National News

• A leaner year is proposed for schools (New York Times)
  
  
• More high school seniors passing AP tests (USA Today)
  
  
• College financial aid rules loosened (USA Today)
  
  
• Opinion- The fake science threat (Washington Post)
  
  
• Bush budget to cut deeper into education (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Flat, frozen or facing extinction (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• On the chopping block again (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Bush keeping his word on science (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• New York tuition aid plan draws criticism from colleges (Albany Times-Union)
  
  
• Money, state, church collide (Denver Post)
  
  
• Sophomore year: Between lark and a hard place (Washington Post)