National News

• 8 top universities plan global 'partnership' (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Who should pay for off-campus costs? California colleges battle local cities, counties in court (San Francisco Chronicle)
  
  
• Time off before college can be worthwhile (CNN.com)
  
  
• More U.S. students shun college 'gap year' [link no longer available] (L.A. Times)
  
  
• Workforce Investment Act boards displeased with community-college training (Community College Week)
  
  
• Allegations of fake research hit new highs (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Training tomorrows doctors, for now (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Chicano Ph.D. pipeline (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Student debt growing at moderate rate (Education Week)
  
  
• Speedy growth in career schools raises questions (New York Times)
  
  
• Kids ordered home at University of Memphis (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Tuition discounting: 15 years in perspective (National Association of University Business Officers)