Kentucky News - June 30, 2011

State:

• Merlene Davis: Minority educational crisis is a problem for us all (Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Center of attention: Housing authority creates catch-up program to help struggling students over summer (Daily News)
• NKU administrator now Florence Rotary president (Cincinnati.com)
• New toolkit helps districts improve advising programs (Kentucky Teacher)
• Knowledge gap: 7 in 10 without college degrees don't know basics about applying for financial aid (WFIE)
• ECTC partners with Grayson County Community to bring postsecondary education facility to Leitchfield (KCTCS News)
• ACTC starting two new programs in fall (WSAZ)

National:

• Tuition-hiking colleges have some explaining to do (USA Today)
• Higher ed lenders seek liquidity (The Bond Buyer)
• New changes in college costs posted for consumers online (Education Week)
• Cost and policies hurt community college completion (Education Week)
• For-profits hit hardest by end of year-round pell grant program (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Non-degree holders' downbeat outlook (Inside Higher Ed)
• New report offers roadmap for success in K-12 STEM education (Science Daily)
• Ranking the online colleges (Inside Higher Ed)