National News

• Coalescing around concepts (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Trading research for teaching (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Prospect of burdensome college debt could worsen teacher shortage (The Arizona Republic)
  
  
• Michigan first to mandate online learning (eSchoolnews.com)
  
  
• Colleges, awash in applications, turning away even top students (Washington Post)
  
  
• Editorial- College Board flunks math, gets 4,411 SAT scores wrong (USA Today)
  
  
• Home and away: Serendipity plays key role when picking a college (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  
• Few students seek free tutoring or transfers from failing schools (New York Times)
  
  
• Schools must inform students of NCLB rights (CNN.com)
  
  
• More degrees for black athletes (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Exit exam too hard for many students (Salt Lake Tribune)