National News - October 26, 2009

• Bill Gates gets say in America's education (Lexington Herald-Leader/Associated Press)
• Economic recovery requires changing education system (Lexington Herald Leader/The New York Times)
• A lift on the road to graduation (The Washington Post)
• In a time of uncertainty, colleges hold fast to the status quo (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Assessment vs. action (Inside Higher Ed)
• Online and in exile (Inside Higher Ed)
• Online education's great unknowns (Inside Higher Ed)
• Why we're failing math and science (The Wall Street Journal)