National News

• Online universities a key topic of Wall Street Transcript (Yahoo Business)
  
  
• Plan seeks to lessen load on Virginia's colleges (Washington Times)
  
  
• New program would set aside money for high schoolers to take college classes in Oregon (The Oregonian)
  
  
• New requirements for medical school- background checks (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Failed attempt at easing study in Cuba (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Federal government exploring individual student growth under NCLB (Education Week)
  
  
• These schools sell education for profit (Cincinatti Enquirer)
  
  
• Democrats in House offer their own agenda on education (Education Week)