Kentucky News - September 26, 2011

State:

• Ky. economy lags gains in education (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• KCTCS Faculty Receives State Teaching Award (KCTCS News)
• WKU’s ‘Dr. Julia’ Roberts honored with state’s annual Acorn Award (WKU News)
• Fire Safety Project Being Launched At EKU (WBKO.com)
• Fire safety project being launched at EKU (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• KENTUCKY CHAMBER: Postsecondary update shows income, enrollment and attainment gains (The Lane Report)
• States Push Education Accountability Plans (WBKO.com)
• Kentucky education chief: State will reapply for No Child Left Behind waiver (The Courier-Journal)
• U of L wins grant to take medical research to market (Business First of Louisville)
• IdeaFestival speaker: Research could lead to people living to 1,000 years old (The Courier-Journal)
• Cost of undoing hospital merger uncertain (The Courier-Journal)
• Warren County Schools See More Homeless Students (WBKO.com)
• U of L chosen to turn engineering innovations into medical solutions (The Lane Report)
• Campus scholars are experts in unusual subjects (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• OCTC seeks to bolster reputation (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Ky. ed chief: State will reapply for NCLB waiver (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Tom Eblen: Idea Festival highlights the best of Kentucky (Herald-Leader)
• Schools see more homeless students (The Paducah Sun)

National:

• Fire safety project being launched at EKU (Houston Chronicle)
• News Analysis: Codes of Conduct (All 3 of Them) for For-Profit Colleges Aim to Quell Skeptics (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Think Different? Not in Higher Ed (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Educators Start Early to Create a College-Going Culture Among Hispanics in Texas (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Black and Hispanic Doctoral Recipients Were More Likely to Carry Large Debts in 2009 (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Obama Turns Some Powers of Education Back to States (The New York Times)
• Tuition Hikes Spark State Rep. Genetski To Call For Panel To Oversee Public Universities (University Business)