Kentucky News - July 29, 2011

State:

• Kentucky wins funding to substantially transform remedial education (KCTCS News)
• Louisville's 'brain gain': Reversing a trend, number of better-educated young adults is on the rise (The Courier-Journal)
• How the JCPS grant money would be divided up (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky gets $1 million grant to improve retention at junior colleges (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Eastern, Somerset Community College get high marks (News 25 abc)
• Kentucky taking Daymar College to court (WBKO.com)
• University of Louisville partners with IBM to boost capacity of supercomputer (The Lane Report)
• State attorney general suing Daymar College (Messenger-Inquirer)
• State mandates drain school districts (Messenger-Inquirer)
• State attorney general accuses Daymar College of deceptive marketing (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Jack Conway alleges Daymar College overcharged for books, misled students (The Courier-Journal)
• More students at area schools taking AP tests (The Daily News)
• New AP classes help Metcalfe students (Glasgow Daily Times)

National:

• Kentucky Attorney General accuses for-profit college of fraud (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Texas colleges lagging in enrollment of minority students (MyFOXLubbock)
• States brace for grad rate dips as formula changes (Las Vegas Review-Journal.com)