National News - October 19-20, 2009

• 'We are students for equality' (Inside Higher Ed)
• Rogue CC and Western Kentucky U choose Higher One Service for financial aid refunds (Campus Technology)
• Officials: 250,000 teaching jobs aided by stimulus (The Associated Press/Lexington Herald-Leader)
• Secretary Duncan says grants are for education reforms (USA Today)
• Virtual course growth very real (News & Observer)
• Reinventing remedial education (Issues in Higher Education)
• Beshear launches education task force (Cincinnati.com)
• Top U.S. producers of Fulbright students, by type of institutions, 2009-10 (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Public college costs rising faster than private (The Washington Post)
• Official: Black colleges ‘stuck in survive’ (2TheAdvocate)
• A former Secretary of Education backs exploring 3-year degrees (The New York Times)