Kentucky News - June 27, 2011

State:

• Educators support using state guidelines (Daily News)
• Western Kentucky University regents approve 6.9 percent tuition hike (The Courier-Journal)
• Stem cells coat graft for bypass in U of L clinical trials (The Courier-Journal)
• Early College Program hosts 'Superintendent Appreciation Day' (Morehead State University News)
• Elizabeth set for renovation: Extensive work to close college until fall 2012, Wilson reports (Murray Ledger & Times)
• Program allows UK students to rent cars on campus by the hour (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Tom Eblen: An exit interview with the University of Kentucky's Lee Todd (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Land-grant universities: anchors of nation's success (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Tuition rate hikes seen (Messenger-Inquirer)

National:

• Land-grant universities seek ways of reinforcing the service component of their mission (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Educators push efforts to get more Latino men into college (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• Colorado colleges' summer programs aim to attract minority students (Denver Post)
• Science education: U.S. Report recommends ways to improve K-12 STEM education, calls on policymakers (Science Daily)