National News

• Higher education community urges Senate to reject budget reconciliation (American Council on Education)
  
  
• With Cheney's vote, Senate passes budget bill (Washington Post)
  
  
• Judge rejects teaching intelligent design (New York Times)
  
  
• College loans bear biggest part of budget-cutting plan (CNN.com)
  
  
• Support for four-year degrees mounting in AZ (Arizona Republic)
  
  
• California clash: Tuition for illegal immigrants (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• The perfect holiday present: College gift certificates (Arizona Republic)
  
  
• Free tuition changes students' plans (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Fight looms over student loan cuts (Boston Globe)