National News

• Feeling strains, Baptist colleges cut church ties (New York Times)
  
  
• Just the stats: Gender gap still exists (Diverse Issues in Higher Ed)
  
  
• The college paths of career/tech students (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• The M word (National Crosstalk)
  
  
• A contrarian view of the testing industry (National Crosstalk)
  
  
• Left behind (National Crosstalk)
  
  
• Taiwan's great accomplishment (National Crosstalk)
  
  
• Opinion- Universities for sale (L.A. Times)
  
  
• Blueprint for improvement presented to state higher ed commission (Austin American-Statesman)
  
  
• E.D. spending would drop again under Senate panel's plan (Education Week)
  
  
• The J-school boom (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• College aid emerges as campaign focus (Baltimore Sun)
  
  
• Commentary- 10 ways to fix college admissions (Washington Post)