Is the higher education pendulum swinging away from athletics spending and toward academic investment? At one New York university, the books beat out the football program. (Pearls of Wisdom)
Which incentives problem is the U.S. Department of Education tackling now? Hint: It’s another Obama vs. Bush regulatory battle. (Higher Ed Watch)
Will performance-based and project-based assessments make a comeback in the next ESEA reauthorization? (Politics K-12)
Is the federal government using “coercion” or “bribery” with states in trying to achieve common education standards? Texas debates. (Austin American-Statesman)
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman's False Fronts paper is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on Federal Family Education Loan defaults on The Huffington Post.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Thanks. Not even a typo — more of a “thinko.” Fixed now.
Impressive news about Hofstra. A quibble, though. Hofstra is in New York, not New England.