Kentucky News - May 23, 2011

• Number of college graduates up in state (Messenger-Inquirer)
• MSU to host CPE's 24th Annual Academically Proficient African American conference (The Morehead News)
• 2011 HCTC graduates honored (Hazard Herald)
• Melinda Nolan is having a mid-life college experience (Sentinel Echo)
• Ivy Tech to gather input about tuition rates (Inside Indiana Business)
• Mutual funds: 7 tips for making a graduation gift (USA Today)
• Kentucky State University receives national recognition for community service (Kentucky State University News)
• University names AASA director (The Northerner)
• Search for new Jefferson superintendent down to 6 (Daily News)
• No Child Left Behind fix lagging in Congress (Associated Press)
• Advocates call for end to paddling in 45 Kentucky school districts (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Portrait of a county: Breathitt loses people, fights for survival (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Top-performing schools with elite students (The Washington Post)
• Gates Foundation works to change education policy (New York Times)
• Big plans ahead for WKU-G (Glasgow Daily Times)
• New UK hospital boost for state; legislature must fund research space (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Group that seeks less test-driven instruction plans to address Fayette school board (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• School board about to squeeze taxpayers (Messener-Inquirer)
• MSU board approves Paducah campus agreement: 5 percent tuition raise also passes (Murray Ledger & Times)
• ‘Pink slips’ issued to 28 school employees (The Morehead News)