National News

• Student readiness: the challenge for colleges (1 M PDF, Chronicle of Higher Ed- School and College Special Section)
  
  
• A tough task for the states (1.7M PDF, Chronicle of Higher Ed- School and College Special Section)
  
  
• Cost remains a key obstacle to college access (579K PDF, Chronicle of Higher Ed- School and College Special Section)
  
  
• The embarrassing good news on college access (675K PDF, Chronicle of Higher Ed- School and College Special Section)
  
  
• A perception gap over students' preparation (2MB PDF, Chronicle of Higher Ed- School and College Special Section)
  
  
• Achieving the Dream- Community Colleges Count (675K PDF, Lumina Foundation Focus)
  
  
• Barrier busters; Two-year institutions help students achieve their dreams (3 MB PDF, Lumina Foundation Focus)
  
  
• Innovation overload (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Renewing the presidency (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Report: Debt could worsen teacher shortage (USA Today)
  
  
• Some stories hard to get in history books (USA Today)
  
  
• The Gen X professor (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• ASU gives free ride to poor students (The Arizona Republic)
  
  
• For some, hurdles keep a diploma out of reach (L.A. Times)
  
  
• University of Washington looking beyond test scores, GPA (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  
  
• More universities going SAT optional (USA Today)
  
  
• Female enrollment growth worries colleges (Salt Lake Tribune)
  
  
• Oregon clears first hurdle in race to pilot 'growth model' (Corvallis Gazette Times)
  
  
• High school seniors to take graduation tests (Idaho Statesman)
  
  
• No child left behind? Ask the gifted (New York Times)