Kentucky News - September 15, 2011

State:

• Coal group pays $85,000 to UK to sponsor big game (Courier-Journal)
• National Merit semifinalists are announced (Courier-Journal)
• Students explore career options (Glasgow Daily Times)
• KCTCS COLLEGE NAMED TOP 10 COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN NATION (KCTCS News)
• Big Coal pays $85K to sponsor big game (Cincinnati.com)
• Teacher named among state's best (Cincinnati.com)
• New NKU class: better prepared, needier (Cincinnati.com)
• Friends of Coal sponsoring UK-U of L football game (USA Today)
• Kentucky News Review: Kentucky schools offer studies in peace education (Herald-Leader)
• Peacemakers (Kentucky Living)
• UK hire flunks the smell test (Herald-Leader)
• Join UK celebration of Constitution, civic engagement (Herald-Leader)
• Disrespectful absence (Herald-Leader)
• Agriculture takes center stage at Murray State’s Fall on the Farm (Murray Ledger-Times)
• Magazine: MSU one of South's best (Daily Independent)
• Moving up: More Kentuckians than ever are earning college degrees (Daily Independent)
• Institute for Higher Education Policy Convenes Diverse Stakeholders to Identify Policies and Practices to Help "Near-Completer" College Students (K105)
• NKY Forum to discuss improving public schools (NKU News)
• KENTUCKY WESLEYAN COLLEGE PRESENTS CONSTITUTION DAY LECTURE (WSON)
• NKU to host top information security experts in pair of public talks Saturday and Monday (Lane Report)
• Campbellsville University ranked in Regional Universities in the South category with U.S. News & World Report (Lane Report)
• UK: Power and Energy Institute receives $1.5 million for education in industrial energy efficiency (Lane Report)
• University of Kentucky first-year class most academically accomplished in school's history (Lane Report)
• Friends of Coal Sponsor UK-UofL Game (WEKU)
• WKU Owensboro receives $50,000 grant (WKU Herald)
• U.S. News Survey: WKU ranked 12th in south (WKU Herald)
• Sophomore floor supports retention, high GPA (The Eastern Progress)
• Students earn credit through life experiences (The Eastern Progress)
• Science building phase one slated to open on time (The Eastern Progress)
• EKU center for the Arts opening missed the mark (The Eastern Progress)
• Name changes alter campus face (The Northerner)
• Latino students fight for space (The Northerner)
• Student Affairs VP search on hold (The Northerner)
• Loan default rates on the rise: As tuition costs increase and job options decrease, more students are struggling to make payments on loans after graduation (The Northerner)

National:

• For-Profit Seal of Approval (Inside Higher Ed.)
• The Exodus Begins (Inside Higher Ed.)
• SAT Scores Drop (Inside Higher Ed.)
• Not Marching in Step (Inside Higher Ed.)
• Continuing Financial Strain Dims Prospects for Public 2-Year Colleges, Report Says (The Chronicle)
• AAU to Take Up Challenge of Improving Undergraduate Science Teaching (The Chronicle)
• Pay for Only 4 Years of College. Guaranteed. (New York Times)
• Average Scores Slip on SAT (New York Times)
• Pipeline Into Partnerships offers minority students a chance (USA Today)
• Initiatives try to improve historically black colleges (USA Today)