Kentucky News - July 27, 2011

State:

• WKU creates new recycling department (WBKO.com)
• Editorial | Paging Dr. Luallen (The Courier-Journal)
• Louisville football coach Charlie Strong, family donate $150,000 to scholarship program (The Courier-Journal)
• Editorial | U of L President James Ramsey's silence (The Courier-Journal)
• University of Louisville President James Ramsey's efforts praised (The Courier-Journal)
• UK's future worthy of study (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• 20 students attend space camp at Morehead State (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• City, county make first deposit for new career/technology center (Murray Ledger & Times)
• MSU awarded nearly $103K grant from NSF (Morehead State University News)
• GED graduation Aug. 11 at Clemens Fine Arts Center (The Paducah Sun)
• EKU again listed in 'Great College to Work For' (The Richmond Register)
• MSU hosts camps for minority students (The Morehead News)
• Mid-Continent is fastest growing Kentucky university in past decade with nearly 400 percent growth (The Lane Report)
• U of L Geriatrics draws support of $513,285 for planned expansion (The Lane Report)
• Fayette County high school graduates pull in more than $40 million in college scholarships (The Lane Report)
• UK makes social engagement for the Big Blue Brand (Business First)
• WKU President presents Honorary Doctorate to Madame Xu Lin (WBKO.com)

National:

• Colleges join plan for faster computer networks (The New York Times)
• Anxiety and uncertainty (Inside Higher Ed)
• $1M grant to help improve Indiana graduation rate (Indystar.com)
• U.S. teacher training criticized as 'uneven' (Des Moines Register)
• Texas takes steps to streamline the path to a college degree (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Higher ed chief: Finishing degrees now Texas' top priority (Chron.com)
• More Tennessee undergrads may get a robo-nudge (The Tennessean)