National News

• Why race and education are still up in the air (U.S. News and World Report)
  
  
• In debt before you start (USA Today)
  
  
• A lifeline to high school dropouts (Christian Science Monitor)
  
  
• Harvard staff grants aim to boost diversity (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Colleges go 'green' to stretch budgets (CNN.com)
  
  
• Real degrees through cyberspace (Arizona Republic)
  
  
• Education without representation (Casper Star Tribune)
  
  
• The disappearing Chinese engineers (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Calculated change at Smith (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Help for all adjuncts (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Yes, the sky is falling (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Perhaps not all affirmative action is created equal (New York Times)
  
  
• My graduation surprise (New York Times)
  
  
• Forgive us our student debts (New York Times)
  
  
• Colleges fail to tap training dollars (Columbus Dispatch)
  
  
• Boomers enrolling in college (Newsweek)
  
  
• Pairing a diploma with associate's degree (Washington Post)
  
  
• Fast learners benefit from skipping grades, report concludes (Washington Post)
  
  
• Colleges putting stock picks in students' hands (Washington Post)