Kentucky News - May 9, 2012

State:

• UK Board of Trustees approves 6 percent tuition hike (The Kentucky Kernel)
• University of Kentucky hikes tuition by 6 percent (The Courier-Journal)
• GOP blocks student loan rate relief (The Courier-Journal)
• Board to discuss future of Midway's pharmacy school in Paintsville (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• University of Kentucky trustees approve 6 percent tuition increase (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Cadiz graduate given WKU Excellence in Scholarship award (Cadiz Record)
• The University of Kentucky Raises Tuition Again (WKYUFM)
• Ohio Senate president defends education bill (Cincinnati.com)
• Educators question new laws, standards (Messenger-Inquirer)
• Honored graduates look to future (Messenger-Inquirer)
• New state budget means lost positions, no raises or construction projects at MSU (Morehead State University News)
• First Teen of the Year graduates college (Paducah Sun)
• EKU nursing chair promoted to health sciences dean (The Richmond Register)
• UK Board of Trustees approves proposal to raise tuition 6 percent (The Lane Report)
• UK trustees vote for 6 percent tuition hike (Business First of Louisville)
• Warren RECC Offering New Scholarship (WBKO)

National:

• Republicans in Senate Block Bill on Student Loan Rates (New York Times)
• Remediation for Remedial Math (Inside Higher Ed)
• What Will $10,000 Get Me? (Inside Higher Ed)
• Bill would cut college remedial classes (Connecticut Post)
• Senate Republicans Block Vote on Bill to Freeze Interest Rate on Student Loans (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• College leaders have agreed to level tuition in exchange for state aid restorations, lawmaker says (The Patriot News)