National News

• A big tuition hike ... Requested by students (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Report: Tuition planning minimal (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)
  
  
• Dropout-Prevention Program sees to the basics of life (Washington Post)
  
  
• Study: 56% of Nebraska grads stay in state for college (Lincoln Journal Star)
  
  
• Student retention up at S.D. colleges (Argus Leader.com)
  
  
• Charter enrollment up (Detroit News)
  
  
• Law-enforcement group offers accreditation for colleges' police and public-safety departments (The Chronicle of Higher Education)