National News

• Lawmakers demand changes to No Child Left Behind law (CNN)
  
  
• THURSDAY BUZZ: new report finds half of college students binge drink, abuse prescriptions and illegal drugs
  (American Council on Education)
  
  
• College eliminates merit scholarships (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Colleges taking another look at value of merit-based aid (USA Today)
  
  
• Report: Binge drinking rises at colleges (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Lenders pay universities to influence loan choice (The New York Times)