National News

• 'Sustainability' gains status on US campuses (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Universities creating academic, economic ties with China (Winston-Salem Journal)
  
  
• Column- Community colleges- doing the most with the least (Boston Globe)
  
  
• US looks to limit fees when students default (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Judge: Universities can use affirmative action until July (CNN.com)
  
  
• State seeks more intense year for high school seniors (Arizona Star)
  
  
• Why are four-year degrees declining? (Salt Lake Tribune)
  
  
• Short-term reprieve for affirmative action (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Religious freedom or bias? (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Battle of the boards (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Public universities chase excellence, at a price (New York Times)
  
  
• The ball drops here: New laws for '07 (Stateline.org)
  
  
• Colleges to stop giving tuition breaks to illegals (Ledger-Inquirer)
  
  
• Colleges zero in on student majors (ABC News)
  
  
• IBM and universities plan collaboration (New York Times)