Kentucky News - August 5, 2011

State:

• State board delays decision on assessment issue (The Daily News)
• EKU takes over central KY airport (The Daily News)
• EKU takes over Madison County airport (The Courier-Journal)
• Forbes names 12 Kentucky colleges among nation's top 650 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• KSU named one of best colleges in the region (The State Journal)

National:

• Bloomberg to use own funds in plan to aid minority youth (The New York Times)
• When it comes to earnings, higher education isn't the whole story (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• The remedial Ph.D. (Inside Higher Ed)
• Education takes a beating nationwide (Los Angeles Times)