National News

• In search of 'big ideas' (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• In academia, big brains, empty pockets (New York Times)
  
  
• Calculating beyond their years; For more high school students, AP math just isn't sufficient (Washington Post)
  
  
• Bush urges study of math and science (New York Times)
  
  
• A hot trend on campus: Majoring in health care (New York Times)
  
  
• The cost of trimming (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Held back at Michigan? (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Change in law opens college aid to some drug offenders (CNN.com)
  
  
• Admissions consultants irk top business schools (Boston Globe)