Kentucky News - August 24, 2011

State:

• Postsecondary numbers rise for ACE2 classes(The Madisonville Messenger)
• BG, Warren juniors top state’s average on ACT (The Daily News)
• Taking notes (The Daily News)
• 152 earn GEDs in Warren last fiscal year (The Daily News)
• Metcalfe County High offers new courses (WBKO.com)
• CDC awards UK $2 million for injury prevention (Business Lexington)
• MSU Rec Center to be dedicated Thursday (The Morehead News)
• New faculty trustee Irina Voro critical of UK administrators (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK named among top colleges for social media savvy (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Griffin Hall ready for action...almost (The Northerner)
• Votruba to retire in 2012 (The Northerner)
• Campus updates unfinished as students return (The Northerner)
• New campus gains ground (The News.org)
• $14.5 million award to foster energy efficiency research (The Kentucky Kernel)
• U of L doctors' group drops effort to keep records private (The Courier-Journal)
• U of L seeks to add $67 million med school building (Lexington Herald-Leader)

National:

• Study: Different school choices, more grants as families go to new lengths to afford college (Grand Forks Herald.com)
• College dropouts cost themselves, and Nevada, millions of dollars in earning potential (Las Vegas Sun)
• Party ends at for-profit schools (The Wall Street Journal)