Kentucky News - August 10, 2011

State:

• CPE President stresses the importance of preparing students for college (WKYU)
• BGTC/WKU sign joint admissions agreement (KCTCS News)
• WKU and Bowling Green Tech sign a joint admissions agreement (WBKO.com)
• Sullivan College of Technology and Design earns $150,000 in scholarships for students (The Lane Report)
• Conway joins suit against for-profit college (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Seven overhauled JCPS schools get preliminary approval for $4.7 million (The Courier-Journal)
• Ky. to seek relief from federal testing mandates (Daily News)
• Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Releases New Strategic Agenda (WNKU)

National:

• For-profit college group sued as U.S. lays out wide fraud (The New York Times)