National News

• North Carolina's near perfect graduation rate, and other fables (Washington Post)
  
  
• Colleges compete to shrink their mark on the environment (Washington Post)
  
  
• A 'sky is not falling' study on loan debt (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• House holds firm on tight budget (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• More need, more aid (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Two years later- Office of Civil Rights pushing colleges to drop race-conscious policies (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• 'Unique learners' don't have a place in colleges (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Detente with David Horowitz; 26 higher education organizations respond (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Standards for No Child law eased (Chicago Sun)
  
  
• States raise bar for high school diploma (Education Week)
  
  
• Survey: Philadelphia college grads want to stay (Philadelphia Business Journal)