National News

• U.S. urged to invest in foreign language competency (ACE News)
  
  
• Headhunters at Harvard may pick a woman (New York Times)
  
  
• Opinion- Transforming higher education in Colorado (Denver Post)
  
  
• Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation (L.A. Times)
  
  
• Best values in public colleges (Kiplinger.com)
  
  
• Tribal colleges offer specialized education (Minnesota Public Radio)
  
  
• Bush, lawmakers meet to plan next phase of No Child Left Behind (CNN.com)
  
  
• Defining what makes an economist (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Progress over the long term (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• At universities, plum post at top is now shaky (New York Times)
  
  
• Cutting provisions in union contracts could free funds (Washington Post)