Current Press Releases

Subscribe

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.

Subscribe to our Newsfeed

• Degrees and credentials climb 4% in 2011-12
  Thursday, May 17, 2012
  Kentucky’s public and independent colleges and universities conferred a record 63,000 degrees and credentials during the 2011-12 academic year, representing an overall increase of 4 percent over last year.
• CPE President Bob King to speak to Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce
  Tuesday, May 15, 2012
  Council on Postsecondary Education President Bob King will speak to the Columbia-Adair County Chamber of Commerce meeting today (Tuesday) at 11:45 CT.
• Campus teams take aim at closing achievement gaps
  Friday, May 11, 2012
  Campus teams from five Kentucky higher education institutions participated this week in an annual meeting of Access to Success, an initiative focused on closing achievement gaps for low-income and under-represented minority students.
• CPE senior associate receives Friend of KACTE award
  Friday, May 11, 2012
  Jillian Starman, senior associate at the Council on Postsecondary Education, received the “Friend of KACTE 2012” award from the Kentucky Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
• CPE senior vice president co-authors national report on strengthening states’ student-aid grant programs
  Thursday, May 10, 2012
  Council on Postsecondary Education’s John Hayek, senior vice president for budget, policy and planning, co-authored a national report that proposes recommendations to strengthen state’s student financial aid programs.
• Committee on Equal Opportunities to meet May 14
  Tuesday, May 08, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Committee on Equal Opportunities will meet on Monday, May 14, 9 a.m. EDT in Meeting Room A at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
• Council on Postsecondary Education releases expanded enrollment report
  Monday, May 07, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education today released its first expanded enrollment report that includes all sectors of postsecondary education operating in Kentucky.
• CPE sets tuition ceilings, approves dual credit policy
  Friday, April 20, 2012
  The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education took action on several tuition-related items and approved a dual credit policy at its meeting held earlier today at the University of Kentucky.
• Council on Postsecondary Education to meet April 19-20
  Monday, April 16, 2012
  The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education will meet Thursday and Friday, April 19 and 20 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
• Consumer alert issued for fake GED® tests
  Monday, April 09, 2012
  Kentucky Adult Education, a unit of the Council on Postsecondary Education, issued a consumer alert today regarding fraudulent websites claiming to offer high school and GED® diplomas for a fee through the Internet.
• CPE to sponsor Kentucky Student Success Summit
  Friday, March 30, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education will sponsor the first annual Kentucky Student Success Summit on April 2-3, 2012, at the Louisville Marriott Downtown.
• CPE VP Aaron Thompson co-author of new book on diversity
  Friday, March 30, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Aaron Thompson is the co-author of a just released book designed to help educators close achievement gaps among diverse populations.
• GEAR UP Kentucky selects 29 schools
  Friday, March 23, 2012
  GEAR UP Kentucky announced that 29 schools have been selected to participate in a new $26.9 million college-readiness grant award. The announcement was made earlier today at a launch rally at Holmes High School in Covington.
• CPE’s Aaron Thompson to keynote at national conference
  Thursday, March 22, 2012
  Dr. Aaron Thompson, senior vice president for academic affairs at the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, will be a keynote speaker at the 15th annual national conference of the Association of Non-Traditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE).
• GEAR UP Kentucky to announce selection of 29 schools
  Thursday, March 22, 2012
  GEAR UP Kentucky will announce the 29 schools selected to participate in a new $26.9 million college-readiness grant award on Friday, March 23 at 9:45 a.m. EDT. The announcement will take place at a launch rally at Holmes High School, 2500 Madison Avenue in Covington.