Kentucky News - August 4, 2011

State:

• Mid-Continent growing fastest (Daily News)
• Kentucky reports a 76 percent graduation rate (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky School for the Deaf honors black students once denied diplomas (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Still waiting for an accurate dropout count (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Locust Trace opens doors to new generation of Ag Science Education (Business Lexington)
• Kentucky reports 76% graduation rate (WBKO.com)
• A State Online University Could be in the Future (WKMS)

National:

• Reform the NCAA Rulebook (Inside Higher Ed)
• Farming attracts academically diverse students (USA Today)
• Debt, dropouts and degrees (Inside Higher Ed)
• To get at college 'value,' report looks at student debt and degree completion together (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)