Kentucky News - October 10, 2011

State:

• WKU's Roberts honored with Acorn Award (The Daily News)
• Gov. Beshear announces initiative to allow students to earn college credit in high school (The Lane Report)
• Kentucky to allow students to earn college credits in high school (Examiner.com/Public Policy)
• N. Ky. manufacturers looking for more graduates (The Daily News)
• National effort to honor fallen soldiers began at EKU (The Richmond Register)
• Jones donates $1 million for Murray State business center (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Murray State students speak out against rape, violence at annual Take Back the Night rally (Murray Ledger & Times)
• NKU's Griffin Hall opens today (Cincinnati.com)
• EKU professors strive to bring more students to Lilley Cornett Woods (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Kentucky colleges wage battle against bottled water (Lexington Herald-Leader)

National:

• 'Flipped' classrooms take advantage of technology (USA Today)
• Digital library aims to expand kids' media literacy (USA Today)
• Public-College Leaders Acknowledge Challenges and Lament Slow Pace of Reform (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Getting Credit (Inside Higher Ed)