Jan 18 Arts and Culture Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year Two young Black women thought they would produce a play. But then 2020 happened, and life and art converged in a crazy year. By Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource Jan 18 Arts and Culture Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year Sydney Boles, Ohio Valley ReSource
Mar 10 Education Ohio Valley Colleges And Universities Respond To Coronavirus Threat As of Tuesday one Kentucky college had cancelled the rest of its spring semester as a precaution. By Jeff Young Mar 10 Education Ohio Valley Colleges And Universities Respond To Coronavirus Threat Jeff Young
Jun 17 Education New Report Says Many Kentucky Pell Grant Recipients Fail To Graduate The report by Third Way, a center-left think tank, looked at the 2010 cohort of first-time, full-time students attending four-year institutions. By Roxanne Scott Jun 17 Education New Report Says Many Kentucky Pell Grant Recipients Fail To Graduate Roxanne Scott
Dec 6 Education Friday Summit To Focus On College Affordability, Jobs KentuckianaWorks, 55,000 Degrees and Greater Louisville Inc will present a third annual conference on tackling challenges in workforce and education. By Roxanne Scott Dec 6 Education Friday Summit To Focus On College Affordability, Jobs Roxanne Scott
Nov 29 Education Grawemeyer Winner Sara Goldrick-Rab Champions College Affordability Sara Goldrick-Rab’s work has earned her an appearance on "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah." She was also named one of Politico’s Top 50 thinkers in 2016. By Roxanne Scott Nov 29 Education Grawemeyer Winner Champions College Affordability Roxanne Scott
Nov 3 Education Kentucky Colleges Seek More Funding In Tight Budget Year Kentucky's public colleges and universities want more money, but Republican lawmakers say the best they can hope for is to break even. By Adam Beam, Associated Press Nov 3 Education Kentucky Colleges Seek More Funding In Tight Budget Year Adam Beam, Associated Press
Aug 8 Education At Long Last, Signs That College Tuition Might Come Down The costs of higher education are softening in some places, but experts aren't too excited yet. By Anya Kamenetz, NPR Aug 8 Education At Long Last, Signs That College Tuition Might Come Down Anya Kamenetz, NPR
Jun 16 Education Board OKs Tuition Increases At Most Kentucky Universities All but two schools asked for the maximum increase allowed by the Council on Postsecondary Education. By Adam Beam, Associated Press Jun 16 Education Board OKs Tuition Increases At Most Kentucky Universities Adam Beam, Associated Press
Feb 9 Health Bill Requiring College Immunizations Heads To Kentucky House Incoming freshmen would be required to get immunizations and vaccines before starting college under a bill passed Thursday by a Kentucky House committee. By Lisa Gillespie Feb 9 Health Bill Requiring College Immunizations Heads To Kentucky House Lisa Gillespie
Jul 17 Education Kentucky State University Awarded STEM Funding Next month, Kentucky State University will begin working with students from grades six through 12 to provide learning opportunities in STEM. By Roxanne Scott Jul 17 Education Kentucky State University Awarded STEM Funding Roxanne Scott
Jul 11 Health Kentucky Group Wants College Students To Update Immunizations Three universities in the state require immunizations: The University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University and the University of Louisville. By Lisa Gillespie Jul 11 Health Should Ky. College Students Update Immunizations? Lisa Gillespie
Feb 21 Local News Louisville Hosts College Athlete Compensation Discussion The President of the National College Players Association Ramogi Huma is using a visit to Louisville to encourage colleges to pay student athletes. College athletics programs bring in millions of dollars and players’ names and images are sometimes used to sell jerseys and other merchandise. That has some people questioning if a portion of that revenue […] By Devin Katayama Feb 21 Local News Louisville Hosts College Athlete Compensation Discussion Devin Katayama
Nov 14 Local News Students Prepare Applications for Colleges Jefferson County public school students are being encouraged to apply for college this week. Some schools are getting help from a federal grant; others are holding pep rallies and workshops. But many schools have already begun to promote college readiness. Senior Charles Morton said he remembers Shawnee High School just a few years before. “It […] By Devin Katayama Nov 14 Local News Students Prepare Applications for Colleges Devin Katayama
Sep 1 Local News JCPS Kicks Off Its “Close the Deal” Program Mayor Greg Fischer and JCPS Superintendent Donna Hargens introduced the school district’s “Close the Deal” program at Fairdale High School on Thursday. Fairdale seniors said they search websites and Google for colleges to learn about what different schools offer. But for the six JCPS schools with the Close the Deal program, students can ask those […] By Devin Katayama Sep 1 Local News JCPS Kicks Off Its “Close the Deal” Program Devin Katayama
May 10 Here and Now In-Depth Look at Rising College Tuition in Kentucky WFPL News Director Gabe Bullard hosted an hour-long program looking into the rising tuition costs at Kentucky colleges and universities. The guests were University of Louisville President Dr. James Ramsey, Jefferson Community and Technical College President Dr. Tony Newberry, and Michael Gritton, the Executive Director of KentuckianaWorks. The conversation examines the reasons for the rising […] By Brad Yost May 10 Here and Now In-Depth Look at Rising College Tuition in Kentucky Brad Yost