Kentucky News - September 14, 2011

State:

• Progress noted on attaining community goal for college degrees (The Courier-Journal)
• James Ramsey says University of Louisville reached all goals for year (The Courier-Journal)
• Search committee joins faculty, student, community members (The Northerner)
• Renovated dorm provides community for ‘first scholars’ (The Kentucky Kernel)
• UK design students help economy, environment (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Rival schools work together to research energy efficiency (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Clermont Co. offers 'second chance' in adult education (Cincinnati.com)
• UK receives federal engineering grant (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• U.S. News ranks UK 124th among national universities (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky enrollment reaches record-high of 28,098 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• MSU takes top rankings from U.S.News for 21st consecutive year (Murray Ledger & Times)
• MSU provost finalist for Colorado presidency (Morehead State University News)
• EKU names one of 2012 'Best Colleges' (The Richmond Register)
• KCU receives $30,000 for athletic complex (Daily Independent)
• Cautious Optimism on Kentucky's Educational Progress, Future (Business Lexington)
• U of L College of Business officials, Frazier family celebrate new name for campus building (The Lane Report)
• WKU-Owensboro Receives Major Gift (WKYU)
• Perdue gift to WKU-O quadruples (Messenger-Inquirer)
• UK Part of Neogen's Animal Safety Success (The Horse.com)

National:

• Low-Hanging Fruit (Inside Higher Ed)
• As colleges slash budgets, who's taking the hit? (CBS News)
• U.S. falls in global ranking of young adults who finish college (The Washington Post)
• For-profit colleges release “responsible conduct” standards (The Washington Post)
• College Spending Trends Show Students Bearing a Growing Share of the Costs (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• What College Can Mean to the Other America (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)