National News

• College aid plan widens U.S. role in high schools (New York Times)
  
  
• Fifty-six colleges have endowments topping $1 billion (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Swelling textbook costs have college students saying 'pass' (Washington Post)
  
  
• The rich get richer (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Commentary- Colleges' new economics (L.A. Times)
  
  
• America's most connected campuses (Forbes.com)
  
  
• Endowments top $1 billion at more than 50 colleges (USA Today)
  
  
• State deal gives kids more cash for college in Michigan (Detroit Free Press)
  
  
• Report: Higher education in Ohio helps economy (Middletown Journal)
  
  
• For all to see (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Commentary- State can't afford to get lax on higher education (Boston Globe)