National News

• As rich rivals cut back, small colleges sell stability (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• SAT changes policy, opening rift with colleges (The New York Times)
  
  
• Colleges Press New Ideas as They Brace for Bumpy State Budget Sessions (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• Colleges offer extra aid to strapped students (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• New scholarships aid students committed to service (USA Today)