Kentucky News - August 19, 2011

State:

• NKU president Votruba to retire
• More Kentuckians Earn Their GEDs: The number is up 10% the past fiscal year (WHAS)
• Kentucky Not Meeting ACT Benchmarks, Indiana is Above Average (WFPL)
• Kentucky ACT scores up but still trail US average (Evansville Courier and Press)
• JCTC hosts national ACT data release (The Jessamine Journal)
• Murray Has 6th Highest Score on State ACT Test (West Kentucky Star)
• ACT results for Ky. juniors, graduates show improvement in all areas (Kentucky Forward)
• Mid-Continent University is Kentucky's fastest-growing nonprofit college (The Courier-Journal)
• Mid-Continent University eyes local expansion (Business First of Louisville)
• White Coat ceremony to mark student’s entry into dental profession at U of L (The Lane Report)
• Kentucky ACT scores up but still trail U.S. average (The Courier-Journal)
• Indiana grads increase average ACT test score (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky juniors improve slightly on ACT, but most still aren't college-ready (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• State program would have adult volunteers talk about careers, education with students (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• EMS Academy at WKU offering EMT Basic and Paramedic Courses (iSurfHopkins.com)
• Kentucky ACT scores up but still trail US average (Daily News)
• KWC gets $600,000 to educate science and math students (Kentucky Wesleyan College)
• MSU, UR launch satellite from Russia (Morehead State University News)
• Kentucky ACT scores up but still trail U. S. average (The Paducah Sun)
• ACT scores up around the region (The Paducah Sun)
• Diagnosing merger: Line between public, private ownership blurry at University Hospital (The Courier-Journal)
• University of Kentucky puts air conditioning in final 2 dorms (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky's first Montessori high school opens in Lexington (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky Space announces successful satellite launch led by a team at Morehead University Space Science Center (The Lane Report)
• More Kentuckians earn GEDs over past year (The State Journal)
• ACT scores on par with rest of state (The State Journal)

National:

• NU, state colleges merge online (Omaha.com)
• TCC and NSU expand student transfer program (The Virginian-Pilot)
• Colleges Are Slow to Seek Authorization in Other States, Survey Finds (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Women Value Higher Education More Highly Than Men Do, Survey Finds (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Pilot program seeks to prepare Arkansas students for high-tech careers (Askansas News)
• ACT Deems More Students College-Ready (Education Week)
• At this girls’ camp, crafts take a drill press (The New York Times)