Kentucky News - August 3, 2011

State:

• Graduations rates: Nosedive explained (The State Journal)
• Less than 77 percent of Kentucky's high school students get diplomas (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• WKU impact on BG area at $672M (The Daily News)
• Museum Plaza decision surprises, saddens Louisville's arts community (The Courier-Journal)
• Local graduation rates released (Cincinnati.com)
• NKU plaza takes shape (Cincinnati.com)
• Under attack (Daily Independent)

National:

• Va. Community Colleges dive headfirst into remedial-math redesign (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)