National News

• Advice for the Senate (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Students read less- Should we care? (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• The alchemy of knowledge, MIT-British alliance looks at how colleges help drive economies (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Panel: U.S. should create national standards, spend billions more on Pre-K-12 schooling (Education Week)
  
  
• Why is Alan Greenspan talking up community colleges (Community College Week)
  
  
• Concerned colleges try to stanch flow of cheap beer (USA Today)
  
  
• Foreign languages not just for big kids (CNN.com)