National News

• Senate backs budget for NIH, student aid (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• House education committee cuts student loan and pension programs to meet reconciliation target (American Council on Education)
  
  
• China luring scholars to make universities great (New York Times)
  
  
• Study: Rich nations aiding 'brain drain' (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Red hot China (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• University of Mobile oks tuition increase of 16.9 percent (Mobile Register)
  
  
• Black freshman enrollment increases at University of Michigan (Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• Tuition rising? Not in South Dakota (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Teaching the startup mentality (Business Week)
  
  
• GAO report says direct loans cost less than guaranteed loans (American Council on Education)
  
  
• Debt is best, higher education official says (Arkansas News Bureau)