Kentucky News - June 17, 2011

State:

• Kentucky jobless rate drops below double digits (Bowling Green Daily News)
• WKU students to join tornado relief effort (Bowling Green Daily News)
• Ky. unemployment rate below 10% (Courier-Journal)
• UK's $20 million grant (Courier-Journal)
• Editorial: Donna Hargens at JCPS (Courier-Journal)
• WKU students learn about career options (Glasgow Daily Times)
• Madisonville Community College announces establishment of new endowed professorship; Hopkins County Development Corporation provides major gift in honor of long-time medical visionary (KCTCS News)
• MCC Announces New Endowed Professorship (KCTCS News)
• Transformation Grant Funds New Saltwater Aquarium for BCTC Bio Lab (KCTCS News)
• Paducah Career Expo set for June 21 (KCTCS News)
• Kentucky revenue soared in May (Cincinnati.com)
• UK awarded $20 million federal grant (Cincinnati.com)
• UK names new medical school dean (Herald-Leader)
• Ky. jobless rate below 10% for first time in two years (Herald-Leader)
• EKU to host Town and Gown annual conference (Richmond Register)
• Morehead’s new policy starts July 1 (Daily Independent)
• ACTC camp has week of summer fun for children (Daily Independent)
• Job fair set (Daily Independent)
• Unemployment applications drop, but remain high (Kentucky Post)
• Dr. Frederick C. de Beer named dean of the UK College of Medicine (Lane Report)
• Study: Economic security remains elusive for many Kentucky families; growth of low-wage jobs further threatens economic stability of workers (Lane Report)
• WKU announces Akamune, makes recruiting class official (WKU Herald)
• Students to fund Rec Center improvements (The Northerner)
• GenEd requirements under investigation: If found in non-compliance, NKU could lose accreditation, federal funding (The Northerner)
• Hensley named associate commissioner (Kentucky Teacher News)
• Kentucky does away with Commonwealth Diploma (The News Enterprise)
• Brent Spence and NKU biggest items in NKY projects requests (Campbell County News)

National:

• House Committee Votes to Block Department of Education Regulations (American Council on Education)
• Low-Income Students More Likely to Attend For-Profits (Education Week)
• 4,800 at risk of not graduating (Star Tribune)
• Line in the Sand on Hiring (Inside Higher Education)
• Trendless Summer (Inside Higher Education)
• Unasked Questions (Inside Higher Education)
• Student Stress: Whose Is Worst? (Inside Higher Education)
• Accreditation vs. Eligibility (Inside Higher Education)
• Using Your First Summer (Inside Higher Education)
• Review of University Rankings Offers a Comprehensive Critique of the Process (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Feeling 'Above Average': More college freshmen confident, if not overconfident (Grand Forks Herald)
• New data on college students and overconfidence (USA Today)
• The 12 qualities great teachers share (Washington Post)
• Academic skills: Important ‘only if they make us more human’ (Washington Post)
• 3-year college degree programs not catching on (Washington Post)
• Flaws in my college-for-all fix (Washington Post)
• Three-year degrees: A closer look (Washington Post)