Kentucky News - October 13, 2011

State:

• UK professor named finalist for National Book Award (The Kentucky Kernel)
• New off-campus housing planned (The Kentucky Kernel)
• New Murray State University recruiter in place (Evansville Courier & Press)
• Kentucky to assess student learning in undergraduate education (Kentucky Teacher)
• Police investigate fire at Eastern Kentucky University (Herald-Leader)
• Stagnolia: Education reform ‘is paying off’ (Harlan Daily Enterprise)
• Commissioner's travel should be state paid (Herald-Leader)
• Ky. Education Commissioner Defends Trips (WLKY)
• UK Education Abroad Cuts Nearly 6,000 Programs (BlueCoast Live)

National:

• Colleges Fail U.S. Financial Test (Inside Higher Ed)