National News

• College gender gap widens: 57 percent are women (USA Today)
  
  
• Financial aid can't keep up with college tuition (Newsday)
  
  
• 4-year degrees at Washington's 2-year colleges (Seattle Times)
  
  
• College life after Katrina (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Colorado tuition hike biggest in nation (Rocky Mountain News)
  
  
• AP research blooms (Washington Post)
  
  
• Court upholds use of race in school admissions (Seattle Times)