Kentucky News - August 20, 2012

State:

• Kentucky Senate recognizes Gatton Academy for No. 1 ranking by Newsweek Magazine (SurfKY.com)
• Local college attainment increases, but remains below averages (Hazard-Herald.com )
• Kentucky State Student-Athletes Receive Division II Academic Achievement Awards (KSU Thorobreds.com)
• New president plans to improve recruitment (The Northerner)
• Great Beginnings MSU officials help freshmen adjust to campus life (Murray Ledger & Times)
• MSU honors faculty with awards (Morehead State University News)
• MSU officials on hand as Mason County students receive IPads (Morehead State University News)
• Districts’ graduation rates rise (The Paducah Sun)
• Postcrossing: Homeschooling community teaches geography through postcards (The State Journal)
• Education leaders address challenges of melding college experience with online instruction (Business Lexington)
• Q&A: Owen Williams (Business Lexington)
• Business leaders push for school improvement (Business Lexington)
• Q&A: Eli Capilouto (Business Lexington)
• Woodson Academy invests in “at-promise” male students (Business Lexington)
• Ky. Senate recognizes Gatton Academy for No. 1 ranking by Newsweek (The Lane Report)
• Freshmen flood UK campus this weekend (The Lane Report)
• Fazoli's tests sale of beer, wine near UK campus (Business First of Louisville)
• Early-bird Hargens focuses on increasing student achievement (Business First of Louisville)
• IU plans school for global studies (Business First of Louisville)
• WKU Welcomes Its Newest Students As Freshmen Move In (WBKO)
• WKU Freshmen Get First Taste of College Life This Week (WKYUFM)
• Kentucky chamber pushes education changes, other issues (Daily News)
• New international students to arrive this week (SurfKY.com)
• International Students Set to Arrive at WKU (WKYUFM)
• Back-to-school jitters not just for kids (Evansville Courier & Press)
• Beshear congratulates 2012 Governor’s Scholars (Middlesboro Daily News)
• GPS devices on buses, healthful lunch items await JCPS students for new school year (The Courier-Journal)
• Superintendent Donna Hargens | JCPS plan shapes district direction (The Courier-Journal)
• Jane W. Burks | Help homeless students in their return to school (The Courier-Journal)
• James R. Allen | Business Leader Champions push for improvement (The Courier-Journal)
• Editorial | Monkeying with science education? (The Courier-Journal)
• Fazoli's tests sale of beer, wine at restaurant near UK (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Students need financial skills to prepare for degrees of debt (Lexington Herald-Leader)

National:

• Sorry, Wrong Numbers (Inside Higher Ed)
• More states requiring students to repeat a grade: Is it the right thing to do? (Hechinger Ed.org)
• Some universities require students to use e-textbooks (USA Today)
• Women's colleges struggle to keep identity and enrollment (USA Today)
• DREAMers Deferred (Inside Higher Ed)
• In wake of attacks, colleges step up threat assessment (azcentral.com)
• Emory University misrepresented student data (ajc.com)
• Roomates who snore... and 14 other reasons students don't get enough sleep (USA Today College)