National News

• Locks, buzzers await Loudoun school visitors (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Science college first to make SAT/ACT scores optional (USA Today)
  
  
• College trustees feel unprepared (USA Today)
  
  
• Colleges losing sight of race (USA Today)
  
  
• Va. Tech tragedy likely to affect state policy (University Business)
  
  
• 50 years later, little rock can’t escape race (The New York Times)
  
  
• Future looks brighter for many New Orleans campuses as projected enrollments rise (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• A Chronicle survey: What trustees think (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• A costly thanksgiving message (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Senate votes to change top 10 percent rule (Education Commission of the States)
  
  
• Virginia Tech: the Challenge of Assuring Safety (The Chronicle of Higher Education)