Kentucky News - June 4, 2012

State:

• State’s KnowHow2Transfer website launch set for Wednesday (The Lane Report)
• 'Hatfields & McCoys' series boosts University of Kentucky book sales (Business First of Louisville)
• Gatton Academy among elite (Evansville Courier & Press)
• NSF highlights WKU research in Africa (Press Trust)
• WKU offering online Faith Community Nursing course Aug. 6-Oct. 1 (Press Trust)
• Scholarship fund is too flawed (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Less Than 19% of Proposed WKU Budget Comes from State Funding (WKU Public Radio)
• Some Western and Eastern Kentucky County Leaders Want Coal Scholarships Expanded (WKU Public Radio)
• Daviess County Judge-Executive Hopes His Region Will Be Included in Future Scholarship Plan (WKYUFM)
• MSU breaks ground on Paducah campus: Governor says educated workforce key to area (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Some criticize Appalachian scholarships (Herald-Dispatch)
• Cumberlands president says coal severance fund discriminatory (The Times Tribune)
• Some not happy with scholarship program (WKYT)
• For good wages without a college degree, skilled trades are an option (The Courier-Journal)
• Owsley residents, UK students growing more than a garden next to high school (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Check real UK budget numbers; critic's Analysis of administrative costs, tuition doesn't add up (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Ky. voices: Make good on promises, set standards (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Ky. voices: Students held back do worse, not better (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Gatton School grads stand out (Cincinnati.com)
• College emporium offers math boost (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Dr. John P. Ernst named executive assistant to the president (Morehead State University News)
• Spalding University to honor 3 leaders with honorary doctorates; fourth to receive university’s highest honor (The Lane Report)
• UK administrator to manage Rupp Arena District plan (The Lane Report)
• Town and Gown Conference Starts Monday at EKU (WBKO.com)
• WKU Throwing Party for Transit of Venus (WBKO.com)
• Western Kentucky University Announces Tuition Increase (TriState)
• WKU Committee Approves 4.8 Percent Tuition Hike (News Channel 5)
• WKU committee OKs 4.8% tuition hike (Daily News)

National:

• Graduate STEM Enrollment Grows, but Slows (Inside Higher Ed)
• Colleges for Profit Are Growing, With Federal Help (New York Times)
• A Gap in College Graduates Leaves Some Cities Behind (New York Times)
• Many cool on making teacher ratings public (USA Today)