Kentucky News - June 1, 2012

State:

• BGTC initiative gives lift to minority business owners (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Some criticize Appalachian scholarships (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Lindsey Wilson honors Walter Baker (Glasgow Daily Times)
• Ex-UK administrator Frank Butler will be manager for Rupp Arena project (Herald-Leader)
• Ky. lobbyists spend record $8.8M in Frankfort (Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky PEO chapters to hold convention in Murray (Murray Ledger-Times)

National:

• Need Too Much: Wesleyan shifts away from need-blind policy, citing financial and ethical concerns (Inside Higher Education)
• Test for Future Financiers (Inside Higher Education)
• Improving Research Skills (Inside Higher Education)
• U.S. Officials Fail to Allay Concerns Over Accreditation Rules for Language Programs (The Chronicle)
• Education Dept. Puts $8.7-Million Into College-Savings Project for Needy Students (The Chronicle)
• College Groups, Al Sharpton, and Others Join in Campaign Against Hazing (The Chronicle)
• Even in Coal Country, the Fight for an Industry (New York Times)
• Why student aid is NOT driving up college costs (Washington Post)