National News - January 25, 2010

• Recession calls into question economics of a college degree (Lexington Herald-Leader/McClatchy Newspapers)
• Freshman applications to selective area colleges surge (The Washington Post)
• More schools require students to learn personal finance (USA Today)
• Universities outline plans for learning on a leaner budget (The Commercial Appeal)
• Online-course limits, rooted in a racial past, may raise issues in several states (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Funds aiding college students at risk (The Macon Telegraph)
• The trustee-faculty relationship (Inside Higher Ed)
• State pays $75 mil to colleges (The Arizona Republic)