National News

• Latest employee perk: College admissions aid (USA Today)
  
  
• College competition, made easier to size up (New York Times)
  
  
• Some students prefer taking classes online (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Despite hurdles, New Orleans students taking opportunities (CNN.com)
  
  
• Study offers solutions to rein in textbook costs (Hampton Roads)
  
  
• SAT: One test, three sittings? (USA Today)
  
  
• New ACE publication offers snapshot of today's college students (American Council on Education)
  
  
• Open books: Cutting cost a goal of MA bill (Boston Globe)
  
  
• A protest, a spy program and a campus in an uproar (New York Times)