National News

• Texas senators grill colleges about rising tuition (ACE/The Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Post-Microsoft, libraries mull digitization (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Dual degree for a different high school population (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• More college students paying their own way, experts say (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Colleges recruit low-income students (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Alternative certification programs popular despite criticism (ECS/Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  
  
• Quick takes: Eastern Ky. (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Community colleges cut classes to curb gas costs (USA Today)
  
  
• United States failing to produce next generation of scientists, technology leaders say (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)