National News

• Helping out (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Study: U.S. losing ground in education (Washington Post)
  
  
• International erosion (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• A crusade to save college admissions (Washington Post)
  
  
• U.S. world position in education slipping (CNN.com)
  
  
• Requests seek financial aid, policy waivers (Education Week)
  
  
• U.S. leaders fret over students' math and science weaknesses (Education Week)
  
  
• Black colleges confront challenges (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Christian colleges offer free tuition, donations to Katrina-affected students (The Christian Post)
  
  
• 'Brilliant' minds honored (USA Today)
  
  
• Colleges open doors for displaced students (Boston Globe)