National News

• College kids trade aid for debt (Denver Post)
  
  
• Harvard/MIT venture wins $200 million grant for DNA research (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Higher grades challenge college application process (CNN.com)
  
  
• Now, $1,000 reasons to study (Star Bulletin)
  
  
• Torture and social scientists (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Erasing divide, college leaders take to blogging (New York Times)
  
  
• Admissions for insiders (University Business)
  
  
• No grades, no homework, no tests: Kids rule at this NYC school (USA Today)
  
  
• An investment in education (Washington Post)
  
  
• NCAA sidelines a scholarly conference (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Messing with the Texas curriculum (Inside Higher Ed)