Kentucky News - June 29, 2011

State:

• Kentucky Education Reform (WKMS)
• Good news for students: Transferring credits from one state school to another now easier (KyForward)
• Todd will be paid $162,000 a year as a UK engineering professor (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Ky. gives Todd faculty contract (Daily News)
• MSU, UOR prepare for Russian launch (Morehead State University)
• ECTC partners to bring educational facility to Leitchfield (The News Enterprise)
• TVA gives WKU $106,000 for energy program (Daily News)

National:

• Americans worried by soaring tuition fees (AFP)
• Universities turn to outsourced instructors (USA Today)
• Black Colleges still play a vital role in education (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Dream Act would generate jobs and $1.4-billion in revenue, Secretary Duncan says (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• 'Times' ticks on (Inside Higher Ed)
• Better pay for Ga. math, science teachers? (ajc.com)
• Scholarship fund group seeks increased support for Asian American-focused minority-serving schools (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)