National News

• The professoriate is increasingly diverse, but that didn't happen by accident (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• A 'West Point for Teachers' (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  
  
• Test scores sink to new low (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Kansas Board of Regents to seek state funding for math, science academy (Kansas City Star)
  
  
• 30 schools can be overhauled after not gaining on tests (Washington Post)
  
  
• Schools, colleges underreport crime (Stateline.org)
  
  
• White House gets $20B college aid bill (USA Today)
  
  
• Why women leave academic medicine (Inside Higher Ed)