Kentucky News - October 29, 2009

• Colleges focus on keeping kids in school (The Courier-Journal)
• Mountjoy to leave Kentucky education cabinet (Business First of Louisville)
• Coal dorm controversy (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Course registration to benefit select students (The Eastern Progress)
• Despite economy, giving to university endowment remains strong (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Department gains reaccreditation recommendation (The Murray State News)
• Murray State hosts national competition (The Murray State News)
• WKU’s Kuhlenschmidt wins research award (Bowling Green Daily News)
• PLAN scores mostly rising at area schools (Glasgow Daily Times)
• Mounjoy leaving Beshear cabinet (Glasgow Daily Times)
• UK trustees showed disdain for students, faculty and staff (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• MSU hosting 34th annual Battle of the Brains contest (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Annual MSU Rodeo starts Thursday (Murray Ledger & Times)
• State education secretary resigns (The State Journal)
• Mounjoy leaving Beshear cabinet (The Daily Independent)
• Kentucky Education Secretary resigns (Kypost.com)
• Education secretary Mountjoy to resign (The Courier-Journal)
• Kentucky's 529 College Tuition Plans are in the Red (WKYU/Audio version)