National News

• EPA Fellowship seeks to build a pipeline of minority scientists in Environmental Studies (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
  
  
• 'Two million minutes' suggests it's time to improve U.S. education (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Patrick targets gaps in learning (Inside in Higher Ed/The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Carrots, sticks and transfer (Inside in Higher Ed)
  
  
• Better-qualified teachers (The New York Times)
  
  
• College and money: Ask the expert (The New York Times)