Kentucky News - August 17, 2011

State:

• Education officials report 10 percent increase in number of people earning GEDs over past year
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• Kentucky Posts 10% Annual Gain in GED's Awarded
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• Kentucky posts 10 percent annual gain in GEDs awarded with 10,294 Kentuckians earning diplomas (Lane Report)
• Kentucky sees 10% increase in GEDs awarded (KyForward)
• More Kentuckians Turn Towards GEDs (WEKU)
• More Kentuckians earn GEDs over past year
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• Number of GEDs awarded in Kentucky increases by 10% (Examiner)
• Slow progress: Number earning GED is state continues to increase (Daily Independent)
• Testing Incentives, Economy Produce Upswing In GEDs (WUKY)
• University of Kentucky dorm offers free iPad, special courses (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky gets $7 million grant to continue Alzheimer's research (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky's first Montessori high school opens Thursday in Lexington (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Readiness report shows mixed results for Ky.'s 2011 high school graduates (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky dorm offers free iPad, special courses (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• No way to sell hospital merger (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Tom Eblen: New BCTC campus a vital piece of Lexington's future (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky receives $7 million for Alzheimer's research (The Courier-Journal)
• Art schools’ numbers grow (The Paducah Sun)
• Kentucky ACT scores remain lower than national average (Kypost.com)
• UK lands $7 million Alzheimer Research Grant from NIH (Business Lexington)
• UK gets $14.5 million for Carbon Capture Research (Business Lexington)
• UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging receives $7 million for Alzheimer's research (The Lane Report)
• University of Kentucky receives $14.5 million for research in carbon capture technologies from coal-powered plants (The Lane Report)
• School of Medicine alum gives University of Louisville $4 million gift to fight blinding eye disease (The Lane Report)
• Ky. students trail nation on college, career readiness (Business First of Louisville)
• Transition key for Kentucky's public schools (WBKO.com)
• Ky. schools revamping wide range of courses (WBKO.com)
• Burgin's graduation rate one of best in the state (Central Ky. News)

National:

• ACT takers make marginal gains in college readiness, but achievement gaps remain (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Enrollments plunge at manyfor-profit colleges (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Reformers use new ways to tackle college readiness (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)
• 2011 ACT scores show problems with college readiness (The Washington Post)
• Modest gains on ACT (Inside Higher Ed)
• End of a military free ride? (Inside Higher Ed)
• State faces challenge in helping underprepared students graduate from college (Stateman.com)