Kentucky News - September 23, 2011

State:

• Pushing for greatness (The Paducah Sun)
• Tom Eblen: At Idea Festival, students match wits with celebrity computer (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• College performance targets call for improvements by 2015 (Courier-Journal)
• Morehead State enrollment jumps, others flat
  • WDRB
  • Washington Examiner
  • Fox 19
  • Eyewitness News 9
  • News Channel 5
  • KFVS 12
  • News 25
  • Fox 17
  • The Republic
  • WSMV
  • WAVE3
  • Ledger Independent
• Morehead State shows highest growth rate among state schools since last year (Herald-Leader)
• Morehead State University undergrad enrollment up 18 percent, others unremarkable
  • Daily Journal
  • Daily Reporter
• AdvanceKentucky High Schools Boost Student Achievement (isurfmuhlenberg)
• Assessment data to be released (Kentucky Teacher)
• Idea Festival: Maybe this explains Geico's gecko (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• IdeaFestival | Scientific kissing study doesn't take out the fun (The Courier-Journal)
• KENTUCKY CHAMBER: Postsecondary update shows income, enrollment and attainment gains (Lane Report)
• Student’s death remembered (The News)
• Man faces new charges in 1998 Murray St. dorm fire (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Paducah man faces new charges in 1998 Murray dorm fire (The Courier-Journal)
• Students' rust to college slows down (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Obama to offer waiver on major parts of education law (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• KCTCS and John N. Gardner Institute Team Up to Transform Transfer, Enhance Student Success, and Advance Commonwealth Education Goals (John N. Gardner Institue for Excellence)
• Presidents of UK and WKU Comment on State of Higher Education (WKYU)
• Ramsey touts last year’s achievements in State of the University address (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Student test scores to be released next week (Daily News)
• Jefferson County teachers union questions high student absences at failing schools (The Courier-Journal)
• Students in Kentucky AP program scoring high on tests (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• UK's Robinson Scholars program revamps selection process, offerings (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Obama rolling back Bush-era education law (Courier-Journal)
• WKCTC's Veazey joins roundtable at White House (The Paducah Sun)
• Students in AP program scoring high on tests (Kypost.com)
• U of L president talks about Big East changes, financial impact (Business First of Louisville)
• Western Kentucky University (The Lane Report)
• The University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Alzheimer’s Disease Center (The Lane Report)
• University of Louisville School of Medicine (The Lane Report)
• Ky. ed chief to appear with Obama, Duncan (The Daily News)
• Early childhood education (The Paducah Sun)
• Thriving university claims small roots (The Paducah Sun)

National:

• New Enrollment Dips a Bit at U.S. Graduate Schools (The New York Times)
• More Diversity on Campus Leads to Less Diversity Among Friends, Study Finds (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Gazing Into Higher Ed's Future (Inside Higher Ed)
• For-Profit Colleges, Vulnerable G.I.’s (The New York Times)
• Highlighting Flow of Military Benefits to For-Profits, Senators Seek Changes in Key Rule (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• 8 For-Profit Colleges Collect More Than $1-Billion in Veterans' Education Benefits (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Obama to Waive Parts of No Child Left Behind (The New York Times)