education and graduation (Louisville Community Colleges Examiner)
• U.S. colleges, universities step up recruitment with looming nationwide teacher shortage (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
• UK, state officials cut ribbon on 12-story Albert B. Chandler Hospital, cutting-edge high-tech replacement for med center (The Lane Report)
• Bowling Green Christian Academy students experience outer space (WBKO.com)
• Oral readings help college students comprehend difficult texts (USA Today)
• Study finds most Americans say college too expensive, not worth the money (The Saginaw News)
• Your so-called education (The New York Times)
• College's value goes deeper than the degree, graduates say (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• U. of Phoenix parent acknowledges review by Massachusetts (and other states) (Inside Higher Ed)