National News

• Campus gender gap: Progress or problem? (Seattle Times)
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• Traditional social focus yielding to academics (Washington Post)
  
  
• College still counts, though not as much (New York Times)
  
  
• New FAU campus offers amenities for older students (Miami Herald)
  
  
• Teacher merit pay tied to education gains in Massachusetts (New York Times)
  
  
• Top graduates line up to teach the poor (New York Times)
  
  
• New Orleans universities work to rebuild (CNN.com)
  
  
• End of the line for Wash. Affirmative Action case (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Achievement gap carves across Colorado schools (Denver Post)