Kentucky News - June 20, 2011

State:

• Profile: New University of Kentucky president's voice shaped by Alabama childhood (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK faculty learn how to develop research into entrepreneurship deals at Bench2Business networking event (The Lane Report)
• KCTCS Board of Regents approve 2011-2012 budget (KCTCS News)
• KCTCS Board of Regents Approve 2011-12 Budget (West Kentucky Star)
• NKU's general education curriculum to get reviewed (The Courier-Journal)
• UK's $20 million grant (The Courier-Journal)
• For-profit colleges serve student, state well (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Speak out against excessive testing in Fayette schools (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• For-profit colleges deepening student debt crisis (Herald-Leader)
• MCC student receives Carl D. Perkins Assistance Award (isurfhopkins)
• New reports reveal alarming facts about the educational experiences of young men of color (WAVE3)
• College transfers simplified at Kentucky public institutions (Turret.com)
• Viticulture program at WKU promising (The Daily News)

National:

• Questioning the worth of college (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Trendless summer (Inside Higher Ed)
• McGraw-Hill aligns with Greenway to deliver national EHR Curriculum and meet growing demand for Health IT training (WFIE)
• Male students of color from different backgrounds face similar hurdles (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• State dropout rates edge down (Helena Independent Record)
• Gates Foundation weighs in on credit-hour rule (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Degrees or certificates? (Community College Spotlight)