National News

• Education chief to begin a study on U.S. college performance (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Higher ed commission gets to work (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Revamping will lengthen graduate entrance exam (New York Times)
  
  
• Florida higher education crunch prods quest for fixes (Palm Beach Post)
  
  
• College kids get coached up (USA Today)
  
  
• Universities help factories compete (The Intelligencer)
  
  
• Unsentimental education (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• A to F scale gets poor marks, but is likely to stay (Washington Post)
  
  
• Lowering the flag(ship) (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Keeping a close watch on students (Inside Higher Ed)