National News

• President’s FY 2009 budget request for selected higher education programs (ACE-American Council on Education)
  
  
• President’s FY 2009 budget request continues trend of flat funding, cuts (ACE-American Council on Education)
  
  
• Law seen as step to cut students' debt burdens (ECS/Washington Post.com)
  
  
• Californians reject community college measure (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Bills would change tuition program (Stateline.org/Tucson Citizen.com)
  
  
• Gov. to push college plan, stay positive in speech (Stateline.org/Toledo Blade)
  
  
• India’s school shortage means glut of parental stress (The New York Times)
  
  
• Collegiate challenges (USA Today)