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Below is a list of all current press releases.  To view the full text, click on the press release title.

• 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.
• CPE Committee on Equal Opportunities to meet March 26
  Wednesday, March 21, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education’s Committee on Equal Opportunities will meet on Monday, March 26, 9 a.m. EDT in Meeting Room A at the Council on Postsecondary Education offices in Frankfort.
• CPE to sponsor Kentucky Student Success Summit
  Tuesday, March 20, 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.
• 536 high school juniors earn $1,000 college scholarships
  Monday, March 19, 2012
  Hundreds of high school juniors from across Kentucky earned $1,000 academic scholarships in the “Drive the Dream” program, sponsored by GEAR UP Kentucky and the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority.
• Webcast videos available on Common Core Standards conference
  Friday, March 16, 2012
  Plenary session videos from the Council on Postsecondary Education’s national forum on the Common Core Standards are now available via the Council’s channel on YouTube.
• CPE President Bob King elected to national higher ed governing board
  Thursday, March 08, 2012
  Bob King, president of the Council on Postsecondary Education, was recently elected to the executive committee of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) based in Boulder, Colorado.
• Free GED testing and National Career Readiness Certificate assessments now offered
  Thursday, March 01, 2012
  Two important education and workforce credential tests will be free to eligible Kentuckians on a first-come, first-served basis through June 30 or until funds are expended. Free GED tests and assessments to earn a National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) are sponsored by Kentucky Adult Education, a unit of the Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Department of Workforce Investment, an agency of the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet, using federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) incentive funding.
• Common Core Standards forum set next week
  Friday, February 24, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education will hold a live webcast of its upcoming conference, “Architecture for Implementing the Common Core Standards: Strategies, Partnerships & Progress,” on February 27-29. The live webcast will expand the reach of the conference by accommodating additional educators and policymakers from Kentucky and around the country.
• CPE President Bob King to speak at Lexington Rotary Club on March 1
  Friday, February 24, 2012
  Council on Postsecondary Education President Bob King will be the guest speaker at the Lexington Rotary Club on Thursday, March 1, at 12:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Fasig-Tipton, 2400 Newtown Pike, Lexington.
• CPE announces Common Core Standards forum to draw national audience
  Thursday, February 16, 2012
  More than 300 higher education leaders and faculty from 17 states as well as representatives of top educational organizations such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Governor’s Association will attend a forum on Common Core Standards (CCS) implementation set in Louisville on Feb. 27-29.
• Council on Postsecondary Education elects leaders, approves projects and programs
  Friday, February 10, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education took action and heard reports and updates on numerous items at its meeting held earlier today in Frankfort.
• Kentucky GEAR UP graduate to be featured speaker at NYC workshop
  Friday, February 10, 2012
  Joshua (Josh) Sparks will be the featured speaker at a national conference expected to attract more than 1,100 educators and college access professionals to New York City on February 14.
• Council on Postsecondary Education sets meetings
  Tuesday, February 07, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education will meet Friday, February 10, 2012, at 9 a.m. ET at the Council on Postsecondary Education’s offices, Meeting Room A, Frankfort.
• Kentucky CPE gets $720,000 grant to bolster college readiness initiatives
  Monday, January 23, 2012
  The Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education was recently awarded a three-year grant totaling $720,000 from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to improve college readiness. Kentucky was one of ten states selected.
• Council on Postsecondary Education leaders to appear on Kentucky Newsmakers
  Friday, January 20, 2012
  Council on Postsecondary Education President Bob King and Chair Pam Miller will appear on WKYT-TV’s Kentucky Newsmakers tomorrow, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. EST.
• Committee on Equal Opportunities’ Nominating Committee to meet
  Friday, January 20, 2012
  The Committee on Equal Opportunities’ Nominating Committee will meet Monday, January 23, 2012 at 9 a.m. EST at the Council on Postsecondary Education in Meeting Room A.
• Pam Miller named chair of Council on Postsecondary Education
  Tuesday, January 03, 2012
  The Council on Postsecondary Education has announced that vice-chair Pam Miller is the new chair of the Council. She replaces chair Paul E. Patton who resigned from the Council on Friday due to his interest in advocating that the University of Pikeville become a state university.
• Kentucky colleges and universities join forces to accelerate improvements in student learning outcomes and increase student success
  Monday, December 05, 2011
  The Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education announced today that Kentucky is the seventh official state partner in its continuing national initiative, Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP): Excellence for Everyone as a Nation Goes to College.