Kentucky News - August 25, 2011

State:

• The value of teamwork (Bowling Green Daily News)
• U of L: Employee took half a million from equine program (Courier-Journal)
• U of L doctors' group drops effort to keep records private (Courier-Journal)
• Barren County wants to renew promise for youth (Glasgow Daily Times)
• College celebrates anniversary with service (Cincinnati.com)
• Woodford students get iPads, join iTunes U platform (Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky education signs on with iTunes
  • Herald-Leader
  • Kentucky Post
  • State-Journal
• Ky. Education Officials Look To Harness iPads and iTunes For Classroom Use (WUKY)
• EKU focusing on student success (Richmond Register)
• KSU fraternity has small role in King monument (State-Journal)
• Education aids available at iTunes store (Daily Independent)
• Equal access: Funds to help bring broadband Internet to rural commmunities (Daily Independent)
• Thomas More students help the community (Kentucky Post)
• Dr. Willem de Villiers chosen as new leader of UK HealthCare Good Samaritan Hospital (Lane Report)
• Youth labor force participation rate at 59.5 percent in July 2011 is lowest July rate on record (Lane Report)
• KHEAA and Career Crusing to host free Individual Learning Plan training (Lane Report)
• UK College of Pharmacy Creates First Endowed Research Chair (WUKY)
• Collaborative green efforts tie into new-student events (Kentucky Kernel)
• Redesigned UK website gets mixed reviews from students (Kentucky Kernel)
• Retired Navy commander takes over as physical plant director (Kentucky Kernel)
• Campus updates unfinished as students return (The Northerner)
• Votruba to retire in 2012: NKU president to step down after 15 years of substantial change, but stay as a teacher (The Northerner)
• Ellis to Discuss Book "History of Education in Kentucky," Followed by Day-Long Forum (EKU)
• Start of a new era for Kentucky public schools (Paducah Sun)
• Kentucky on iTunes U available with free P-20 educational content (Kentucky Teacher)
• New era begins for state’s schools (The Eagle Post)
• UofL seeks to add $67M med school building (Cincinnati.com)
• Kentucky keeping arena options open (ESPN)

National:

• Retractions on the Rise (Inside Higher Ed.)
• A Faculty (Led) Search (Inside Higher Ed.)
• Revised Rules on Financial Conflicts (Inside Higher Ed.)
• How Families Headed by Same-Sex Couples Fare in Student Aid (The Chronicle)
• Major Libraries Join Controversial Project to Publish ‘Orphan’ Books Online (The Chronicle)
• New Site Brazenly Trades Pirated E-Textbooks (The Chronicle)
• Integrating a Digital Project Into a Class: Deciding on a Project (The Chronicle)