National News

• House passes final FY2007 funding bill; Maximum Pell grant award gets long awaited increase (ACE News)
  
  
• Bush sends Congress $2.90T spending plan (The Courier-Journal)
  
  
• Indiana hopes to stop brain drain (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Undergrads getting to help with research (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Opinion- A bid for better student loans (Washington Post)
  
  
• Editorial- U.S. education needs sweeping reform (Denver Post)
  
  
• Bush seeks cuts for Sallie Mae, other student lenders (CNN.com)
  
  
• Bush administration calling for boost in Pell grants (CNN.com)
  
  
• States try mentoring to hang on to teachers (Boston Globe)
  
  
• The Bush budget, 2008 (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• A focus on the physical sciences (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Broadening the Bush library debate (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• The new face of for-profit colleges (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Defeat for same-sex benefits (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• States feel the pinch of tight federal budget (Stateline.org)
  
  
• Michigan: Affirmative action suit settled (New York Times)
  
  
• Nontraditional students juggle courses, kids, jobs, other demands (Salt Lake Tribune)
  
  
• Oklahoma school auctions tuition on eBay (USA Today)
  
  
• As push for longer hours forms, intriguing models arise in D.C. (Washington Post)