National News - April 5, 2010

• Minority-serving colleges benefit from a student-loan change they fought (The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
• State universities tap student fees for unintended projects (Los Angeles Times)
• State colleges improve but must do more, report says (The Columbus Dispatch)
• Some high schools are fighting the odds by employing research-based strategies (Education WeeK)
• Two-year colleges are getting crowded (The State Journal-Register)
• It's win-win for elderly tutors, grade-school kids (The Washington Post)
• Prepaid tuition bailouts may come at expense of low-income families (USA Today)