National News

• New program honors colleges for community service efforts (ACE News)
  
  
• $500 million budget hike requested for Florida's 11 universities (Sun-Sentinel)
  
  
• Southern schools form computer grid (Houston Chronicle)
  
  
• Who needs Harvard? (CNN.com)
  
  
• States shirking order to distribute qualified teachers (CNN.com)
  
  
• Report: States fail in devising teacher equity plans (Stateline.org)
  
  
• State of the TA unions (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• More than a penny saved (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Work experience for college credit (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Sociology, gender and higher ed (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Multiculturalism, universalism, and the 21st century academy (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Healthcare, energy drive up college costs (CNNMoney.com)