Kentucky News - September 21, 2012

State:

• State increasing accountability for literacy (WKU Herald)
• D is for Deaf: Student feels like part of WKU deaf community (WKU Herald)
• Online education threatens traditional colleges, IdeaFestival speaker says (The Courier-Journal)
• JCPS student-assignment plan upheld (The Courier-Journal)
• University Hospital partner decision delayed again (The Courier-Journal)
• University of Kentucky professor gets $800,000 grant for autism therapies (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Sayre, Picadome schools attract national education leaders on Lexington stop (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky voices: Irvine educator, part of NBC summit, says teach to children's needs, not the test (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• MSU to participate in Ohio River Dragon Boat Festival (Murray Ledger & Times)
• MSU AIMS program awarded five-year grant (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Higginson to leave MSU VP postition for the classroom (Murray Ledger & Times)
• KCTM officially opens new facility (The Morehead News)
• BOR updates Dr. Andrews' contract, hears fall enrollment figures (The Morehead News)
• WKCTC raises $100,000 for scholarships (The Paducah Sun)
• For MSU gallery director, outreach is key (The Paducah Sun)
• Spending, test scores not full measure of schools, leaders say (The Richmond Register)
• KSU fish farmers aim to transform old wastewater plant (The State Journal)
• U of L Medical Center Taking More Time to Find Partner (WFPL)
• Frankfort Regional Medical Center partners with Kosair Children’s Hospital and UofL for pediatric specialty care (The Lane Report)
• UK Ag’s KyFarmStart receives more than $500,000 to help beginning farmers (The Lane Report)
• UofL negotiations with possible partners for University Hospital may continue to year’s end (The Lane Report)
• UofL trustees: Student success initiatives, finding new revenue sources top goals (The Lane Report)
• Ky. Jobless Rate Rises To 8.5 Percent In August (WBKO)

National:

• 1 In 7 Young People Are Not Working Or In School: Measure Of America Study (Huffington Post)
• Research Advocates Raise Alarm as Sequester of Federal Budget Funds Nears Deadline (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Who's in Control? (Inside Higher Ed)
• Before House Subcommittee, Panelists Urge Move to Incorporate Nontraditional Students in College Completion Data (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)
• Reports Highlight Colleges Where Minority Success Rates Have Soared (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)