Kentucky News - November 17, 2011

State:

• CPE awards $270 K to MSU (The Morehead State News)
• Small Business Center named Kentucky Center of year (The Eastern Progress)
• MSU arts hold strong despite economy (The Paducah Sun)
• ECTC-WKU agreement offers new opportunity (The News Enterprise)
• Program Seeks To Up College Applications (LEX18)
• UofL Surgeon J. David Richardson elected chair of American College of Surgeons Board of Regents (The Lane Report)
• Kentucky College Application Week (WBKO.com)
• Conway plans to make courtroom arguments starting with for profit college cases (cnl2 Pure Politics)

National:

• Race to Top Consolation Prize: $200M for STEM (Education Week)
• Often Excluded, More Special-Needs Students Taking NAEP (Education Week)
• Job Outlook for College Graduates Is Slowly Improving (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Study Highlights 'Power of More Time' for Science Learning (Education Week)
• Many Community-College Students Feel Squeezed Out of Courses They Need (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)