National News

• New ads encourage high-school students to sign up for tough courses (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• ACE, Lumina Foundation for Education and the Ad Council challenge students to take on the tough classes (ACE)
  
  
• How states make use (or not) of community colleges (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• California: Student fees going up (The New York Times)
  
  
• Colleges ask for less 'stuff,' more money (USA Today)
  
  
• United Way to target health, education and income (Washington Post)