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The Council periodically issues news releases regarding new initiatives, progress data and other issues. All news releases found on this page have been issued in the past 180 days.

• COUNCIL SETS CONTRACT WITH SEARCH FIRM
  Wednesday, July 16, 2008
  The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Presidential Search Committee met early this afternoon and approved contract terms for the executive search firm selected to assist with the search for the Council’s third president.
• CPE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE CHOOSES SEARCH FIRM
  Monday, June 30, 2008
  The Council on Postsecondary Education's Presidential Search Committee met today and has selected Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc. of Miramar Beach, Florida, as the executive search firm to assist with the search for the Council's third permanent president.
• CPE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE APPROVES CONTRACT FOR INTERIM PRESIDENT
  Wednesday, June 11, 2008
  The Executive Committee of the Council on Postsecondary Education approved an employment agreement today for its incoming interim president, Dr. Richard Crofts, the former commissioner of higher education in both Mississippi and Montana.
• CPE PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE NARROWS SEARCH FIRM PROPOSALS TO 3
  Tuesday, June 10, 2008
  The Presidential Search Committee of the Council on Postsecondary Education met yesterday to begin the process of choosing a national search firm to assist in the selection of its next president.
• 14 EARN DEGREES THROUGH PROJECT GRADUATE; 232 ENROLL
  Wednesday, June 04, 2008
  Project Graduate teams at Kentucky’s public universities have helped 14 adults return to college to earn their bachelor’s degree this spring, according to preliminary data gathered by the Council on Postsecondary Education. Three more Project Graduate students will graduate this summer and 232 students have enrolled for summer or fall classes.
• KENTUCKY’S INTERNET2 INITIATIVE RECOGNIZED AS ‘MOST INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION’
  Monday, June 02, 2008
  Kentucky’s Internet2 Initiative was recognized as the “Most Innovative Use of Technology in Education” at the Commonwealth Office of Technology’s third annual Kentucky Digital Summit. As part of the “Best of Kentucky” awards, Kentucky’s Internet2 initiative was chosen from nearly 50 possible nominees for making outstanding information technology contribution to the public sector.
• KNOWHOW2GOKY AIMS TO IMPROVE COLLEGE ACCESS, SUCCESS
  Thursday, May 29, 2008
  Students and teachers from across the state joined state leaders on the steps of the Capitol this morning for a rally to launch KnowHow2GOKy, a multiyear, public service media outreach designed to encourage more Kentuckians to plan, enroll and succeed in college.
• CPE TO LAUNCH STATEWIDE COLLEGE ACCESS OUTREACH TOMORROW
  Wednesday, May 28, 2008
  The Council on Postsecondary Education will launch a statewide outreach tomorrow that uses warrior-like characters—named Algebra II, Biology and Foreign Languages—to challenge middle school and high school students to take the “tough” classes they need to prepare and succeed in college.
• DR. RICHARD CROFTS TO SERVE AS CPE INTERIM PRESIDENT
  Friday, May 23, 2008
  The Council on Postsecondary Education hired a former Kentuckian with extensive experience in higher education administration in several states to serve as its interim president. Dr. Richard A. Crofts of Palmetto, Fla., will serve the Council until a permanent president is hired, a search anticipated to last six to eight months.
• KENTUCKY PUBLIC COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES INCREASING ACCESS AND SUCCESS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS
  Thursday, May 22, 2008
  Kentucky’s public colleges and universities have made steady progress in improving the status of African Americans in postsecondary education, according to a report that will be presented tomorrow to the Council on Postsecondary Education at its meeting in Frankfort.
• FORMER KENTUCKIAN AND HIGHER ED ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDED TO SERVE AS CPE INTERIM PRESIDENT
  Tuesday, May 20, 2008
  The Council on Postsecondary Education’s search committee for an interim president will recommend Dr. Richard A. Crofts, of Florida, to the Council at its meeting on Friday. If approved by the Council, Crofts will begin his duties as interim president in mid-June and serve for at least six months while the Council conducts a national search for a permanent president. Crofts will not be a candidate for the permanent position.
• Statement of John Turner on the Resignation of Brad Cowgill as President of CPE
  Wednesday, April 30, 2008
  It is with mixed emotions today that I accept Brad Cowgill’s resignation as President of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.
• STATEMENT OF BRAD COWGILL, PRESIDENT
  Wednesday, April 30, 2008
  Today I announce my resignation as president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education. I do this for one reason: in the foreseeable future, it would be necessary to devote excessive time and effort to unproductive activities, denying me the satisfaction of fruitful work.
• COUNCIL TO SCRUTINIZE TUITION PROPOSALS
  Tuesday, April 22, 2008
  Brad Cowgill, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, today said that because of changes in the economy that are hurting Kentucky families and putting college loans at risk, a strong consensus has emerged among Council members that favors a conservative approach to tuition growth in order to maintain college affordability and progress toward the state’s Double the Numbers goal.
• STATEMENT FROM JOHN TURNER, CHAIR, COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
  Friday, April 18, 2008
  The Council appreciates the Governor’s interest in the presidential selection process, and believes that it has complied with both the spirit and letter of the law.