National News

• Bush budget calls for Pell grant boost (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Upping the ante on Pell Grants (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Accord on increasing Pell grants (The New York Times)
  
  
• Michigan: Affirmative action suit settled (The New York Times)
  
  
• Senate panel sets higher standard (Casper Star Tribune)
  
  
• Texans and their tests (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• The Celtic Tiger- Ireland invests heavily in higher education, and benefits mightily (National CrossTalk)
  
  
• Perry college plan pushes faster graduation-Higher-ed funding increase would be tied to array of incentives (The Dallas Morning News)
  
  
• New federal budget due for Congress Monday (The State Journal)
  
  
• Perry seeks funding shift for higher ed (Houston Chronicle)