National News

• Grant access to higher education (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• UMass-Amherst may cost $17,399 (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Defeat for affirmative action (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Carolina University sees new graduation gap (NPR)
  
  
• At last, Congress approves spending bill for remainder of 2007 (The  Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• Shooting worms on sight (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• Under surveillance on campus (The Chronicle of Higher Education)