Kentucky News - September 16, 2011

State:

• Six schools earn Blue Ribbon honors (Cincinnati.com)
• Ky. professor discovers new species of bee (USA Today)
• Ky. jobless rate for August held steady at 9.5 percent (Herald-Leader)
• Mayor moves office to IdeaFestival (Herald-Leader)
• Small spark, big flames (State-Journal)
• KCU student found dead in campus apartment (Daily Independent)
• KCU student's death being investigated (Daily Independent)
• Most area schools up on ACT scores (Daily Independent)
• Kentucky, Indiana fare differently in improper unemployment payment ranking (Business First of Louisville)
• Environmentalists Unhappy With Coal Sponsorship (WEKU)
• Idea Fest becomes Center of LOU Government (WEKU)
• University Senate votes against faculty Regent term limits (WKU Herald)
• WKU Health Services nearing accreditation (WKU Herald)
• WKU SGA passes no-tobacco resolution (WKU Herald)
• Conference examines Kentucky's higher education (WKU Herald)
• WKU professor continues projects with NASA (WKU Herald)
• Construction funding delayed at WKU with economy suffering (WKU Herald)
• SG leaders lauded for their transparency (Kentucky Kernel)
• Constitution Day: Students draft civic education bill (Kentucky Kernel)
• Psychology department ranked No. 1 in national study (Kentucky Kernel)
• ‘Big Blue Goes Green’ highlights sustainability (Kentucky Kernel)
• Policy doesn’t apply to cousin of UK president (Kentucky Kernel)
• Opportunity thefts remain popular crime on campus (The Eastern Progress)
• Another way to go (The News)
• Gov. Beshear proclaims Sept. 12-17 Kentucky Arts in Education Week (Kentucky Teacher)
• MSU sets enrollment record of 10,235 (WYMT)
• Connecting Bluegrass University Presidents (Business Lexington)
• College Board releases research to support National Arts Education Standards revision (Kentucky Teacher)
• Saturday is college scholarship day at Kentucky Downs (Courier-Journal)
• University of Kentucky official who banned student sportswriter from Media Day a no-show at forum (Poynter Institute)

National:

• Where Universities Can Be Cut (Inside Higher Ed.)
• A Fee Not Worth the Cost? (Inside Higher Ed.)
• Inclusive Athletics (Inside Higher Ed.)
• Simmons to Step Down as President of Brown U. (The Chronicle)
• Research Fund for Climate Skeptics Was Spent on Wining, Dining, and Pricey Consultants (The Chronicle)
• Despite Faltering Economy, Donations to Major College-Sports Programs Increase (The Chronicle)
• Teaching as a Second, or Even Third, Career (New York Times)
• White House details plans for more digital learning (USA Today)
• SAT reading scores drop to lowest point in decades (Washington Post)
• Why education reform keeps failing (Washington Post)
• Students say: ‘Pressure? What pressure?’ (Washington Post)