National News

• Lawmakers raise number of questions about Blagojevich's education plan (AP-Herald-Leader)
  
  
• UW System recommends 6.8 percent resident tuition hike (AP- Herald-Leader)
  
  
• Conservation efforts fuel cooperation among neighboring colleges (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Researcher looks to PCs for medical cures (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Seacoast high schools see fewer boys among top students (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Pair drives grease-powered pickup truck from New Orleans to Maine (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Editorial- Get involved in improving our schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  
  
• Editorial- Strategic plan provides compass for Cincinnati Public Schools (Cincinnati Enquirer)
  
  
• Part 'Survivor,' Part 'Apprentice,' All Reality (New York Times)
  
  
• The Gilded Age of Home Schooling (New York Times)
  
  
• Chilean Promised a New Deal; Now Striking Youth Demand It (New York Times)
  
  
• For Entrepreneurs From Russia, a Short Course in Capitalism (New York Times)
  
  
• Duke lemur center has new research focus (USA Today)
  
  
• Endowments: Closed books? (USA Today)
  
  
• Virginia Students Show Gains in Science (Washington Post)
  
  
• Plagiarism Mystery (Inside Higher Ed)