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Current Press Releases
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.
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- Campuses confer estimated 61,472 degrees, credentials in 2012-13
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Officials at Kentucky’s public and independent colleges and universities estimate that they have conferred 61,472 degrees and credentials during the 2012-13 academic year, with historic levels continuing at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s and professional practice doctoral levels.
- Committee on Equal Opportunities to meet
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Committee on Equal Opportunities will meet Monday, May 20 at 8 a.m. EDT in the University Center Ballroom at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights.
- Free GED® testing May 15-July 31
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
- Distance Learning Steering Team to meet
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Distance Learning Steering Team will meet Wednesday, May 15 at 9:30 a.m. EDT in Meeting Room A at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
- Lung Cancer Research Governance Board to meet
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Lung Cancer Research Governance Board will meet Wednesday, May 15 at 1 p.m. EDT in Meeting Room B at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
- Rural Access Work Group to meet
Monday, May 13, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Rural Access Work Group will meet Wednesday, May 15 at 1 p.m. EDT in Meeting Room A at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
- Council awards $1.5 million to develop model teacher prep programs
Thursday, May 09, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education has awarded $1.5 million to fund model clinical programs for teacher preparation in Kentucky. The three programs seek to improve the effectiveness of how universities provide teacher training.
- CPE to sponsor college planning conference for minority students
Monday, May 06, 2013
Registration is underway for the 26th Annual Academically Proficient High School Junior and Senior Diversity Conference on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University, June 28-29.
- Budget Development Work Group to meet
Friday, May 03, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Budget Development Work Group will meet on Monday, May 6, 10 a.m. EDT in Meeting Room B at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
- Council caps college tuition increase at 3 percent
Thursday, April 18, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education approved a 3 percent ceiling for tuition increases for the coming academic year for in-state undergraduate students at Kentucky’s public colleges and universities. This represents the smallest average tuition increase for Kentucky public institutions in 15 years.
- Council on Postsecondary Education sets meetings
Monday, April 15, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education will meet April 17-18 at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky.
- CPE's Strategic Agenda Work Groups to meet
Tuesday, April 09, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education’s College Readiness and Student Success Work Groups will hold a joint meeting on Thursday, April 11 at 10:00 a.m. EDT in Meeting Room A at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
- Rural Access Work Group to meet
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
- CPE Budget Development Work Group to meet
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Budget Development Work Group (2014-16) will meet on Wednesday, March 27, 2:30 p.m. EDT at 2078 Quail Run Drive in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
- CPE's Sherron Jackson honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by Murray State's Office of MultiCultural Affairs
Monday, March 25, 2013
Growing up on a farm in rural Mississippi with 11 brothers and sisters, Sherron Jackson never imagined that his life’s work would be spent in part championing equal opportunities in higher education for Kentuckians.
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