Kentucky News - November 9, 2011

State:

• Kentucky Bucks for Brains program wins national award
  • Herald-Leader
  • University Business
• Kentucky’s ‘Bucks for Brains’ endowment match program wins national economic development award (Lane Report)
• Kentucky’s ‘Bucks for Brains’ endowment match program wins national economic development award (WMSK)
• Three of Kentucky’s top education supporters recognized at Forward in the Fifth’s 25th anniversary and Educational Summit (The Lane Report)
• College students pass on higher-paying majors (Business First of Louisville)
• VP of Finance Frank Butler retires (The Kentucky Kernel)
• Portrait of a non-traditional student: Herby Wilson (The Louisville Cardinal)
• Architects shave $1.6 million off tech center addition (The State Journal)
• University begins international partnership (The Paducah Sun)
• UK Expands Research of Future Fuels from Coal and Biomass (Business First of Lexington)
• University of Kentucky expands to perform research on future fuels from coal and biomass (The Lane Report)
• Frontier Nursing University awards advanced degrees and honorary doctorates (The Lane Report)

National:

• Six Organizations Win National Award for Improving Regional Economies Through Science, Technology and Innovation
  • Yahoo! Finance
  • MSNBC
  • Optimum Online
  • Chron.com
  • Stock Markets Review
  • Market Wire
• Ky. Attorney General, Opposed by For-Profits, Wins Another Term (Inside Higher Ed)
• Georgia regents adopt guidelines to merge state colleges (The Augusta Chronicle)
• Hess to implement ‘Succeed 2020’ program for North Dakota kids (INFORUM)
• Online-Course Enrollments Grow, but at a Slower Pace. Is a Plateau Approaching? (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Online Grows, Doubts Persist (Inside Higher Ed)
• Designing Policies to Encourage Early High School Graduation (Education Week)