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Getting past prestige names when searching for a college San Diego Times Union (Opinion Piece) May 6, 2007 We can rail against the standardized college admission tests and the focus on grade point averages, but they matter because schools are obsessed with moving up in the rankings of U.S. News & World Report's annual college guide.

College president's recipe for success Providence Journal Op-ed May 6, 2007 Providence Journal, op-ed, 5/6/07 by Leo I. Higdon Jr., President Connecticut College - www.conncoll.edu

New Targets in Loan Inquiry Inside Higher Ed May 4, 2007 It almost seemed like a dare last month when Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning said he had reached a settlement with the Omaha-based lender, the National Education Loan Network. At a time when New York's attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, had been filing subpoenas and dishing out charges against lenders and colleges right and left, the settlement - which the Nebraska official said resolved "very minor" mistakes by Nelnet and "closes the book" on Nelnet's potential legal problems - seemed to say: "Back off, Mr. Cuomo, I've got my local lender covered."

Critics Question Sallie Mae's Close Ties With Agency That Guarantees Its Loans Chronicle of Higher Education May 4, 2007 As a result of Sallie Mae's highly publicized agreement last month with New York's attorney general, the nation's largest student lender has agreed to stop paying hundreds of dollars in travel costs to individual college administrators who recommended the company to their students.

Wanted: Crisis President Chronicle of Higher Education May 4, 2007 As the events of April 16 recede in time, leaders of other colleges and universities are sure to look at Virginia Tech President Charles Steger's performance and question the readiness of presidents to act like corporate executives, take visible control of a campus in crisis, manage the onslaught of cameras and microphones, and strike the right tones of both grief and confidence.

Cuomo widens student loan probe to alumni groups AP May 3, 2007 New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has broadened his student loan investigation to alumni associations nationwide that steer students to loan consolidation companies, his office said on Thursday.

Presidents and the Student Loan Mess Inside Higher Ed May 3, 2007 The president may be the only policy actor to assure that student loans - the essential, largest, and growing educational financial scheme of the 21st century - meets the needs of both the academy and student

Colleges Seek to Address Affordability Wall Street Journal (Subscription Required) May 3, 2007 Spurred in part by increased competition for the best students, a number of colleges have launched new programs for this fall that include freezing tuition, offering more grants instead of loans, and tinkering with financial-aid formulas to reduce the amount families are expected to contribute.

Bills wedge between universities, towns USA Today May 2, 2007 The educational, economic, cultural and civic benefits that colleges and universities bring their communities are well-known, but some local officials and researchers say there's an often-hidden downside: a financial burden that falls heaviest on local taxpayers.

Just Say No to Rankings (Editorial) Winston-Salem, N.C., Journal May 2, 2007 Families that make their college choices based on rank are making an ill-informed decision. They will fare best if they undertake a comprehensive review of a number of factors.

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