Kentucky News - October 7, 2011

State:

• Speaker: College readiness a major concern (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Jane Beshear stresses importance of education (Madison Courier)
• Ky. education agencies join forces to offer high school students chance to earn college credit (The Republic)
• Education Agencies Join to Offer College Credit (West Kentucky Star)
• Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway finds University Hospital is public, not private (The Courier-Journal)
• AG: U of L hospital company is public, not private (The Daily News)
• Lifelong educator honored by Berea College (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Information control: UK should not limit trustees' queries (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Thomas More offering 3-year degree (Business First of Louisville)
• Regents approve bonds for new dorm (The Eastern Progress)
• Whitlock attends KEEP event in Japan (The Eastern Progress)
• Estimated enrollment causes re-evaluation of 12×12 goal (The News - Murray State University)
• President gives annual address, shares new campus initiatives (The News - Murray State University)
• Search Committee moving forward (The Northerner)

National:

• S. Idaho college works to boost graduation rates (Idaho Statesman)
• An Unusual Conference (Inside Higher Ed)
• Helping Rural Students Leap Cultural Hurdles to College (Education Week)
• Better Data Urged to Link K-12 and Postsecondary (Education Week)
• ACT to be given to test high school students' post-graduation readiness (News Observer)
• Racial Disparities, Gender Gaps Persist in Student Achievement in Higher Education (ACE Higher Education News)