National News

• A (Slightly) Kinder, Gentler Higher Ed Bill (Inside Higher Ed)
  
  
• Affordability, student transfers on the table in higher-education bill (USA Today)
  
  
• Fewer choosing teaching jobs (Stateline.org)
  
  
• Sallie Mae Moves to Buy State Agencies, Scaring Critics (The Chronicle of Higher Education) (170K PDF)
  
  
• BUSINESS NOTES-NATIONAL-MORE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE MILLIONAIRES IN 2005 (Lexington Herald-Leader)
  
  
• Study: gaps between blacks, whites remain (Boston Globe)
  
  
• UMaine hopes to use grant to create new products from woods (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Bush wants schools to progress in science (Boston Globe)
  
  
• Gays, colleges hope tour helps dispel stereotypes (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• When what happens on MySpace doesn't stay on MySpace (Chicago Tribune)
  
  
• Penn. Gets Grant for Colleges (Community College Week)
  
  
• A North Carolina Primer on How To Go After Federal Grants (Community College Week)
  
  
• Language: Mission Critical 3-part series (Ed Week)
  
  
• Helping Hand for Compton (Inside Higher Ed)